Three female American college students are on their way from Rome to Prague when they get a tip of visiting hot springs in Slovakia by this European woman who hooks up with them. But when in Slovakia things doesn't stay nice for long and it's one of those trips that are bound to end in bloodshed.
Frankly, even though I had no expectations whatsoever I'm still disappointed of what was HOSTEL: PART II. I mean cīmon, this was supposed to be extremely bloody, gruesome as hell, violent and feature all kinds of horrible things but all I could think of when the credit started to roll was: "is this it"? All right, so the first movie wasn't great but at least the second half of it was good and had a bunch of things going for it but all this sequel does is to repeat itself and has really nothing new that we haven't seen before... be it in the first HOSTEL or in other movies for that matter. One thing it should get some cred for is that it didn't feature all the nonsense that the first film had in in through the first half of it. No, when this one starts it has pretty good pacing that lasts all the way through. But the real problem is that HOSTEL: PART II is a super shallow movie with some in-your-face-gore and pretty much nothing else. And even the very gore itself isn't really that fascinating so in the end you're really not left with too much to cheer about.
 
If you have great connections within the movie biz you don't really have to come up with a great story to get to make a movie and this is HOSTEL: PART II in a nutshell. All right, so Eli Roth obviously has visions but if you're gonna go for gore and violence then go for it all the way and don't stop halfway through. Personally, I appreciate psychological horror with a creepy story over gore any day but that doesn't mean that I'm not into gore as well, I just think that when you do something you should aim for a 110 percent and not give it a sissy-ass try, and that pretty much goes for anything. Another thing with this movie is that it felt a little too short, it starts off and really does nothing you didn't expect it to do and works its way through the simple story, throws some blood splatter at you here and there and just ends in an abrupt kinda way. It just felt like there should've been more...
Well, all is not bad; HOSTEL: PART II may end way too fast and may be way too predictable and unoriginal but it is easy to watch and it will keep you entertained, so watching the film is not a total waste of time. I'd say it's actually worth to take a look at and then decide for yourself, just don't expect too much cos that'll leave you disappointed for sure. This time we get to follow three American girls in Rome that plans on taking a trip to Prague. But in Rome they meet this girl who later shows up on the train to Prague who tells the group about this fantastic spa with awesome springs located in Slovakia. Needless to say, the girls decide to visit the spa instead of following their original plan which of course is a big mistake and leads to disaster deluxe.
As for the gore, it sure has its moment even though it wasn't nearly as massive as I had expected (and wanted it to be.) There was one scene that was pretty awesome and in an instance made you think of Elizabeth Bathory, The Blood Countess, and the movie also had a bunch of other scenes that delivered when it comes to blood. On the other hand, there were also a bunch of scenes that felt like they were just there for pure shock value and felt rather meaningless since I believe that everything needs to be backed up with something else, otherwise to hell with it. But like I said before, if you enjoyed HOSTEL you should take a look at the sequel because even if it's not a very good film it still has a little of this and a little of that to offer.
While this wasn't really that bad, let's just hope there won't be a third film because that will just seem too tacky. I'd like to see Roth go back to doing something in the same vein as he did with CABIN FEVER, the combo of gore and comedy because he really seem to have something to offer in that field. HOSTEL: PART II is worth a rent but it's not a movie you'll remember long after it's over.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Hostel 2
MOVIE YEAR: 2007
DIRECTOR: Eli Roth
WRITING CREDITS: Eli Roth
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 93 min
RATING: 4/10
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