Review of Hostel: Part II (2007) by Nelson P — 27 Mar 2012

While Hostel: Part II isn't as thrilling as its predecessor, its got a story that's a hell of a lot better. The sequel is bloodier and far more disturbing than the last. Here, we see a naked woman bathe in another woman's blood, and we witness a man's genitals being cut off.

The whole point of movies like this are to gross you out, and this one does that and more. The story is a huge improvement: in Hostel 1, I mentioned how it would be better to see more of the psyche of the killers.

That's exactly what we get in Part II. This story is told not only from the victims' point of view, but from the killers as well. Eli Roth shows us what they're thinking and how they act outside of the kill room and it was interesting to see these actors become psychotic.

I loved seeing a man who didn't really want to kill anyone get dragged into it and the way he reacted while in the kill room. The acting is definitely improved, and there's a bigger variety of performances: we see a full on killer, a man who gets talked into it, and a victim with loads of money.

On the down side, I thought it was incredibly unrealistic how people all over Europe were in on the killings, including the cops. Even more so, how so many people from all over the world would bid on girls so they could later brutally torture and murder them.

That really annoyed me. While Hostel: Part II was at times too discomforting, I found the story to be more compelling than the first.