Hostel: Part II Critic Reviews

It's also, in its sick, sick way, a real crowd-pleaser.Read the full review

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

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 the full review

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

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 the full review

Basically torture porn.Read the full review

The problem with Hostel Part II is the same flaw that afflicted Hostel: no tension.Read the full review

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 the full review

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 the full review