Hostel: Part II

Name: Hostel: Part II
Director: Eli Roth
Released: 2007

Eli Roth

2007

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Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.

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78
Austin Chronicle
Director Roth has accomplished the near impossible with Hostel: Part II: He's crafted a vastly superior sequel to a film already considered something of a classic by genre aficionados, one that supersedes its predecessor's sadistic entertainment quotient by orders of magnitude while also upstaging its own outrageous gore effects with a script that's smart, vicious, and occasionally, gleefully subversive.
70
The Hollywood Reporter
Roth has managed the rare feat of actually improving on the original.
70
Variety
In this twist-filled sequel, the real shocker is just how smart and satisfying such degradation can be. There's no question "Part II" outgrosses the original "Hostel" in the blood-and-guts department.
63
TV Guide Magazine
Given its premise, it's hard for any Hostel sequel to be little more than a rehash.
60
Los Angeles Times
Hostel II is far too shrewd and savagely witty to be caught engaging in higher seriousness. Roth could probably go even further with this particular franchise if he wanted to. Yet somehow, I think he's meant for grander, subtler and more intricate distractions than this.
38
ReelViews
The problem with Hostel Part II is the same flaw that afflicted Hostel: no tension.
38
New York Post
A suspenseless rehash.
30
The New York Times
Mr. Roth, part of a new breed of horror directors affectionately labeled the "Splat Pack," is regarded by some as a savior of the genre, though it could be argued that he is more effectively a saboteur. He might have mastered the cheap sadism-as-entertainment gross-out, but he has yet to produce a single genuine, old-fashioned fright.

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