Lack of good storyline.

Absolutely the worst movie.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Agreeing to travel to Slovakia, a group of friends find themselves disappearing one-by-one around their spa getaway and eventually realize they've been targeted by a deadly criminal organization that's torturing others like them and must find a way to stop them to get away alive.This was a massively disappointing effort. One of the film's main flaws is that much like the original there's way too much time spent away from its actual destination in the titular torture room, and as a result it's pacing is just way too problematic in the first half. It's opening is really troubling which scores this no points at all for what happens there, and once they get on track with the remaining part of the film it's at least another twenty minutes before they even get wind of the idea of going to the country, there's a big search through the city to find the place and takes another half-hour after that before any sort of on-screen torture occurs, leaving it's torture scenes, which are the main body of the film, until almost an hour in. That's way too long for the film to get to it's big spot, and it's beginning is just boring and really hard to sit through. The last real flaw to this one is the fact that there's just no idea behind how anything works in here. There's no knowledge about how the torture group runs business, despite the subplot about the one guy offering to bring the new guy in, but even still, that's just about getting him in, not how it works. From the choice of targets to the way it's spread out among those who are interested to the daily grind, the inner-workings of the hostel itself are complete blanks and nothing at all is explained or given. There is some good stuff in this one, though, which again like the original comes from the blood and gore. This one is much bloodier than the original, with the kills in here being quite brutal and truly inventive here in several graphic scenes that are just chilling in their execution and professional in their lay-out as the manner of brutality not only taken upon by the clients against them as well as their inevitable revenge. That's not to count out the centerpiece kill, where a nude female victim is strung up over a bathtub, the killer gets in and then proceeds to slice up the body with a hand-scythe, which then proceeds to rain torrents of blood down upon the victim in an extended and incredibly graphic sequence that, alone, is better than anything in the original for it's mixture of blood, gore, over-the- top disgust and sleaze, and serves as the highpoint in the film. Also quite fun is the rather well-done forest chase in here, which is creepy, suspenseful and action- packed, making it quite fun to notice the chances of getting away and the overall effect they have. The last plus, though, is the rather colorful and entertaining ritualistic ceremony they attend, which adds a little bit of levity into the film and isn't all-out torturous to get through. In the end, though, this simply ends up feeling like just a remake of the original with the males turned into women but very little change otherwise.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity, several Sex Scenes and drug use.

Hostel 2 Begins where Hostel leaves off, this time the story evolves around three vacationing girls. Beth( Lauren German), Lorna( Heather Matarazzo), and Whitney(Bijou Philips). When they are in Rome, they meet Axella. She is one of the models they sketched during an art class. The 3 girls decide to take a trip to Slovakia, while on the train they meet Axella. She encourages them to go go along with their trip, where she will meet up with them. Once there the 3 of them have no idea what is in store for them. When they check in to the Hostel, Whitney notices Miroslav( Stanislav Lanevski). Beth picks up a advertisement about a harvest festival, every one wants to go except Whitney. When she finds out Miroslav is going she quickly changes her mind. Once there Beth meets Stuart(Roger Bart), who is there with Todd( Richard Burgi). At first they all have a great time, and Axella is very friendly. The 3 girls start to trust her too much, especially when the group is at the spa resort. Once there Beth and Whitney wonder what happened to Lorena? Lorna was the first to victim when she meets Roman the night before. Beth and Whitney think nothing of it at first. When Beth falls asleep at the spa, she discovers all her friends are gone and she is being chased. Once she gets away, Axella finds her in the woods. She takes her back to her house where she meets Sasha. Beth discovers a photo of Axella with this man she meets on a train. Once she finds Axella is not who she appears to be, it's to late. Axelle drugs her and takes her to the factory. When she awakes she meets Stuart, thinking she is saved, but Stuart changes. Stuart unlike Todd gets into the torture thing. He starts to look at Beth like she is his wife. He becomes mean, then Beth finds out what happened to Whitney. Beth does eventually escape and Stuart loses part of his anatomy. It eventually gets eaten by the dog, which in a way was comical.I liked this sequel, because there is more of a plot. It is still a little gruesome; but nothing compared to Hostel. On the ending is is classic. I was shocked by how Stuart flipped out at the end. A great movie with an unexpected twist, recommended.THX, Kris L. CocKayne

While Hostel: Part II is very much alike to the first one, there's one main difference. After the first movie people know what is going on. People know what's going on in Hostel and who is torturing the others and all that. So that's why Hostel: Part II has a chance to explore the people killing more than the previous movie, that tried to keep that a mystery for as long as possible. The second movie introduces us to two possible killers and we follow them as we follow the girls we know are going to experience what the guys in the first movie experienced. And while Hostel films are pure horror, it's interesting to see the two possible killers and their personalities - and see the development in the characters. That shows some true writing skills from Eli Roth.Another thing was that the three main characters were female in this film. This offers a lot more plot devices for the story. Now I was worried that the female characters would be the kind of typical horror movie girls, but something about how they were written reminds me of Death Proof. While the genres are different both Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino have proved they can write very interesting women.Also if the viewer has seen the first Hostel movie, the second one isn't as thrilling, because you already know how the system works. Of course there's still the violence and torture that create the horror, but the thrill is gone because you already know. And while you still may be excited to see if the characters are going to survive, it's too easy. Who survives is following the pattern. But the "how" is much more interesting in Hostel: Part II than the first one. Otherwise Hostel: Part II is pretty similar to the first one, and it's hard to not to repeat myself apart from those three key differences that I just pointed out. But the thing is, of course it's similar. I didn't expect it to be different in a major way. Still, Hostel: Part II is just as interesting, even if some of the mystery is gone. While the themes and patterns are similar, there are so many new details that make this one worth watching if you have seen the first Hostel movie.

Paxton (Jay Hernandez) is haunted by his experiences and is hiding out with his girlfriend. However the organization tracks him down and beheads him. In Rome, heiress Beth (Lauren German), Whitney (Bijou Phillips) and depressed Lorna (Heather Matarazzo) are enticed by nude model Axelle (Vera Jordanova) to go to Slovakia. Rich American friends Todd (Richard Burgi) and Stuart (Roger Bart) win the auction to kill Beth and Lorna.The rule of the horror sequel is to go bigger and more extreme. I don't think it achieves that in most respect. This time they're going with girls which does up the stakes in terms of horror. I'm always surprised by the use of guys in the original. I really like the literal blood bath. I think it's imaginative and wonderfully staged.What I don't like is getting to know the killers. They are rather bland individuals. They are not compelling although they're played by two good character actors. It's not a good way for the sequel to go bigger. The only way it would work is if Eli Roth could write some amazing dialog like Tarantino. Sadly, he's not a dialog man. After the blood bath, the movie becomes boring. The other effect of focusing more on the killer is that the girls get less time. I don't really care about these girls after awhile.There's also an over-use of the Bubble Gum Gang. The movie keeps trying to be funny. It's not campy enough to be funny in that way. It doesn't have good enough jokes to be funny in any other way. If I didn't like the blood bath so much, I might have rank this even lower.