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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Lionsgate
Salesrank: 9787
Released: October 23, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Presented by Quentin Tarantino (Hostel Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and written and directed by Eli Roth (Hostel Cabin Fever) Hostel Part II is the shocking and gruesome sequel of the underground torture ring where rich businessmen pay to torture and murder their victims.The second installment to this terrifying franchise centers around three young American women (Lauren German The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) (Bijou Phillips Bully) and (Heather Matarazzo Welcome to the Dollhouse) who are studying in Rome. A gorgeous sophisticated European acquaintance invites the trio to join her for a weekend getaway at an exotic natural spa assuring them they will be able to relax rejuvenate and bond. The girls find themselves in Slovakia and check into the ill-fated Hostel where they are poised to become victims for auction pawns in the fantasies of the sick and privileged from around the world who secretly travel there to savor more grisly pursuits.System Requirements:Run Time: 95 Mins. Genre: HORROR UPC: 043396191990 Manufacturer No: 19199
Description of Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition):
With repulsion levels at least comparable to Cannibal Holocaust, Herschell Gordon Lewis' Blood Feast, and other gory slasher landmarks, Eli Roth's Hostel 2 reconfigures ideas of violence to test how down and dirty a horror film can get. The film raises the stakes, leaving those who wish to make a sicker film out in the lurch for the time being. This sequel, like the first Hostel, is set in and around a Slovakian factory where European students are kidnapped, tortured, and killed by rich businessmen who pay enormous sums to experience death firsthand. An international elite, all tattooed with a bulldog insignia, bid on young people to slaughter in a mob-organized, high-end, sex-slave trade catering to those with a death fetish. In Hostel 2, three girls from Rome, Beth (Laura German), Whitney (Bijou Phillips), and Lorna (Heather Matarazzo), are lured to Slovakia by a sultry, vampiric hottie (Vera Jordonova) who modeled for them in figure drawing class. Sidetracked and disoriented by some Pagan Slovakian festivals and luxurious hot springs, the girls slip away one by one, until the film moves inside the torture chambers. One client sits in a bathtub beneath her victim, who she slices with a scythe to bathe in blood, Elizabeth Bathory-style. Body parts fly as clients entering the facilities select their weapons of choice in a room full of knives, power tools, and rubber clothing. As ridiculous as it sounds, haunting soundtrack and cinematography set a disturbing mood. Morbid humor, for example when a chainsaw unplugs centimeters from a victim's face, pays homage to Hostel 2's schlocky predecessors. Fortunately, one survivor remains, providing an ounce of vengeful, and sexy, satisfaction. As in the best exploitation films, gratuitous sex and violence are the norm here. What will be a warning to some to avoid this gruesome movie will be to others a cue to head straight to the theater. --Trinie Dalton
Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
A bitter disappointment! 
2009-11-02 - Hostal is one of these gore films who start with a promise and stranded in the middle of nowhere. The film presents terrible problems of edition entangled confused and unfinished script (What about with the second missing girl?, for instance; What about the dark origins for this disturbed society?).
The essential codes for a gruesome project like this have been showed in Dario Argento's previous films for instance in which the dark elements are conclusively exposed and deciphered.
A real disappointment because the film began with a very dramatic premise.
Depraved.
2009-10-29 - I must confess, the bloodlust of the characters was very believable. They must have used Israeli nationals for those parts. Eli Roth sure writes some depraved stuff. And his racist portrayal of slovakians is quite alarming. What was his inspiration? The Talmud?
Not as good as the original, but still worth watching. 
2009-10-07 - Hostel Part II has gotten mixed reviews and I can understand why. It has the same setting and some of the same characters as Hostel, and even the same plot to a certain extent. It is also produced by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Eli Roth once again. However, there are big differences. Allow me to explain the plot. This sequel starts where the original left off, with Paxton found asleep on a train and then admitted to a hospital, but the focus quickly shifts to three female college students studying in Rome. During an art class, they meet a beautiful young woman who lures them to Slovakia with the promise of natural hot springs and relaxation. Once these three arrive, they begin to be captured, one by one, by the same underground torture club seen in the first movie. However, in this movie, the torturers aren't nearly as mean and sadistic as those in the first. We are introduced to two new-comers to the club who have never killed before. One of these men is tough, but the other keeps having second thoughts. In fact, once this second man is in the torture room with his victim tied up, he decides to try to escape with her, and from that point on there are several other plot twists. The main problem I have with Hostel Part II is that it isn't as action-packed as its predecessor. Part II spends too much time showing how the murder-for-profit business is run, and not enough time on the actual torture. The torture scenes are just as good as those in the first movie, especially one which is a literal bloodbath, but there aren't enough of them. This movie could have been much better. The first time I watched it, I was shocked at how soon it was over. Watching it a second time I had a deeper appreciation for it, but its' still somewhat of a disappointment. [...]. while I must admit it is more bloody, it has less violence and is not nearly as intense. Watch Hostel Part II and decide for yourself. Special features include the following:
-Deleted scenes.
-'Hostel Part II: The Next Level' featurette.
-'The Art of KNB Effects' featurette.
-Production design featurette.
-'Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture' international TV special.
-'Blood & Guts' gag reel.
-"The Treatment" radio interview with Eli Roth.
-3 commentary tracks.
In conclusion, Hostel Part II contains my favorite scene from either movie, but on the whole I found Hostel to be the better movie. I still recommend this, however, if you enjoyed the first movie. Perhaps you will have a different opinion.
Really? You think it's that bad? 
2009-10-05 - That's funny. The majority of the reviews are not that good. People seem to dislike this film. I, on the other hand, did enjoy it. I even liked it better than the first one. I liked the fact that you learn more about the trap, about the way the secret organization works, the way they send their victim's picture on people's cell phone and so on. I liked the fact that women are the victims instead of men (not because i'm deranged but because, as a man, i want to protect women. And all men, once in their life, has dreamnt of being a white knight in shining armor saving an helpless princess - in this film, we get to imagine ourselves saving these poor women). I liked the fact that the two brothers participating in these torture games have second thoughts. They might even change their minds and save those girls. In terms of emotion, there's nothing like a bad character trying to be good.
So, the special effects were the same as the first one. The tension was the same. The process was the same. But you add more emotion. So i enoyed it better than the first one. Plus, they finally showed those strange little kids on a more human level (ok they play soccer with a severed head but still...), meaning that they were scared and they were more or less easily shoved aside by one of the woman. Before, they just seemed like little superhuman devils that nothing could intimidate.
In all, i'd like to see Eli Roth make a third and final one in which you'd see an international police force dismantled the whole sick organization. A perfect way to end a possible trilogy.
Huge Disappointment! Sorry Eli Roth...you missed the target this time!
2009-09-04 - Cabin Fever was great...as was Hostel I, but Hostel II does not live up to even the original's fear factor. I think the problems was that everything was too glossy this time around...(blu-ray looked amazing by the way)...but I was really expecting a better story...and I know Eli Roth is all about good storytelling so I'm not sure why he failed on this one.
You almost feel cheated wathching this...the bubblegum kids should've been left out of this film. Rent before you buy!
