The Hills Have Eyes 2 (UMD, 2008)

Marianna Hill, Wes Craven, Peter Locke

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Eric Edelstein, Daniella Alonso, Derek Mears, Michael Mcmillian, Jessica Stroup, Tyrell Kemlo, Michael Bailey Smith, Ben Crowley, David Reynolds, Reshad Strik, Jacob Vargas, Gaspar Szabo, Flex Alexander, Jay Acovone, Jeff Kober, Lee Thompson-Young, Javier Nieto, Philip Pavel

Martin Weisz

2008

Horror/Occult, General

1

UMD

English

United States of America

Sam McCurdy

Empire - Pretty solid gory horror

18

Contains strong bloody violence, gore and sexual violence

After a group of hapless National Guard troops fails a training exercise, their commanding officer (Flex Alexander, SNAKES ON A PLANE) orders them to deliver supplies to some scientists in Yuma Flats, New Mexico. The mutants from the first film (the unfortunate victims who live on nuclear testing ground) have returned to terrorise a group of Department of Defence researchers. The unlucky soldiers happen upon the remains of their camp (and its denizens), and the horrors begin. The inbred family of cannibals stalks the soldiers and picks them off, one by one, in gruesome fashion. Alejandre Aja (HIGH TENSION) directed the 2006 remake, but this sequel replaces Aja with Martin Weisz, whose first feature, ROHTENBERG, was banned in his native Germany. Written by genre master Wes Craven and his son Jonathan, THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 is a sequel to the remake of CravenÆs original 1977 film. ItÆs no coincidence that Craven changed this sequelÆs victims from a band of motorcyclists to a group of unlucky soldiers, giving the film political undertones. For a brief moment, this film addresses the idea that war may be the worst kind of horror, even when itÆs judged against mutant cannibals.

The Hills Have Eyes 2

Trevor Morris

Dolby Digital

Hills Have Eyes

Martin Weisz, Jonathan Craven

86 mins