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Avg. Critic Score: 46 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
17 not for kids
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  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Marc 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 News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    While the sequel isn't as unrelentingly gory as the original, there are still rivers of blood. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    An authentic real-world creep show -- better, if anything, than its predecessor. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety |

    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

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Roth has managed the rare feat of actually improving on the original. Read full review

  • 60
    Los Angeles Times | Gene 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
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    Basically torture porn. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Laura 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

  • 25
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The moviemaking is driven only by contempt; he (Roth) wants to nauseate us into submission. Read full review

  • 25
    USA Today |

    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

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says not for kids Gory torture bloodbath checks in for another stay.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this gruesome horror sequel absolutely isn't for kids, even though splatter-loving teens may well want to see it. The movie is full of non-stop images of graphic, bloody deaths. A naked girl is hung upside down and sliced until her blood creates a shower on her murderer (also a nude woman), a man is dissected alive and cannibalized, and other victims are subjected to decapitation, castration, vicious dog attacks, and more. Characters also swear, smoke, drink, and do drugs -- and there are hints of lesbianism -- but all of that plays second fiddle to the grisly torture scenes.
  • Families can talk about the appeal of extreme gore. Why do you think "torture" horror movies are so popular now? Is the movie making any kind of statement about violence in media? If so, what is it? Families can also discuss the murderers' motivation -- namely, to fulfill their own selfish fantasies. Is human nature really that depraved? Does the character who survives become as bad as the killers? Why or why not?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: A montage of a "bidding war" for victims reveals that the movie's sadistic secret society has a diverse, affluent international clientele. But there's still a sense that the old-world Eastern European setting and culture somehow brings out traits that are wicked and deadly. A character who escapes may or may not be stained with the murderous spirit.
What to watch for
  • violence false5 Violence: Gruesome, bloody torture gore. Weapons/implements include power saw, blades, a filthy hypodermic needle, a blowtorch, and dissecting tools. Two decapitations, followed by close ups of the oozing neck stump. A trophy room of severed heads, and a close up of a corpse savaged by dogs. One of the few times the camera turns away is when one character shoots a child to death.
  • sex false5 Sex: Both male and female nudity, though there's a lot more of the latter than the former (that said, a tortured/severed penis is a prominent prop). Sex is more talk than action here, but there are lesbian overtones.
  • language false5 Language: Strong, frequent profanity includes "f--k" and "c--t."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Clothing-product labels, liquor brands, and an iPod are most prominent.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false5 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters frequently smoke, drink, or go looking for drugs. One snorts cocaine.
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