Following a geographical tour of Slovakia, three young American women are lured into a hostel by a handsome young man who sells them to the twisted masters, ties them up and brings upon them an unthinkable world of pain.
Lauren German Bijou Phillips Heather Matarazzo Richard Burgi Roger Bart Vera Jordanova Jay Hernandez Jordan Ladd Stanislav Yanevski Zuzana Geislerová Milan Kňažko Petr Vančura Roman Janecka Davide Dominici Edwige Fenech Liliya Malkina Luc Merenda Susanna Bequer Monika Maláčová Ruggero Deodato Mark Taylor
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I accidentally woke up at 4 am and lil old groggy and confused me was so fucking out of it that she trotted over to her Blu-Ray shelf and popped Hostel Part II in. Honestly both hostel and hostel part ii are jokes but they're not funny Like why the fuck are so many people calling this movie hilarious Do you hate women? R u Herculeus? (Hahaha) this film automatically fails in comparison to hostel because it doesn't have the king of the swing (Oli) like hostel part ii is sad when the first one is just bro down party time bush administration Iraq war symbolism. I also think it's really shitty for elite Huntings brand to actively use dogs…
I believe I have about 1 elaborately crafted, non-point and shoot criticism against this film. And it's right in the concept. You've got Hostel. People hated it for all sorts of reasons- it wasn't extreme enough for the gore fanatics, people who wanted an affecting drama were repulsed by the fact that the killers had no hint of remorse / that Roth didn't delve into the fragile or soft spots of their psyches, and in its action-thriller capacities it didn't want to tell you anything about how "The Company" actually worked. I've even heard a theory I like very much: that the still mainly male audience (let's not kid anyone) were turned off seeing themselves as the products in a…
"I'm not that guy... I'm not that guy... I'm not that guy..."
Multinational corporate-sanctioned torture in unbearable detail. Eli Roth's filmography conveys a worldview that's pessimistic, horrifying, and a bit too convincing to be laughed off.
My fellow Gore Whores the sequel has MORE horror, MORE gore and two of the most memorable scenes in goredom history! (The Scythe scene and the Alternative Doggie Treat scene)
While I enjoyed the originals all guy cast more because they were likeable and the kind of characters we know in real life! They were having a high old time and the wicked humor that ensued made them endearing and vulnerable which made the later horror scenes that much more horrific!
The opening set up for the girls was definitely weaker and I couldn't relate with the girls or like them and I certainly didn't care when they disappeared like I did with the guys!
I prefer the sequel for…
buying out victims so that their bodies suffice not as something human but as another product to be toyed with and sold like the violation of bodies they sold to you first - h toyed with punishing the lead trio but h-p-ii messes around with good people instead letting them sink into disparity for no good reason, true nihilism on film, the themes of resident evil turned r-rated
Carbon copy of the first, only this time, the victims are mainly female now, that's literally it. It's also made worse by the groan-inducing teasing in the audience's face of constant "OOoooOOh look at this creepy dude/scene/music in case you forgot you were watching a horror movie, we wanted to reeeeally remind you of that". The camera shots aren't even trying to be subtle or unique, it's just cliched poor tension building for the first hour. The first movie presented its setting to the viewer as hedonistic and sleazy on the surface level, and only when the layers were peeled back that the danger of the siren song's lure was realised. This was an effective way of building the unseen…
I enjoyed this one much better than its predecessor, but it does suffer from the same problem: what’s it all for? Maybe it’s for nothing but to show the banal evil that all humans are capable of. In that way I can get something from it, but near the end it becomes far too lost in its own comedic energy. A fun watch with a few quimish friends, that’s for sure.
So before this rewatch I thought this was the better of the two Hostel films, and now having rewatched it that's something of an understatement. This is better than the first of every single possible way.
The story works so much better. The characters are great. The direction is infinitely superior. It looks better. The pacing works great. The gore effects are far more controlled. And some fun callbacks to the first.
Really surprised just how much I enjoyed this one. Its a thoroughly enjoyable, well crafted horror.
Probably one of the best horror sequels ever made.
Like with Creep 2, knowing the premise and rules really helps the sequel remain entertaining and twistedly comedic, and makes any divergence all the more effective. Enjoyed it more than the first.
this movie is a huge improvement from the first. while Hostel had some really good moments and great squirmy gore, it felt stylistically immature. where part I feels a little flat to me, for Part II it’s apparent that Roth went in with a robust and matured vision for this project, and let me tell you, it fucks.
the production design really stands out to me in this one. from the way the interior of the factory murder rooms look to the big baddies mansion, Roth and production designer Robb King go absolutely nuts with the creative direction. the sets are colorful, creative, and constantly visually interesting.
the gore also steps up in this one. Howard Berger and Greg Nicotero…
loved the F13 2 style opening, but you gotta stay for just how rich this sucker is. it’s one of those movies like batman returns where it feels like every odd choice and visual feels meaningful. roth is so good at unspoken communication (the lights, sure, but the anticipation built by the bathtub lady reaching for a shorter scythe? insane!!!!)
the turn from survivalism to revenge feels a tad rushed here, especially when compared to paxton’s in the last. it makes room for the whole stuart plot, which i like, but both of their arcs feel like they get a little jagged towards the end.
but either way, roth POPS OFF with these two
To be fair I was expecting it to be the exact same film as the first one but with girls but the ending was kinda a nice twist. However I also hated it sorry.
Was I the only one expecting a sex scene from Beth and Axelle? Opportunity missed. Could have bumped this movie up a whole half star. This is a pretty good sequel to the first movie I very much enjoyed it, but not as much as the first one.
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