| Hostel - Part II (Unrated Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Eli Roth
Actors: Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart, Richard Burgi
Studio: Sony
Category: DVD
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Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: Czech (Original Language), English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Slovak (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 043396191990
UPC: 043396191990
EAN: 0043396191990
ASIN: B000UJ48P4
Theatrical Release Date: June 8, 2007
Release Date: October 23, 2007
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Product Description
Three American students in Slovakia become victims for wealthy men who like to murder and torture for fun.
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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
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 Even better than the first movie and then some! Eli Roth is amazing! November 16, 2009
Saint Thomas (Kent, Ohio)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Most people either love Eli Roth or they hate him. The most commen complaints regarding his films are usually about his quirky and strange direction style (think David Lynch during his TWIN PEAKS days), his over the top use of gore and nudity (which is something that we FRIDAY THE 13TH fans have all seen before) and the unfair label by the public that he started the whole new trend in Horror called "Torture Porn." The last one is just a brush off comment if you ask me. Eli Roth is way beyond a simple label such as that. It's just something people say in order to sound like they're "above it." I'm willing to bet that half of those people haven't even seen any of the HOSTEL films.
I myself am a huge Eli Roth fan. I've seen most of his movies in theaters. I knew Roth was a good director from the start. CABIN FEVER pretty much kicked the door open for him. It was just a matter of time before he started to get the kind of recognition that he truly deserved.
From the moment HOSTEL II went into theaters, me and a few of my "choice" friends (those who I think appreciate this type of thing) were there in a heart beat! As the movie progressed on, we couldn't believe how wonderfully this sequel was crafted! It's not your typical sequel, "paint by the numbers" film either. HOSTEL II takes the idea from the first movie and expands it into a new and more terrifying direction. This time, the quirky humor is on over load and that makes things all the more scary. It's Eli Roth's dark sense of humor and smirking outlook on society that makes his movies so strange and intense.
A friend of mine watched this movie a while back with his girlfriend and when I asked him what he thought of it, he didn't have much to say. I was shocked at his response because I (and the friends that I watched the movie with) instantly fell in love with this sequel. We even liked it better than the first. Anyways, when I asked him what exactly he didn't enjoy about this movie, he didn't give me a straight forward answer. To me, it seemed like he didn't even watch the movie. What it all boiled down for him was that he was bored and didn't think it was a necessary sequel. He just couldn't get into it, or rather thats what I gathered from his vague statements. I would imagine that's the same way most people view Eli Roth's films.
So I asked my friend, "Did we even see the same movie!?!" I just couldn't believe he was brushing it off like that. HOSTEL II, which I came away from awstruck and amazed, he had very little to say on the matter. Go figure. I have come to the conclusion that no matter what the movie is, if it's a sequel, people are going to hate it. You might have a little saving grace if it's a number two or three, but for the most part people hate sequels. No matter what number it is. Sometimes there is an exception to that rule like THE AMITYVILLE HORROR part II or ALIENS. I myself usually enjoy sequels, unless they're real stinkers like the horrible sequel to 976-EVIL.
Anyways, HOSTEL II is better than it's original for a number of reasons. The creep factor is definitely up. People always seem to be conspiring against one another. Also, the movie has a very "Italian Giallo Horror" vibe about it. Along the lines of Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA and DEEP RED. Another positive thing about this sequel is the light that is shed into the world of this "killing cult." You get a real good idea of how powerful and crazy these people are! They're brooding and sinister, kidnapping people without remorse. Last but not least is the gore factor. Pumped up to notch ten on the gore scale, HOSTEL II is definitely not for the squeamish! Torture scenes last a very long time, some of them really gruesome! My favorite being the Elizabeth Bathory themed one. You just have to see it to understand it.
The story of the movie is the fundamental opposite of the first movie. Instead of just the guys getting it the worst, this time it's the girls who go under the knife! It's simple and it works, mainly because HOSTEL is the type of plot that doesn't need to be changed around all that much. This "death cult" of business men (and lunatics) is just too powerful for things to change too much between the first and second film. They pay, they kill and they cover it up. For some people, this story might just be a cheap excuse for torture and killing. I would have to say those people don't read between the lines. There is a smarter and more sarcastic message behind Roth's films.
Over all, I would have to say this is one of the few perfect sequels. Eli Roth knows what he's doing and it seems like he's going to be one of the best Horror directors in the genre. So far he's got a good list of films under his belt (CABIN FEVER, HOSTEL and HOSTEL II) and with production coming from Quentin Tarantino, his future in the Horror business looks bright.
Gore Hounds, do I even need to say it? Check it out! Fans of strange cinema, also check it out. Don't listen to all the negative reviews out there. Those people don't know what they're talking about. They wouldn't know a bad sequel if it ran up and bit them in the leg! This is far from a bad sequel. HOSTEL II is a rare case where the sequel is actually better than the original.
This movie isn't for everybody. If graphic death, torture and buckets of blood shed isn't your cup of tea, then it's time to rent or buy something else. If you want to know what the amazing director Eli Roth is all about (in terms of cinema) just watch the HOSTEL films. You need an open mind and a sarcastic opinion about society in general. HOSTEL II is a warped look in the cracked mirror of life. Some people get it, some people don't.
Over and out!
A True Horror Flick! July 9, 2009
Joecooler2u (Wernersville, Pennsylvania United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm tired of the horror movies that have to insert comedy (not in all cases though Scream made Horror/Comedy work) into the film. Hostel II does pretty much what the original did, this time with women being the victims. I've seen the film plenty of times (thanks to Netflix), but I just recieved the DVD today so the extras will be reviewed in a future edit. This is mainly about the film itself.
If you like to watch horror movies that make you jump, have some gore (I'm not a big fan of gore but Eli Roth & Tarrentino use gore in a different way than some, that comes off better than most gory movies). I guess when the movie itself is good enough you can look past the gore. Again Roth won me over with this sequel. There is just something different about Hostel II that even paired with the original is different from a lot of horror movies in recent years, with the possible exception of the SAW series. Even then there are major differences. In the SAW movies you had one man who was psycho and he found others to do his work to test bad people and most of them failed the tests, mazes etc. In Hostel II you have the same place basically, but the motivation is something more realistic. I wouldn't be surprised if such a place existed in a cruel world like ours.
If you want to sit down with a spouse, date or even alone this is a good film to spook you. If you're a critic of horror movies (& gore in particular) this might not be for you. If you are the type to simply give a movie a chance and you love horror movies check this one out.
The women in this movie are very attractive, for the most part likeable. Just like the characters in the original, you end up liking them. If you like the original Hostel then you will most likely enjoy this one. I did and like I said, I am not a big fan of gore, but this won me over like the original did.
Very violent and (surprisingly) suspenseful. VERY EFFECTIVE. An improvement over the 1st film. September 10, 2007
Paulo Leite (Lisbon, Portugal)
15 out of 21 found this review helpful
Horror sequels usually fail do add anything interesting to the film(s) that came before simply because studios insist on the mere delivering of the same. It is like if they could isolate the things that worked and started reproducing it over and over. That's nothing new with that and any FRIDAY THE 13TH fan (like me) knows about that.
But Hostel 2 did a better job than most sequels usually do and it's a pity the film did not perform at the box office as expected... because this film actually very good.
After a brief intro starting exactly where the first film ended (where we see what happens with the guy who survived after he comes back home) there we go again to Europe where we meet three new will-be-victims (this time girls) as they fall into the same scheme.
Until then, nothing new.
But then... the narrative splits and we start to follow a secondary set of characters: the clients who paid for them. That is a very interesting change. And that is just the start of a great horror screenplay with a couple of really genuine well written twists. In products like this film, that level of quality is rare.
Now... I found it as violent as the first film. Meaning that the make-up and prosthetics are (as usual) made to shock. All other elements are equally fine.
This is one of the best sequels out there.
And it is worth a look.
Girl Power! March 19, 2008
G.C. (New Hampshire, USA)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you liked the original movie, Hostel, you will adore Hostel II. While we get a brief glimpse into the life of one of the original's main characters, Paxton, Hostel II shifts its primary focus on to a new group of adventurous young adults, who are out to prove that guys don't get to have all the fun while on vacation in Europe!
This time, the main characters are Beth, Whitney, and Lorna, three American college students taking a summer art course in Italy. While the three girls have their differences, they decide to overcome any hostile feelings towards each other and instead plan to bond over a weekend girls' getaway to Prague. While on the train, they run into a familiar face - Axelle, the friendly art model from their summer class!
After learning of Axelle's plans to spend a luxurious break at the natural spas in Slovakia, the 3 American girls decide to change their plans and tag along. And they are in for a treat! Not only are the spas fabulous, but the town is celebrating its annual harvest festival, and it appears as though both Whitney and Lorna are destined to find romance in this Eastern European paradise. Beth meets a pleasant American gentleman, Stuart, who she has the fortune to keep bumping into throughout the film.
Of course, no European adventure is complete without some sort of debacle! The girls find themselves in a bit of hot water following the harvest festival dance -- but don't worry too much! When things appear as though they couldn't get any darker, Stuart appears! To save the day? Maybe...but I don't want to ruin the movie for you, so you'll just have to watch to see what happens.
What really touches me most about the movie is how despite tensions with her girlfriends, the stress of being a student abroad, and the heaps of trouble she finds herself in after the harvest festival, Beth shows a tremendous strength of character that really shines through even the darkest moments. She goes to show that with a little spunk, determination, and girl power, she can accomplish things that others would consider impossible.
Very violent and (surprisingly) suspenseful. VERY EFFECTIVE. An improvement over the 1st film. October 16, 2007
Paulo Leite (Lisbon, Portugal)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Horror sequels usually fail do add anything interesting to the film(s) that came before simply because studios insist on the mere delivering of the same. It is like if they could isolate the things that worked and started reproducing it over and over. That's nothing new with that and any FRIDAY THE 13TH fan (like me) knows about that.
But Hostel 2 did a better job than most sequels usually do and it's a pity the film did not perform at the box office as expected... because this film actually very good.
After a brief intro starting exactly where the first film ended (where we see what happens with the guy who survived after he comes back home) there we go again to Europe where we meet three new will-be-victims (this time girls) as they fall into the same scheme.
Until then, nothing new.
But then... the narrative splits and we start to follow a secondary set of characters: the clients who paid for them. That is a very interesting change. And that is just the start of a great horror screenplay with a couple of really genuine well written twists. In products like this film, that level of quality is rare.
Now... I found it as violent as the first film. Meaning that the make-up and prosthetics are (as usual) made to shock. All other elements are equally fine.
This is one of the best sequels out there.
And it is worth a look.
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