I had expected better than this from Eli Roth, director of "Cabin Fever" and "Hostel".
"Hostel 2" has a little more gore in this film than the first one, but that's pretty much all that's going for it. In this film, 3 girls (Lauren German, Bijou Phillips and Heather Matarazzo) are the girls in Europe. What they don't know is that they are the "entertainment" for this company called "Elite Hunting," in which wealthy men and women torture, maim and kill the unwitting victims. Two of the visitors (Richard Burghi and Roger Bart)are ready to have some fun with our trio, and it looks like it's going to be pretty nasty.
The film is rather heavy on the gore compared to the first one, but some of the storyline seems to fall flat and it drags the film down. The gore seems like an attempt to cover up a slightly weak plot (The art of distraction? GORE!). The violence is pretty nasty (One poor victim is used to give a club member a "shower"). I had a problem with the ending, which of course sets up for a possible sequel, but just felt stupid.
Watch it at your own risk.
"Hostel 2" has a little more gore in this film than the first one, but that's pretty much all that's going for it. In this film, 3 girls (Lauren German, Bijou Phillips and Heather Matarazzo) are the girls in Europe. What they don't know is that they are the "entertainment" for this company called "Elite Hunting," in which wealthy men and women torture, maim and kill the unwitting victims. Two of the visitors (Richard Burghi and Roger Bart)are ready to have some fun with our trio, and it looks like it's going to be pretty nasty.
The film is rather heavy on the gore compared to the first one, but some of the storyline seems to fall flat and it drags the film down. The gore seems like an attempt to cover up a slightly weak plot (The art of distraction? GORE!). The violence is pretty nasty (One poor victim is used to give a club member a "shower"). I had a problem with the ending, which of course sets up for a possible sequel, but just felt stupid.
Watch it at your own risk.