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Originally Posted by VampiricClown
Hostel Part II
I am going to say off the bat, I wasn't really anticipating this one, nor did I really care much to see it after watching the first one. But again, my morbid curiosity lead me to see it. And again, I was let down for the fact that I was hoping this one would be better than the first one. It's actually worse, in my opinion.
The acting is about the same as the first one, a bit more dull though. Not nearly as much of the humorous script, and at some parts, the characters just aren't really into what they are trying to do or say(like in the first one). It's better than most of the indie made horror films that are flooding the market now days though.
Most people are going to want to see this for the gore. It's somewhat gory, not as gross as the first, with maybe the exception of the final kill scene. And I must say, most of the kill scenes in this one are off screen, and not nearly as graphic as the first ones. It is again, lacking in the shadow of the first. It didn't even recreate what they did the first time around.
I'm going to cut this review short, since all I am doing is talking bad about it. It's an okay film if you haven't gotten sick of all of the SaW's that have been made in the past few years, but if you have, and you didn't like the first one, pass this one up. It's just more/less of the same. It's just as slow.
4/10 |
I'm not sure I agree...
Honestly, I thought that this movie was better than the original (though I wasn't a big fan of the first movie anyway). Tell tell the truth, despite the "torture porn" label it received (as a genre, not the movie), I found the torture/blood/gore few and far between and thought that if this movie received the cult reception that it had, it should have had
more gore factor to it. The story took waaaaay too much time to get to the hostel and as soon as it got there, I didn't think that they were there nearly enough.
In regards to the
second film, the audience already knows what to expect, so you are taken to the action much much faster. Not to mention, I thought it was interesting to actually see
behind the macabre human auctions that take place. The death scenes were significantly more elaborate, which I found much more interesting and entertaining than the first film and I liked the end significantly more than I did the first film.
I wouldn't necessarily say that I would recommend it, but I personally might give it more than 4 out of 10.
FYI... I really like the thought and description you put in your reviews. :)