Hostel: Part II
Lionsgate | Release Date: June 8, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
8
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78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
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. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
While the sequel isn't as unrelentingly gory as the original, there are still rivers of blood. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
It's also, in its sick, sick way, a real crowd-pleaser. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
An authentic real-world creep show -- better, if anything, than its predecessor. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Roth has managed the rare feat of actually improving on the original. Read full review
70
VarietyPeter Debruge
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. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Given its premise, it's hard for any Hostel sequel to be little more than a rehash. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jason Anderson
May not be your idea of a fun European vacation, but Roth's trip offers horror fans more than the usual sick kicks. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
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. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianLisa Rose
A decent second chapter in the tourist horror saga. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Basically torture porn. Read full review
40
Film ThreatZach Haddad
Eli Roth has potential, I just think he should leave Slovakia alone and focus on bigger and better things. Read full review
40
EmpireSimon Crook
Roth's slick shock-'em-up sequel is a dispiritingly traditional splat of gristly Grand Guignol. It's tooled up to outrage, but ultimately numbs rather than grips. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The problem with Hostel Part II is the same flaw that afflicted Hostel: no tension. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
A suspenseless rehash. Read full review
30
The New York TimesLaura Kern
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. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNathan Lee
Eli Roth punks capitalism all the way to the bank with cheap tricks and bankrupt imagination. Read full review
25
USA TodayScott Bowles
The filmmakers behind the "Saw" franchise must love to see a movie like Hostel: Part II. Compared to this Eli Roth fetish video, the "Saw" films are Oscar bait. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The moviemaking is driven only by contempt; he (Roth) wants to nauseate us into submission. Read full review
25
PremiereAaron Hillis
Fails in what amounts to its only distinct purpose: to smugly push the envelope of depravity farther than anyone else. Read full review
0
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
You live in a free country, you put up with crud like Hostel Part II. It truly is crud, though. Read full review
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