Hostel Part II (2007)
Hostel Part II is an even more morally repugnant,more intellectually empty and more misogynistic film.
Sadistic violence, very strong language, torture, drugs, nudity and the shooting of a young child, Eli Roth tried everything in this sad and empty film.
I thought to myself, if Mel Gibson was accused of Anti-Semitism for stereotyping Jews in 'The Passion Of The Christ', then Roth should be massacred with criticism for his portrayal of Slovaks and Eastern European people. He portrays them as sick, sadistic, backward, ugly, scruffy, perverted; this film is mostly aimed at audiences who can't point Europe on a map of Europe.
The funny thing with Hostel Part II, is that the writers actually tried to craft a script with a deeper storyline, dark humour and moral choices and the essence of man and his behaviour. The attempt made this film even more laughable, because it was a ridiculous script that failed on every level.
Hostel Part II is boring at times, it tries to develop a story but fails miserably. But this is a darker more perverse and even more sadistic sequel. In some ways it scores as a hardcore horror movie, but as a whole is extremely bad.
What modern filmmakers lack, such as Eli Roth, is the ability to absolutely terrify audiences through tension and psychological terrorisation. Look at Kubrick's Shining, Polanski's Rosemary's Baby and even Friedkin's Exorcist; the ultimate masterpieces of terror, the stay in your mind after the film... the old 'less is more' does actually work in horror. Hostel Part II is in no way terrifying or haunting, just a sick perversion made for a narrow minded audience.
Hostel Part II is an even more morally repugnant,more intellectually empty and more misogynistic film.
Sadistic violence, very strong language, torture, drugs, nudity and the shooting of a young child, Eli Roth tried everything in this sad and empty film.
I thought to myself, if Mel Gibson was accused of Anti-Semitism for stereotyping Jews in 'The Passion Of The Christ', then Roth should be massacred with criticism for his portrayal of Slovaks and Eastern European people. He portrays them as sick, sadistic, backward, ugly, scruffy, perverted; this film is mostly aimed at audiences who can't point Europe on a map of Europe.
The funny thing with Hostel Part II, is that the writers actually tried to craft a script with a deeper storyline, dark humour and moral choices and the essence of man and his behaviour. The attempt made this film even more laughable, because it was a ridiculous script that failed on every level.
Hostel Part II is boring at times, it tries to develop a story but fails miserably. But this is a darker more perverse and even more sadistic sequel. In some ways it scores as a hardcore horror movie, but as a whole is extremely bad.
What modern filmmakers lack, such as Eli Roth, is the ability to absolutely terrify audiences through tension and psychological terrorisation. Look at Kubrick's Shining, Polanski's Rosemary's Baby and even Friedkin's Exorcist; the ultimate masterpieces of terror, the stay in your mind after the film... the old 'less is more' does actually work in horror. Hostel Part II is in no way terrifying or haunting, just a sick perversion made for a narrow minded audience.