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The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:2

Rotten:13

Average Rating:3.7/10

Consensus: The Hills Have Eyes 2 is a completely unoriginal sequel offers plenty of gore and clichés, but few scares.

Rated: R

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:Mar 23, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $20,765,928

Synopsis: After a group of hapless National Guard troops fails a training exercise, their commanding officer (Flex Alexander, SNAKES ON A PLANE) orders them to deliver supplies to some scientists in Yuma... After a group of hapless National Guard troops fails a training exercise, their commanding officer (Flex Alexander, SNAKES ON A PLANE) orders them to deliver supplies to some scientists in Yuma Flats, New Mexico. The mutants from the first film (the unfortunate victims who live on nuclear testing ground) have returned to terrorize a group of Department of Defense researchers. The unlucky soldiers happen upon the remains of their camp (and its denizens), and the horrors begin. The inbred family of cannibals stalks the soldiers and picks them off, one by one, in gruesome fashion. Alejandre Aja (HIGH TENSION) directed the 2006 remake, but this sequel replaces Aja with Martin Weisz, whose first feature, ROHTENBERG, was banned in his native Germany. Written by genre master Wes Craven and his son Jonathan, THE HILLS HAVE EYES II is a sequel to the remake of Craven's original 1977 film. It's no coincidence that Craven changed this sequel's victims from a band of motorcyclists to a group of unlucky soldiers, giving the film political undertones. For a brief moment, this film addresses the idea that war may be the worst kind of horror, even when it's judged against mutant cannibals. [More]

Starring: Daniella Alonso, Michael McMillian, Michael Bailey Smith, Jeff Kober

Starring: Daniella Alonso, Michael McMillian, Michael Bailey Smith, Jeff Kober, Jay Acovone, Philip Pavel, Lee Thompson Young, Ben Crowley, Jessica Stroup, Reshad Strik, Eric Edelstein, David Reynolds, Derek Mears, Tyrell Kemlo, Javier Nieto, Gaspar Szabo, Jacob Vargas, Flex Alexander

Director: Martin Weisz

Director: Martin Weisz
Screenwriter: Jonathan Craven, Martin Weisz
Producer: Peter Locke, Wes Craven, Marianne Maddalena
Composer: Trevor Morris
Studio: Fox Atomic

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In case you miss what's happening, one soldier wails, 'Oh, man, we're gettin' picked off one by one, here.'

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/22/07
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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Written, disappointingly, by Wes Craven and his son Jonathan, this limp sequel to last year's remake of Wes' 1977 original feels like the work of a guy who's spent a few too many days lost in the desert.

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04/12/07
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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One man-versus-mutant dust-up ends with a sledgehammer to the groin. Enough said.

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04/02/07
Matt Zoller Seitz
Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
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It's no better or worse than most films of its genre.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
03/31/07
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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A retro horror-comedy featuring quick deaths and cheapo-looking gore, with a few dorky laughs and gross-outs but not so many scares.

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03/28/07
Gregory Kirschling
Gregory Kirschling
Entertainment Weekly
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For anyone other than hardcore gore-hounds, this flipbook of deliberately invoked global-unrest horrors, from friendly-fire killings to rape as a breeding weapon, is effectively mean and unrelenting -- and pretty far from fun.

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03/28/07
Jim Ridley
Jim Ridley
Village Voice
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The new movie is a pre-combat nightmare, whereas the first -- Alexandre Aja's effective 2006 remake of Craven's low-rent 1977 original -- was pure post-nuclear paranoia.

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03/26/07
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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You'd like to think such bankruptcy of imagination means we've seen the last of these subterranean creeps. But you know they'll be back soon to collect their royalties from the gore hounds who apparently don't care how dull [it is].

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03/26/07
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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Although the ads warn, 'The lucky ones die fast,' the truth is, 'The smart ones walk out early.'

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
03/26/07
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The film may not be as scary as its predecessor, but it will make you think twice before you use a Porta Potti again.

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03/26/07
Peter Hartlaub
Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
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Director Martin Weisz does an adequate job of maintaining the movie's tension and momentum, but the lack of compelling characters and the unusual level of nastiness makes this an arduous mission for all involved.

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03/26/07
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Globe and Mail
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The only folks jumping out of their seats are the ones going for a drink refill.

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03/26/07
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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Helmer Martin Weisz, whose background is largely in musicvideos, meets the challenge of creating dread in broad daylight, before the entire cast of soldiers and carnivores heads underground, into the warren of mines and tunnels where the mutants dwell.

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03/26/07
John Anderson
John Anderson
Variety
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It is only another by-the-numbers, don’t-mess-with-the-formula screen filler aimed at the gore-hound fan boys who sustain all these franchises while bemoaning their sameness.

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03/23/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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After this disgrace, it's time to shut the hills' eyes for good.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment 8 Comments
03/23/07
James Berardinelli
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