The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

A team of trainees of the National Guard brings supply to the New Mexico Desert for a group of soldiers and scientists that are installing a monitoring system in Sector 16. They do not find anybody in the camp, and they receive a blurred distress signal from the hills. 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. This sequel is shameful, using a predictable collection of clichés and violence to explore the success of the original movies. The rookies soldiers have the most imbecile and unreasonable attitudes along the story, probably because they have been trained by the ridiculous sergeant, facilitating the retarded evil creatures to destroy one by one. This disappointing film was a great deception for me. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "O Retorno dos Malditos" ("The Return of the Damned")

Fmovies: I enjoyed this film very much, even more than the 2006 release The Hills Have Eyes. Don't get me wrong, they both are awesome horror flicks and they are directed by one of favorite directors, Wes Craven. I just felt like the second Hills Have Eyes had more action and intense scenes. The killings were more graphic though. The cast members were great, especially Jessica Stroup(Prom Night and 90210) and Daniella Alonso(Wrong Turn 2) and Michael McMillian. All three of then kicked ass in this flick, as they fought back against the mutant cannibals. This movie really rocked, especially that the national guard trainees are stranded out in the hills and come face to face with a group of vicious mutants in a blood soaked battle for survival. Im hoping for a third installment to come out sometime, but really, check this kick ass film out!!

After the sensational remake last year that was leaps and bounds better than the original 1977 production, the future of The Hills Have Eyes franchise looked very promising indeed. The remake put director Alexandre Aja, who was also behind 2005's horror masterpiece High Tension, into the spotlight. While Aja remains absent in the sequel, his directing style is mimicked almost perfectly in this newest installment of horror master Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes. This time around, Wes Craven worked closely with his son, Jonathan Craven, to develop a script that would please the fans and take the series in a completely new direction. Martin Weisz takes over the directing chair for The Hills Have Eyes II, bringing the grizzly and dark horror script to the screen in gritty colors and nasty splashes of extreme gore. For horror fans, The Hills Have Eyes II is the treat of a lifetime. Michael McMillian, Jessica Stroup, Daniella Alonso, and Jacob Vargas are the main players in this highly entertaining horror sequel.

After the events which took place in the first film, the remaining four family members made it to safety. The National Guard was sent in to secure the area of Numa Flats, New Mexico, along with scientists that were testing the area for nuclear radiation. 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. The events play off like a weird mix of Wrong Turn, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Descent. The makeup of the mutants is very realistic and, at times, incredibly disturbing. There is a whole new batch of mutants to be seen in the second helping of Hills; Chameleon has a nasty growth on his back that makes him look like a big chunk of rock, blending in with his surrounding, and there are many others with equally strange and innovative abilities that they use to pick off the humans like flies. Just like in the first Hills, this second installment also contains a rape scene, but the one here is far more realistic and frightening. The atmosphere and overall tone of the film is increasingly effective, and the soundtrack is often fitting with the situations.

The acting is probably the movie's weakest point. Besides the acting from the two leads Napoleon and Amber, the acting is pretty hokey and ridiculous. Much better actors could have been selected for a picture like this. There are loads more characters in this film, which makes for more deaths and, somehow, more character development. We already know these characters because they're mostly stereotypes, and that is why they are so likable. The deaths splatter all kinds of blood everywhere, and they never really seem to hold anything back. The length of the movie, which could have been a major problem being so short, was actually perfect. It never dragged on and it never felt too short, although the movie is pretty fast-paced. The action is tense, and the suspense is perfectly built with careful precision. 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. This movie takes the series in a new direction with excellent deat

The Hills Have Eyes II fmovies. The first one was a bit more intense as one could really relate to the family on the cross country trip. This one, however, features national guard members who are wrapping up their training and must stop along the desert to aid a group of scientist and military men along the way. Unfortunately, this is the same area where radioactive mutant inbred cannibals live and they almost immediately make an impact. The setup is a tad confusing as it shows this military man seemingly having a grudge or something against the clan in the hills, and this is never really touched upon. However, like the first one, the movie is very bloody and the action comes at one fast and furious. Still a bit far fetched that the family from the first one seemed to handle themselves a tad better than national guardsmen, but then the guardsmen don't have an ultra cool German Shepard to help them out. I liked this one as it was very fast paced and gruesome, I mean from the opening credits you know you are in for a gruesome time. Most of the action in this one takes place in a mining system and this along with the troops are a couple of differences. Still, in typical horror fashion you will probably yell "what are ya doing, stupid!!!" and "hit him again he isn't dead". So all in all a wild ride that is not quite as good as the first.

I myself am not one who cared for the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes. When it comes to inbred psychos, Wrong Turn has my heart on that one. Anyway, I gave this one a chance for whatever reason, and I found myself enjoying it so much more. It's still not a great movie, but definitely a dang fun one, one more tolerable than the, what I found to be, stale first installment.

The action is more intense, the crazies are crazier and the movie is more engaging altogether for the type of genre it needed to be. I do not know why so many people dog this film. It is certainly better than some of the other horrors that came out in the 00s and I would enjoy to watch this anytime I could; I was very satisfied with it as far as I can remember. Hopefully will be watching it again soon!

Even though it was generally well-received by genre fans, I found the remake of classic "The Hills Have Eyes" to be a typical modern remake. The casting was questionable and the overused shaky-cam was nausea-inducing. French director Alejandra Aja bypassed the original's subtle commentary on the American family post-Vietnam for some half-assed shock scenes that he claimed better fit the contemporary American situation. Huh? I also found the storyline to be much too close to it's predecessor.

Well, the sequel is a surprising improvement (and significantly better than the original's sequel from '85, too.) The storyline is different, the shaky-cam is only used a couple times (and less...shaky), and the filmmakers were wise enough to ditch the half-baked social commentary for a straight-up horror gorefest. And it's a lot of nasty fun! There's lots of very sick ideas here that most horror fans can probably appreciate. The acting is average, the characters are pretty much indistinguishable, and it's rather formulaic, but if you can get past all of that, then this one is good times.