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"An unintelligent and uncompromisingly lazy and incoherent mess of a film."

'The Hills Have Eyes 2', the sequel to the disappointing remake, is an absolutely vile, worthless, cynical, mean-spirited and contemptible film and...
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"An unintelligent and uncompromisingly lazy and incoherent mess of a film."

'The Hills Have Eyes 2', the sequel to the disappointing remake, is an absolutely vile, worthless, cynical, mean-spirited and contemptible film and there really is not a single reason to see it other than to see people getting killed very graphically. The plot is awful and never gets developed, the acting is atrocious, the characters are props who serve no purpose other than to get hacked to pieces and whose vocabularies range from "s***" to "f***".

This film is also an insanely gory one. Being a huge fan of gore myself, I certainly wasn't disappointed with this aspect, and this film almost overflows with some of the most graphic and bloody violence ever allowed in a modern mainstream horror film. There is at least one reason to see it, but it does not even remotely influence the film's overall grade.

As you can probably already see, I don't give out zero stars very often, but this film truly is a worthless, ugly, despicable pile of trash, completely devoid of artistic intent and is merely a lazy cash-grab sequel to a movie that wasn't worth watching to start off with. And delta_116326, 'The Hills Have Eyes 2', remarkably, has even moronic characters than those of the original remake.

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Posted sep 14, 2008 1:48 pm pt

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This one isn't as good as the first but it's still a good horror film. There are still plenty of scares and tons of gore. The mutant freaks are just as gruesome as the first film. I really liked how they used armed National Guard soldiers in...
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This one isn't as good as the first but it's still a good horror film. There are still plenty of scares and tons of gore. The mutant freaks are just as gruesome as the first film. I really liked how they used armed National Guard soldiers in this movie as the "victims". This is an entertaining film horror buffs will like.

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Posted jul 14, 2008 9:45 am pt

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Better than the first. At least the characters arent complete morons.

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Posted may 23, 2008 6:46 pm pt

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This movie isnt as good as part one ,ok its just not a good movie why i say so its not so creepy as the last one its quite predictatable,the movie isnt as brutal as the last one and story in the last one was so much better,they tried to make it...
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This movie isnt as good as part one ,ok its just not a good movie why i say so its not so creepy as the last one its quite predictatable,the movie isnt as brutal as the last one and story in the last one was so much better,they tried to make it better but its funny how half of the people in the movie get killed by being dropped of the cliffs and i never knew they had a kitchen were they keep all those bodies i wonder were they got all those people in the middle of the desert,i mean i thougt they just eat the people there and then,they really tried to make it scary....otherwise its a terrible movie..

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Posted mar 21, 2008 5:43 am pt

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Horror for a new generation of film fans. Wes Craven again produced this movie, so that was a good enough motive for me to take a trip down to my local and pay my seven bucks. There is much to recommend the sequel (of the remake), especially if...
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Horror for a new generation of film fans. Wes Craven again produced this movie, so that was a good enough motive for me to take a trip down to my local and pay my seven bucks. There is much to recommend the sequel (of the remake), especially if you like your gore well over the top. Predictable script but on the whole an intense experience.

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Posted oct 4, 2007 9:27 am pt

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Yes The Hills Have Eyes 2 is focused on gore and gross out horror but isn't that what slasher fans go to see slasher movies for.The Hills Have Eyes 2 doesn't try to be anything more than it is it just tries to satisfy it's audience by doing what...
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Yes The Hills Have Eyes 2 is focused on gore and gross out horror but isn't that what slasher fans go to see slasher movies for.The Hills Have Eyes 2 doesn't try to be anything more than it is it just tries to satisfy it's audience by doing what the first film did which was create a feeling of isolation and claustrophobia.Most critics are calling this movie generic and exactly the same as every other film of it's kind when The Hills Have Eyes (1977) seems to be just Wes Cravens version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and The Hills Have Eyes (2006) was just Wes Cravens version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003).It seems Wes Craven is heavily influenced by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and films just like it so just because this movie is a sequel don't judge it too harshly on originality because other than Last House on the Left, Nightmare On Elm Street, and The Serpent And The Rainbow Wes Craven has never been all that original.The Hills Have Eyes 2 primarily focuses on the similar things The Descent used for scares which would be create an atmosphere of isolation and claustrophobia almost as if there is no possible way out.The first movie was definitely a cut above the average slasher whereas The Hills Have Eyes 2 is much more predictable and follows a typical formula adding a few new horror elements and surprisingly amazing gore effects.Don't think this is anywhere near as annoyingly formulaic as movies like the awful Wrong Turn, the semi bad See No Evil, or the unbearably pointless Hostel, The Hills Have Eyes 2 is at least entertaining.The most original thing this movie does is have the victims actually seek out the killers with weapons and full intentions of slaughtering those who threaten their lives something that you want in a slasher film but you rarely get.The movie's cinematography is both beautiful and creepy much like it's predecessor and creates the feeling of being lost and alone perfectly.The storyline is quite similar to a lot of slasher movies even the ones deemed masterpieces or classics so nothing to fantastic down that end.The acting is great you can easily believe the fear and terror in the performances and identify with certain characters and hope they live instead of wanted to see them die.The Hills Have Eyes 2 is in no way original but nothing in the slasher genre is, most cult followers of slasher movies typically like movies that are almost all the same in terms of film technique i can count at least 50 similarities between The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Wrong Turn.Basically don't go in expecting anything groundbreaking or new I recommend The Hills Have Eyes 2 for a rental on a boring Saturday night.

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Posted jul 25, 2007 9:11 am pt

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The first thing you notice about this dvd is its unrated which leads you to believe there should be more blood and guts. Part of the problem of this film is you really do not know if it is a prequel or a sequel who knows. It shows national...
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The first thing you notice about this dvd is its unrated which leads you to believe there should be more blood and guts. Part of the problem of this film is you really do not know if it is a prequel or a sequel who knows. It shows national guardsmen going to a desert out post to delivery some supplies to some scientists. When they show up they see how the hills people have gotten the scientists and then mayhem begins. Acting.. who needs some stinking acting. This movie is based on violence and graphic killings with not much plot. I thought the first one was average but this one is actually worse. The whole idea of the hill people is silly at best but its hardly explained what they are doing out there or where they are at. I would suggest passing this movie unless you have nothing better to watch.

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Posted jul 20, 2007 11:36 pm pt

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Well the first part was more interesting but always leaves you predicting the end. Another one will probably make its way to our screens. Although Wes Craven has done the 2 older parts he still needs to brushen up on a new storylined scary parts!...
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Well the first part was more interesting but always leaves you predicting the end. Another one will probably make its way to our screens. Although Wes Craven has done the 2 older parts he still needs to brushen up on a new storylined scary parts! Not a bad movie overall and very well directed with good actors. Enjoyable but bloody

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Posted jun 24, 2007 7:03 am pt

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Well the first part was more interesting but always leaves you predicting the end. Another one will probably make its way to our screens. Although Wes Craven has done the 2 older parts he still needs to brushen up on a new storylined scary parts!...
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Well the first part was more interesting but always leaves you predicting the end. Another one will probably make its way to our screens. Although Wes Craven has done the 2 older parts he still needs to brushen up on a new storylined scary parts! Not a bad movie overall and very well directed with good actors. Enjoyable but bloody

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Posted jun 24, 2007 7:03 am pt

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Well the first part was more interesting but always leaves you predicting the end. Another one will probably make its way to our screens. Although Wes Craven has done the 2 older parts he still needs to brushen up on a new storylined scary parts!...
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Well the first part was more interesting but always leaves you predicting the end. Another one will probably make its way to our screens. Although Wes Craven has done the 2 older parts he still needs to brushen up on a new storylined scary parts! Not a bad movie overall and very well directed with good actors. Enjoyable but bloody

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Posted jun 24, 2007 7:02 am pt

• [+] Boston Globe
  
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  The director, Martin Weisz , doesn't lean on a lot of noise and editing tricks. He can relax, since all the scares are built into the Cravens' script, which invokes both "Goonies" and last year's instant-classic, chicks-versus-cave-dwelling-vampires flick "The Descent."

  by Wesley Morris | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  Pretty solid gory horror.

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  58
  A retro horror-comedy featuring quick deaths and cheapo-looking gore, with a few dorky laughs and gross-outs but not so many scares.

  by Gregory Kirschling | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
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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.

  by Jim Ridley | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
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  Though written by Wes Craven and his son, Jonathan Craven, this is pretty standard stuff: A lot of creeping through dark tunnels with just enough characterization to help you keep track of who's still alive, but not enough gore to really satisfy fans of Aja's bloodbath.

  by Ken Fox | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  The politics of "Hills 2" won't enlist any new converts to the horror ranks, but existing fans will be drawn to the combination of visceral tension, violent payoff and the patented Craven gift for innovative gore.

  by John Anderson | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
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  It's not fun to watch.

  by Peter Hartlaub | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
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  The film is brazenly indebted to old cowboys-and-Indians movies and to James Cameron's "Aliens." Gleefully sensationalistic and paced like an adults-only shoot-'em-up video game, it's ultimately less interested in subversion and subtext than in making viewers squirm, shriek and throw up into their popcorn bags.

  by Matt Zoller Seitz | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  The Hills Have Eyes 2 proves that even grisly, gory violence can be awfully boring.

  by Michael Rechtshaffen | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
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  The mutants are brain-damaged; the filmmakers don't have that excuse to justify this movie, which is the kind of thing the sergeant would call "a stunning display of individual and group stupidity."

  by Kyle Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  38
  A perfunctory gore fest and quite possibly the year's worst date movie.

  by Jason Anderson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
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  As a fan of the genre, and someone who genuinely loves such recent horror efforts as "The Descent" and "The Host," I respectfully suggest that the atmosphere for horror movies might be better if moviemakers stopped making ones like this.

  by Glenn Kenny | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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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 or warmed over the accompanying package.

  by Gene Seymour | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  After this disgrace, it's time to shut the hills' eyes for good.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
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  On the whole, this is an awfully long slog through very arid terrain, in which generic soldiers track, fight and try to escape from generic villains (you'd be surprised at how uninteresting mutant flesh-eaters can be). I can't speak for the hills, but I spent most of the movie just trying to keep my eyes open.

  by Elizabeth Weitzman | Read Full Review »