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oh, the horror! no, i can't believe it either but here i am doing another review for a sequel. up this week is the follow-up to last year's much hyped only mediocre "stomach churning" splatter-fest 'hostel'. in 'part ii' the roles have been reversed (in more ways than one as you'll see after viewing it) as the victims this time are young women. upon changing plans the three ladies end up traveling to slovakia after persuaded by the gorgeous model from their art class. one by one they are kidnapped and taken to the oh so familiar place visited last year where a world of torture and pain awaits.
the good
- the victims whom are played by lauren german, heather matarazzo, & bijou phillips each do a great job with their roles. even though the three characters have similar traits seen in various other horror films all three personalize them making each their own and more realistic.
- instead of primarily getting to know only the women we get a better understanding of the those paying to torture via todd and stuart played by richard burgi and roger bart; both from abc's 'desperate housewives'.
- 'hannibal holocaust' director ruggero deodato makes a cameo as one of the twisted torturers who is what else, a cannibal!
the bad
- the most shocking scene in the entire film isn't even one of the tortures. it's actually one that's quite questionable as being necessary or not.
- the switch from wimp to bad-ass by stuart isn't believable at all. it's 50% bart's fault and 50% roth's reason for the sudden change.
- the ending quoted as being "one of the most shocking endings people have ever seen" by roth himself isn't anything new. the same thing was done better in 1978 by meir zarchi in 'i spit on your grave'. even though i knew it was coming when i saw it, it still had me feeling uneasy. here it just wasn't executed well.
the bottom line
it's easy to see roth did try to show some growth here. unlike many sequels it doesn't appear like he made this solely for profit. there actually was more to be told; that being the more in-depth look at the view held by the torturers. unfortunately like the first, this one didn't measure up to the hype. it started out pretty good but fell flat in the last thirty minutes. he hasn't shown any interest in doing a 'part iii'. i may be a little crazy for saying this but i hope he does. there's one last thing to be explained and that's the creation of the whole "business". so i say go for it.
- originally written on june 7, 2007
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