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Hostel 2 (DVD)

Jay Hernandez (actor), Bijou Phillips (actor) and Eli Roth (director)

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Review

Entertainment Weekly, 06/22/2007, p.52, "[An] authentic real-world creep show....Roth is ruled by B-movie reflexes, but what lifts him out of the gross-out ghetto is his Maileresque fascination with the killer inside." -- Grade: B

Total Film, 07/01/2007, p.42, 4 stars out of 5 -- "Writer/director Eli Roth uses colour, composition, camera movement and music to bring a terrible poetry to events..."

Empire, 12/01/2007, p.217, 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a more confident movie....Roth designs sequences and camera moves here that show a tremendous evolution from the first film."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: June 8, 2007

Distributor Note

Presented by Quentin Tarantino (Hostel, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 & 2) and written and directed by Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), Hostel Part II is the shocking and gruesome sequel of the underground torture ring where rich businessmen pay to torture and murder their victims.

The second installment to this terrifying franchise centers around three young American women (Lauren German, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) (Bijou Phillips, Bully), and (Heather Matarazzo, Welcome to the Dollhouse) who are studying in Rome. A gorgeous, sophisticated European acquaintance invites the trio to join her for a weekend getaway at an exotic natural spa, assuring them they will be able to relax, rejuvenate and bond. The girls find themselves in Slovakia and check into the ill-fated Hostel, where they are poised to become victims for auction, pawns in the fantasies of the sick and privileged from around the world who secretly travel there to savor more grisly pursuits.

Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Release Note

DVD Features:

Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Eli Roth - Director, Quentin Tarantino - Executive Producer; Gabriel Roth - Producer; Cast
Deleted Scenes
Clips/Highlights - Blood and Guts Gag Reel
Featurettes - 1. HOSTEL PART II: THE NEXT LEVEL
2. THE ART OF KNB EFFECTS
3. PRODUCTION DESIGN
4. HOSTEL PART II: A LEGACY OF TORTURE - INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SPECIAL
Interviews - 1. "The Treatment" with Eli Roth

DVD Features:

Director's Cut
Unrated
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Interviews: "The Treatment" with Eli Roth
Clips/Highlights - Blood and Guts Gag Reel
Audio Commentary: Eli Roth - Director, Quentin Tarantino - Executive Producer; Gabriel Roth - Producer; Cast
Featurette:
1. HOSTEL PART II: THE NEXT LEVEL
2. THE ART OF KNB EFFECTS
3. PRODUCTION DESIGN
4. HOSTEL PART II: A LEGACY OF TORTURE - INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SPECIAL

Product Notes

With only one film under his belt and the endorsement of Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth became a virtual horror brand with HOSTEL (2005), a yarn about a group of thrill-seeking American college dudes backpacking through Europe, only to be seduced into a Slovakian money-for-torture ring where they became the prey. The sequel begins right where that film left off, filling us in on the whereabouts of lone survivor Paxton (Jay Hernandez)---but before long, we see that gender roles are reversed and we are traveling with sensible Beth (Lauren German), hedonistic Whitney (Bijou Phillips), and virginal Lorna (Heather Matarazzo, a real trouper). After tussling with a gaggle of shifty men on a train, they meet Axelle (Vera Jordanova), a gorgeous woman who persuades them to follow her to a rejuvenating spa in Slovakia.

As the trio checks into the same infamous hostel, Roth shows us the inner workings of the previously mysterious torture club. Once the girls are put up on the auction block, online bidding begins among the clubs members---who are revealed to be prominent international businesspeople. After Beth and Whitney are won by type-A American corporate jerk Todd (Richard Burgi), who believes that killing someone will give him power, and his reluctant associate, Stuart (Roger Bart), the film shifts to the preparations for their inaugural slayings within the bloody walls of the warehouse.

For those who embraced HOSTEL's abrupt tonal shifts and very realistic gore, Roth serves up amplified doses of both in his follow-up. Astute horror fans will find a few amusing in-jokes among the carnage, but beware---things get incredibly strong, and Roth's charnel house chic intends to offend. In fact, HOSTEL II may stand as the most glaring example of the MPAA's bias in favor of violence over sexuality when it comes the boundary between R and NC-17.

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