The Hills Have Eyes II

Plot synopsis:
The film opens with a brutal scene of a restrained woman giving birth; she is then killed by a mutant (Papa Hades). There follows a synopsis of the previous movie, explaining that electronic surveillance was ordered installed in the New Mexico military base. The scientists are then shown working on the electronic surveillance installation and encountering problems with rats chewing the insulation on their power cables. Some 'false' readings are seen before the system fails. The antagonists are introduced at this point and the scientists and their colonels are depicted meeting various untimely and gruesome ends.Next the film cuts to an apparent military operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan in which the troops are depicted as not being cohesive as a group and show individual weaknesses. The operation ends when a 'civilian' woman approaches the group and reveals multiple grenades under her garment, at this point the operation is revealed to be a training exercise for rookie troops on US soil. The sergeant lambastes the troops for their failure then tells them they are going on a mission to bring supplies to scientists working on a surveillance system in a top secret area. By this time many of the troops have their individual characters established, namely that Napoleon is actually anti-war and that Crank is particularly gung-ho and violent.On arriving at the secret base there is no sign of the scientists. A garbled radio message is received followed by a mirror signal from atop a hill. The sergeant orders a search and rescue mission leaving behind Napoleon as punishment for questioning this order and Amber to monitor the radio. As they are climbing, Mickey falls into an old mine shaft, twisting his ankle in the process but is pulled out by the sergeant who orders him to go back to base. Napoleon and Amber discover a man, one of the missing scientists, trying to escape from the chemical latrine who then dies from mass infection after warning them of danger. Soon after they discover their transport vehicle in flames and their rifles missing. Amber starts up the hill towards the others but is attacked by one of the mutants, Stabber. Mickey is returning down the hill and shoots Stabber, who then disappears down a hole, in the shoulder from long range. Mickey gets a bit closer to Amber before a hand appears from underground and drags him gruesomely down the hole. Napoleon and Amber retrieve his weapon and set off to join the others, who by now have scaled a cliff and set up a rope after discovering a second body of a scientist.Just as Amber and Napoleon join the main group, they come under attack from another mutant and Spitter accidentally shoots the sergeant dead. They decide to turn back, and Spitter volunteers to carry the sergeant's body down the rope abseil, since he feels responsible for his death. On the way down they fall and it is revealed the rope has been cut. Having no other way down, the group attempts to find a way down on foot. They find a dead scientist and meet the mortally wounded colonel, who explains briefly their enemy, including the fact that the mutants keep the female victims alive in order to breed new mutants (in reference to the opening scene), and the fact that they can only get down through the mines, before committing suicide with a pistol.A trap is laid with the two female soldiers, which succeeds in luring out one of the mutants, who is shot dead. In a brief moment of victory, however, Missy is abducted by another mutant who is camouflaged against the rocks. The group give chase into the mines, but Stump won't follow and decides to climb alone down the cliff and bring help. The others continue, under the leadership of Delmar, onwards and downwards through corrugated iron tunnels and mine shafts. Napoleon and Amber become separated after falling through a hidden shaft. Meanwhile Stump, who has been climbing down the mountain, is attacked and killed by the mutant Letch.The captive Missy is carried to a room with makeshift furniture, where her captor, Chameleon, attempts to rape her. She fends him off by biting off part of his elongated tongue. Just as she flees, however, Missy is confronted by the large and menacing Papa Hades. Hades drives Chameleon away before subjecting Missy to brutal physical assault and rape, hoping to impregnate her as a result.Meanwhile, the fleeing Chameleon meets and attacks Napoleon and Amber, who manage to kill him using a large rock. An extremely near-sighted mutant, Grabber, armed with one of the missing rifles detects Chameleon's corpse. Amber and Napoleon retreat down a shaft into the lair of an apparently passive mutant, Hansel. The remaining National Guard troops (Delmar and Crank) approach and Delmar is shot by Grabber, who is then killed by Crank who empties his magazine. Delmar claims it's only a shoulder wound and caries on. Napoleon appears and shows them the secret passage and Hansel, who wants them to follow him and they do. They pass through a macabre room where the previous victims bodies and possessions appear to have been stockpiled. A frying pan is seen containing severed fingers. Severed legs hang from meat hooks. Amber finds the mutilated body of Mickey. Delmar breaks down spitting blood and dies from wounds that are revealed to be more than superficial. They carry his body onwards. Hansel leads them out to blast door section at the edge of the mines however Amber insists that they go back for Missy. As Amber persuades Napoleon to accompany her, Crank finds a stash of dynamite, however on removing it he triggers the detonation switch and a large explosion ensues, killing him and alerting Papa Hades.Amber and Napoleon manage to kill Letch, who is hiding amongst some World War 2 mannequins using knives and bayonets. They then find the room containing the captive Missy. After distracting Hades with Missy's cell phone, Amber and Napoleon manage to free Missy. Hades returns and a frantic fight ensues. Amber finds a single bullet and shoots Hades in the head but he continues to fight, despite brain matter exuding from his skull. Enraged, Missy beats Hades severely with a sledge hammer, leaving his testicles smashed. Eventually the soldiers prevail and leave the body of Hades with a bayoneted rifle in his mouth.The three survivors stumble towards a light in the background and finds it as the exit of the mines. Text appears on-screen stating that none of the guardsmen were ever found, are currently listed as AWOL, and that military officials refuse to acknowledge that Sector 16 even exists. The image turns into a thermal visual and is being viewed by someone in a thermal monitor. A mutated hand slams on the monitor and the film ends.(Source: Wikipedia)

Tags: insanity, revenge, murder, violence

Review:
I was one of the few people who actually thought that it was better than the original and looked forward to a second visit to the particularly dark and cruel world of the savage desert mutants.'The Hills have Eyes 2', released just a year after the original, seems a rushed and ill-conceived attempt to cash in on the franchise with little thought to quality.
'The Descent' (on which Sam McCurdy, coincidentally, also worked as cinematography) proved that even this most derivative of sequences can still be carried out with genuine originality and suspense, but we see no such innovation here.'The Hills Have Eyes 2' is just a very lazy movie, devoid of any suspense, tension, or surprise, with not a single individual involved remotely interested in producing anything of quality.
'The Hills Eyes II', one of the most pointless and blatantly stupid sequels to come around in some time, is 90 minutes of incompetent film making at its finest.
THHE2 is entertaining in that you'll laugh a lot and cringe and probably say "oh sh*t!" and "get your face away from the goddamn hole you dumb**s" or things along those lines but I don't know if its really worth seeing- I was very annoyed throughout the entirety with the horrible military characters who don't seem to know the first thing about combat.Yes there was more violence, gore, and a higher body count than the first one but I am still am debating whether that cancels out my feeling throughout the whole movie about how ridiculous it is (and not a good ridiculousness like Dead Alive or Feast).
Truth is, you know that it's a camera trick, and boy, are there a number of recognizable indoor shots for this outdoor movie, that makes it look cheap.By the time it takes for these rookie soldiers to complete their training to the dark side and become cold killers (fighting for their own survival), you'll be more than in a hurry to head for the exit.
When the National Guard arrives and discovers the place completely deserted, they get lured deep within the hills where a menacing family of inbred, cannibalistic mutants, starts picking them off one by one.The plot is different than one would expect, and while the concept sounds rather ridiculous, most of the movie is actually pulled off quite well.
It is pretty obvious that, unlike most of his other projects, Wes Craven actually put a great deal of work into making this new Hills the best it could possibly be.For being the sequel to a remake, The Hills Have Eyes II is, for the most part, surprisingly solid.
Their sergeant gathers a rescue team, and they are attacked and trapped by deformed cannibals, having to fight to survive.The 1977 "The Hills Have Eyes" is a classic of horror and the 2006 version is an unnecessary, but good remake.
The killings are gruesomely committed by the cannibal mutants who hold an eerie make-up by Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger , an excellent craftsmen.The storyline by Wes Craven borrows from the commandos war movies along with the classics¨Texas chainsaw massacre(Hooper)¨, ¨The hills have eyes(Craven)¨until recent films like ¨Wrong turn and House of 1000 corpses¨, and of course the first part directed by Alexander Aja(2006).The creepy maniacal creatures appearance deliver the goods plenty of screams, terror,violence and blood.
An area of desolate New Mexico desert known as Sector 16 has become a testing site for the U.S. military,and a group of National Guard trainees are sent in to deliver supplies.Once arrived,the unit discovers an empty camp and decide to wander around and investigate until deformed mutants pop out of the hills to slaughter the intruders.Alexander Aja's remake of Wes Craven's 1977 horror classic was exciting and gruesomely violent.This is not the case with "The Hills Have Eyes II".The film offers plenty of gore and violence,unfortunately it lacks foreboding atmosphere of dread,suspense,personality and realistic,sympathetic characters who were developed beyond average slasher movie fodder.There is a little bit of terror and quite nasty rape scene,but the characters are cardboard and one-dimensional.Still the film is much better than extremely horrible "The Hills Have Eyes II" made by Craven in 1985.My generous rating:7 out of 10..
Craven gave to the film is what earned the score of five out of ten...but the script is not the only component to a movie.The direction was lackluster, the score was like something rejected from a Nightmare on Elm Street sequel...one of the REALLY bad ones (like part five, two's score was much better than the movie deserved), the CGI was the worst I've seen in years, and the nail in the coffin (if you will)...this movie is one of the worst make-up jobs I have ever seen come out of KNB.
The sequel looks like some special effects make up artists were bored, so they grabbed some young actors, stuck them in the middle of the desert in military uniforms, and then proceeded to splatter them with fake blood and gore for the rest of the time.
When the action switches to the caves, he often forgets that audiences like to be able to see what's going on, and stages his sequences so dark that many of the scenes come across as being almost indescribable.There's really not much that needs to be said about The Hills Have Eyes II, other than it cheats us out of seeing a potentially very cool death.
That's all you have to know about the plot.Horrible, cliché ridden and predictable script with dull conversations, bad to mediocre directing and gaping logic holes, racist stereotype characters and monsters that look like trolls from a straight to DVD fantasy movie, rather than mutated freaks, make this movie already a terrible mess when finally a guest appearance of "Sloth" from "The Goonies" hands it the final blow, turning it ultimately hilarious albeit in a tragic kind of way.
But the killings were as good and i was shouting out for the (baddies)to really have it..(not that i'm a violent person)I gave out the loudest scream i have ever heard at the cinema but my sister said it WAS called for..ha ha..I'd recommend this to all Horror Fans, this and the Hills have Eyes 1 are now my 2 top favourite Horror Films..I just wished i'd seen the first one on the big screen instead of the DVD cause it made it that little bit scarier..
In fact, every aspect of this movie felt stale and mass-produced, from the bogus-looking mutants and the corny melodrama of the human characters to the sensory overload of gore.After seeing the cool teaser trailer, which was a single point-of-view shot of a dead body being dragged across the desert at sundown, I was hoping to a see a movie with more mystique, grit, and artistic savvy (like Aja's film).
In 2006,we had a remake of the hills have eyes,where a family traveling through the New Mexico desert get stalked by a group of disfigured mutants.The first part worked because you end up sympathizing with the family especially during parts where they were being terrorized by the mutants.However,its sequel just tarnishes the good reputation the first one had.The sequel revolves around a group of National Guard trainees who find themselves face to face with our disfigured friends.Unfortunately,we never end up sympathizing with the characters in this one.Basically,the whole movie is about showing as much violence and gore as possible and that's it.You just see a cat and mouse game between the trainees and the mutants throughout the film.So just stick with the first part,the sequel offerers you nothing new and its riddled with clichés and stuff we have all seen before.Watch it on DVD if you must but its seriously a waste of time in the cinema..
Yes The Hills Have Eyes 2 is focused on gore and gross out horror but isn't that what slasher fans go to see slasher movies for.The Hills Have Eyes 2 doesn't try to be anything more than it is it just tries to satisfy it's audience by doing what the first film did which was create a feeling of isolation and claustrophobia.Most critics are calling this movie generic and exactly the same as every other film of it's kind when The Hills Have Eyes (1977) seems to be just Wes Cravens version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and The Hills Have Eyes (2006) was just Wes Cravens version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003).It seems Wes Craven is heavily influenced by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and films just like it so just because this movie is a sequel don't judge it too harshly on originality because other than Last House on the Left, Nightmare On Elm Street, and The Serpent And The Rainbow Wes Craven has never been all that original.The Hills Have Eyes 2 primarily focuses on the similar things The Descent used for scares which would be create an atmosphere of isolation and claustrophobia almost as if there is no possible way out.The first movie was definitely a cut above the average slasher whereas The Hills Have Eyes 2 is much more predictable and follows a typical formula adding a few new horror elements and surprisingly amazing gore effects.Don't think this is anywhere near as annoyingly formulaic as movies like the awful Wrong Turn, the semi bad See No Evil, or the unbearably pointless Hostel, The Hills Have Eyes 2 is at least entertaining.The most original thing this movie does is have the victims actually seek out the killers with weapons and full intentions of slaughtering those who threaten their lives something that you want in a slasher film but you rarely get.The movie's cinematography is both beautiful and creepy much like it's predecessor and creates the feeling of being lost and alone perfectly.The storyline is quite similar to a lot of slasher movies even the ones deemed masterpieces or classics so nothing to fantastic down that end.The acting is great you can easily believe the fear and terror in the performances and identify with certain characters and hope they live instead of wanted to see them die.The Hills Have Eyes 2 is in no way original but nothing in the slasher genre is, most cult followers of slasher movies typically like movies that are almost all the same in terms of film technique i can count at least 50 similarities between The Hills Have Eyes, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Wrong Turn.Basically don't go in expecting anything groundbreaking or new I recommend The Hills Have Eyes 2 for a rental on a boring Saturday night..
As if it wasn't bad enough that Wes Craven decided to smear the name of his good original 1977 horror film last year, he has done the unthinkable and remade it's worthless 1985 sequel.
In the Hills Have Eyes 2, we're to believe the main characters are military people on a training exercise, but they look and talk like high school kids camping in the desert.
So, while watching The Hills Have Eyes 2 may indeed be a fate worse than death, there are certainly far worse horror flicks in circulation.It's worth a watch for those who enjoy this type of stuff without the usual fanboy baggage, or those who don't tend towards thinking every movie they see is either the Best Ever or the Worst Ever of all time.
Military troupe goes into that infamous desert test site where they find themselves hunted by mutant killers.The 2006 remake of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes was one of the best (and most sheerly intense) horror films in recent memory.
Yes Hills 2 is more action orientated Slasher fun in that 80s tradition & i like it more than the first film & think it's actually the best in the franchise.A good solid survival slasher Thriller with vile mutants!!!!.
Not Bad. It has its moments but not as good as the original.This is a movie with a great heritage i feel that the original hills have eyes were some of the best horror movies of all time which literally made me freeze with terror this one not so much.it has its moments but It lacks that certain factor which makes a good horror movie it tries to hard using cheap scare tactics which become old very quickly.the cast on the other hand were very good with a lot of unknown and young actors that stepped up to the roles very well especially Jessica stroup and lee Thompson young who coped very well.Worth a watch but no where near the originals..
I went through as spell of watching every horror film that was released.Last year i enjoyed Alexandre Aja's The Hills Have Eyes remake very much which led me to look forward to this sequel.Although this isn't nearly as effective as Aja's film it still has moments of brutality that are uncomfortable to watch.The remote setting again contributes enormously to proceedings as our team of soldiers are picked off one by one by the deformed and bloodthirsty beings from the hills.The film tires towards the end and lacks the purpose of its predecessor but has enough going for it to recommend it to fans of the genre.
i actually liked this movie better than The Hills Have Eyes,2006 version and the Original The Hills Have Eyes.i think there's a great atmosphere and some good jump out of your seat moments.i also found it faster paced.there are some real adrenaline pumping moments here.and if you're a gore hound,you won't be disappointed.the movie is very gory.but i think there are a few scenes that they went too far with.there's a rape scene that i found horrific,even though you don't see the whole thing.there are also couple of minutes where you might roll your eyes at the absurdity of a few scenes.still, i thought this was a great movie.i caught it on premium cable,and don't regret watching it for a second.i even bought it,i was so impressed.i give The hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)a strong 8/10.
In 1977,the excellent film The Hills Have Eyes became in a new hit in the horror genre.In 2006,when the remake came,it was easy to note that director Alexandre Aja had difficulty in adding something fresh or new to the movie.He did not get it but the intensity and the fast development helped to make the film attractive and fun to watch.Now,the second part of that remake finds the same problems the other film had but I think it solves them better.I have to say I liked The Hils Have Eyes 2.Yes,it's not a masterpiece of the horror genre but,at least,it could keep me fun and it's way better than a lot of commercial horror craps.This film is not afraid in being gory,so it shows a lot of brutality and violence and I always appreciate that on a horror film.The makeup and the special effects are perfectly done.Now,I'll mention some negative elements.This film has a sadistic scene which has been commented on a lot of websites.That scene is disturbing and of bad taste for itself but,in the context of the film,that scene is a desperate effort from director Martin Weisz to surpass the atrocities which were shown on films like Hostel,Turistas or The Hills Have Eyes(2006).The performances are not very good.But,still with that fails,The Hills Have Eyes 2(2007) could keep me fun.Everyone seems to hate this film but I do not feel ashamed in saying I liked it..
Things were pretty good in the sequel but the director was going to have to work twice as hard to come up with something better than the 1st one: 1st-about half of this movie takes place in the mines where it's had for the characters to see what is about to happen to them, and twice as hard for us to see what's going to happen to them.
But this movie I think any horror fan could look at, but for a person looking for a film to see in the theater or for rental in the future, I'm not sure you'll get your kicks from The Hills Have Eyes II.5/10.
I was really hoping for this to be good.I guess I was expecting a bit too much from a remake of a sequel of a remake or whatever this adds up to be,I was never good at math.I enjoyed the "Hills Have Eyes" remake and the trailers to this sequel looked pretty good.But the film was a let down.Wes Craven,who made the 1977 original,and his son bring us this sequel.A group of young army recruits,still in training,get stranded in a remote area of New Mexico ,once used as a nuclear testing ground.Kinda unbeknownst to them the place is still inhabited by freaks and mutants who are still living in the area living and reproducing even while horribly deformed from the radiation.I say"kinda unbeknownst" because the Army knows of the mutant freak killers yet only sent a few soldiers into the area to guard some scientists who were doing work there.Why only a handful of soldiers are there and why the scientists are allowed into this dangerous area known to contain the killer freaks isn't exactly explained.But anyway after the young recruits arrive to deliver some supplies they get caught up in a fight for survival.Now what I liked about the first film was pretty much missing from this film,no suspense and very little in the way of originality.The first film contained some weird looking mutants but this film just sort of gives us some freaks that we've pretty much seen before.And just terrible was the idea to make one of the freaks look and act pretty much like the Incredible Hulk.Whoever thought that one up needs to go back to film school.That was terribly distracting and just plain stupid.And all the soldiers are one stereotype after another,the strong woman,the stupid fat guy,the pacifist,the terminally ticked off guy,the black guy,the Hispanic guy,the gung-ho one etc.Anyway this movie isn't as good as the first one and I'm ready to end my viewing at this one.But this series,like so many horror films,just doesn't know when to quit--the ending leaves little doubt that Part III is on the way.I'm not sure why this series needs a 3,since the Craven family just seems to have went through the motions with number 2..
Also there was more times i put my hands in front of my eyes in the 2nd one than in the 1st one.one thing i thought that was'nt brilliant was the acting, and during one of the death scenes they use CGI blood which gave it a kind of silly look.towards the end it reminded me quite a lot like the descent in many ways and the one of the death scenes supported it.On the whole it was a enjoyable film with some disturbing scenes, and a few glitches here and there.
"The Hills Have Eyes II" (2007) is a sequel to last year's big budget remake of Wes Craven's 1977 horror classic.