A considerable disappointment.

Rating: 5/10 (12 March 2006)

I've never seen the original Hills, but I think I would have found this remake even more disappointing had I done so. The new Hills follows much of the same style as every other gritty, choppily-filmed horror movie to come out in the past couple of years: quick cuts, good acting, loads of gore. In terms of appearance, it looked much like Devil's Rejects and Hostel. If that's your thing, then this is for you.
But Hills leaves in its wake several unanswered questions, a few eye-rolling clichés, and a couple startling examples of outright stupidity. Examples, respectively, are a lack of any detailed villain back-story, the ever-present necessity of no cell phone signal, and how ALL the characters overlook exactly how they ended up stranded in the desert. And speaking of clichés and stupidity, don't even get me started on the ending.
If you expect no more of a story than to act as a machine for plot advancement and gore production, then see this by all means. Just don't expect any T&A or humor. At all.