NO NEED TO SAY AGAIN THAT I AM A HOSTEL FAN. SO HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS FROM THE SEQUEL. AND AS YOU ALL MUST HAVE REALIZED I'VE BEEN BURNT MANY TIMES COS OF MY HIGH EXPECTATIONS. BUT HAVING LIKED HOSTEL IMMENSELY I WAS GONNA BE VERY LENIENT WITH ITS SEQUEL MAKING IT LESS LIKELY TO HURT ME. BUT TO MY GREAT FORTUNE IT TURNED OUT THAT SEQUEL TRUMPED THE FIRST PART IN EVERY DEPARTMENT N MADE THIS MY FAV MOVIE :) SORRY HOSTEL BUT HOSTEL 2 IS ALL CLASS .....
SYNOPSIS: Three female college students take a detour from their partying, enticed by a beautiful European woman who promises seclusion, safety and maybe even romance. What they get is a living hell where they are sold to the highest bidder who's fondest wish is to kill them slowly. Hostel 2 also follows 2 American men who, on the flip side of the coin, are willing to pay to join an exclusive club where a life will end at their hands...any way they like. It's a story of human monsters and the almighty dollar as only Eli Roth could tell it.
THAT SYNOPSIS APTLY DESCRIBES THIS MOVIE. ELI ROTH DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A PSYCHOPATH N HE IS ONE. HIS METHOD OF SENDIND A MESSAGE ACROSS IS NOT SUBTLE FOR SURE. BUT THIS MOVIE ATLEAST SHOWS MUCH LESS VIOLENCE. I LIKE GORE BUT A SEQUEL TO A VIOLENT MOVIE WHICH HAS LESS VIOLENCE(ACCORDING TO ELI ROTH STANDARD) N MORE ATMOSPHERE IS A WELCOME CHANGE. WAY TO GO.....
MASTERFUL DIRECTION FROM ELI ROTH IN THE SEQUEL MAKES IT MORE THAN ANOTHER GOREFEST. SOME GREAT CAMERA ANGLES N ADDITION OF BACK STORIES MAKE THIS AN ENJOYABLE TREAT. PLUS CHARACTERS WE REALLY CARE ABOUT. TREMENDOUS CHANGE BETWEEN 1 N 2 :)
ACTING DEPARTMENT IS DECENT N DO ENOUGH TO HELP ROTH IN TAKING THIS MOVIE TO ANOTHER LEVEL. BIJOU PHILLIPS,HEATHER MATERRAZZO,LAUREN GERMAN,RICHARD BURGI N ROGER BART. THIS TALENTED CAST DOES AN AWESOME JOB TO CREATE FEELINGS FOR THEM. WE REALLY CARE FOR THOSE GIRLS MUCH MORE THAN THE BOYS FROM THE FIRST MOVIE. PLUS WE SPEND TIME WITH THE VILLIANS AS WELL. WE KNOW WHY THEY ARE DOING THIS. SO WE FEEL A TAD MUCH MORE REPULSED WHEN THEY GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. BUT WILL THEY FINISH IT? THATS A DIFFERENCE STORY ALTOGETHER. WELL DONE CAST :)
CINEMATOGRAPHY IS GREAT. THE GLOOM N DOOM ATMOSPHERE IS CAPTURED MORE BEAUTIFULLY. PLUS SOME GREAT USE OF MUSIC HELPS IN CREATING A TERSE MOOD. HUGE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE FIRST PART. EDITING IS DECENT.
ALL IN ALL A GOREFEST N A SEQUEL WHICH BETTERS THE FIRST PART. ALBEIT WITH THE GORE TONED DOWN A LITTLE. GREAT DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT. HATS OFF ELI ROTH :)
HighTension Meter- 8/10.
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