God fearing, gun toting Republicans vs Blood thirsty, cannibalistic mutants

Rating: 5/10 (20 January 2007)

The Hills Have Eyes basically pits a family of god fearing, gun toting Republicans against a blood thirsty, cannibalistic "tribe" of nuclear mutants - so I basically had trouble working out who I should root for...
All things serious though - The Hills Have Eyes was a bit of a nasty piece of work. The violence was OTT (over the top) and especially disturbing during the "rape" scene (need I say any more!). The main characters (republican withstanding) were all a bit grating - people you didn't really care if they get brutally raped or murdered or both by violent mutant zombie people. The plot is a little predictable (eg: you would be pretty dumb to not figure out that the family should not have taken the short cut route through a "non-sealed road" and a "private gate"!).
The action scenes are OK - and the scene with the "democrat" guy waking up in a freezer was probably the highlight of the movie. Although the highlight wasn't the climax (which was a bit of a let down).
The Hills Have Eyes was a bit of a nasty piece of work - but I'm sure the under 13's set would have great fun watching it.