Cocky Ass Mother Fucker at it again.

Hostel 2 (Eli Roth, 2007)


First off, let me start by saying i loved cabin fever and really liked Hostel. When Roth first came on the scene with cabin fever he seemed like a cool humble guy then he started getting cocky which really doesn't bother me. Assholes can be cool too, like Vincent Gallo or Bill Murray at times. Now for the second installment in the "Hostel" franchise we get what it suppose to be Eli Roth's new masterpiece which is obviously self proclaimed. Roth has talent, he really does but i just have to say the self proclaimed genius finally caught up with him. I didn't mean that in a good way, this film is not a success by any means and it's not a total piece of shit.


We get a new set of characters after a 10 minute intro with jay Hernandez from the previous film and we follow this new group throughout the film. The film then splits into two stories. A group of girls that are just visiting the area and two guys that are there to kill. The story of the girls is the same bullshit over again, people we don't care about getting into bad situations that they don't deserve. The other group is where I applaud Roth in what he was trying to do. One of the men wants to kill someone really badly because he thinks it will change his life and his friend is a bit afraid of what might happen to him when he does kill. Wow, Eli put a little character in them, a change that he should start using from now on.


The rest of the film is actually rather boring, you can tell he is trying to concentrate on characters but they aren't fleshed out enough, honest to god i wasn't trying to make a pun with that. Only a hand full of people are killed and they aren't in such cool ways. The death's aren't memorable or scary for that matter. They just come and go, they won't be in a classic death thread on some website anytime soon. Well, maybe because there are people out there who actually thinks this kind of crap is cool.

Eli really did have something going with the story line of the two male friends but then he just fucks it up towards the end. If your looking for blood and guts, this isn't your film because there is hardly anything in it. The only big ups i would have to give to Mr. Cocky ass Mother fucker Roth is that he used luc Merenda (gambling city) in one of the most coolest scenes in recent horror films. It's the opening scene with Jay Hernandez and what made me love it so much is that it's very cliched and just a fun little scene. After Merenda gets off screen, the whole thing begins to drag to its shallow grave of the glory that is Eli Roth. Three films and you think your a genius and leading horror into new territory? Your no horror legend, Mr. Roth. You still have time to prove yourself though.

Grade C