Hostel: Part II (2007)

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Roth's dark humor and lacerating view of human weakness sometimes suggest George Romero; what he lacks is Romero's stubborn belief in personal morality.

October 23, 2007 Full Review

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Both nubile females and alpha-male douche bags are on the receiving end of pain (that's supposed to nullify accusations of misogyny, is it?), but really, we're all the victims here.

June 16, 2007 Full Review

David Fear

Time Out New York

Top Critic

Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II is an authentic real-world creep show -- better, if anything, than its predecessor.

June 13, 2007 Full Review | Comments (2)

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

The movie is almost totally devoid of suspense, which is one of the marks of a true exploitation film. Why waste time with a bunch of false scares and tension, when you can go straight to the pain and suffering?

June 12, 2007 Full Review

Peter Hartlaub

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Hostel: Part II offers more hard-core horror and an even more outspoken message [than the first].

June 9, 2007 | Comment (1)

Colin Covert

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Top Critic

Ends up there is a moral to the story, one sure to delight the bamboozled pseudo-intellectuals who laughably defended Hostel as a geo-political critique of American arrogance and the culture of torture.

June 8, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

Nathan Lee

Village Voice

Top Critic

Gory torture bloodbath checks in for another stay.

December 15, 2010 Full Review

Charles Cassady

Common Sense Media

There are some grisly deaths gore hounds would approve of, but the focus is more on the motives of the murderous pervs and the inner workings of the snuff corporation.

July 7, 2010 Full Review

Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

Poseur callousness all the way

August 27, 2009 Full Review

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Filmmaker Eli Roth tries to enliven the formula, but this sequel loses the grim surprise of the original without adding much new in terms of plotting or gory set pieces.

July 23, 2008 Full Review

Tim Grierson

Screendaily

This second film definitely shows Roth's absolute courage as a director. He didn't pull any punches with this follow up.

July 3, 2008 Full Review

Lucius Gore

ESplatter

The lasting effect of all three of Eli Roth's films is a certain kind of Grand Guignol "Punk'D", in which the "mark" is not only embarrassed, he's also cut to pieces.

April 18, 2008 Full Review

Brian Holcomb

Beyond Hollywood

Roth não é apenas um sujeito doente e repulsivo, mas também um picareta sem talento que usa seus filmes para torturar o espectador como num de seus "albergues".

January 2, 2008 Full Review

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

In the end, one comes to the conclusion that Roth, like his mentor Quentin Tarantino, is someone who is very good at talking the talk but can't quite bring himself to walk the walk and himself make the kind of film his own are parasitic upon.

December 7, 2007 Full Review

Keith H. Brown

Eye for Film

Not exactly a feast for the eyes, unless you're into literal blood baths and raw flesh tartare sliced testicles. In other words, a serving of fright junkie self-fulfillment, garnished with male castration fears and feminist castration fantasies.

October 30, 2007 Full Review

Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

Roth's satire of fright junkie male castration fears and feminist castration fantasies, mandates that you're going to have to have your cock and eat it too, whether consumed live during elegant dining to the sound of opera, or by killer canine pets.

October 30, 2007 Full Review

Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

Just a sub-par and obscenely overrated piece of lazy horror filmmaking...

October 27, 2007 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Extra gore and a whole lot more. The fans will not be disappointed.

October 24, 2007 Full Review

Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

a completely unnecessary, but still intriguing sequel

October 23, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

• 1. Beth: No, motherfucker, it's my money. Just get me a PDA, a SWIFT number and a recipient name. I have accounts in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Isle of Man. Just name your fucking price! Trust me, I got it.
  – Submitted by Rawballs B (17 days ago)
• 1. Stuart: I am the fucking Hercules.
  – Submitted by Javis C (4 months ago)
• 1. Make-up Woman: I'm gonna make you belle.
  2. Whitney: Belle for what?
  3. Make-up Woman: For the client.
  4. Whitney: WHAT CLIENT? HELP!
  – Submitted by Javis C (20 months ago)
• 1. Make-up Woman: I'm not gonna hurt you, OKAY. I'm gonna clean you up.
  – Submitted by Javis C (20 months ago)
• 1. Bubble Gum Kid: Dollar bitch!
  – Submitted by Javis C (20 months ago)
• 1. Beth: Good night Miroslav.
  2. Whitney: (Drunk) Good night Mirosla.
  – Submitted by Javis C (21 months ago)

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