Darkdaxter I hated the first Hostel 1 star, and this film is leagues worse in every aspect. If I could, I would gladly rate it 0. They simply dumbed the main characters down even more and gender swapped them. I thought the pornographic stuff in this first movie was excessive and irrelevant to the plot, but it was at least fun in its own way. Here they reduced any sense of eroticism to pure trashiness (there isn't a single sex scene in this or even much kissing), which begs the question, 'Why is it even in the movie at all?' Even the gore is severely downplayed here with almost all of the action taking place off screen or being shoddily done.One of the few good points of the first film was the believability in the kidnapping and general functioning of a kill club. Now it's somehow an international criminal syndicate with it's dark tendrils in the recesses and pockets of every corner of society (cue the evil laugh). If that were the case, why even bother hiding the club away? They might as well just kidnap people in broad daylight... Which they practically do in this film. I guess drugging people and spiriting them away was too easy, because they forcefully kidnap and restrain each victim here. And then they auction them off. So much for the anonymity. So much easier to torture people when you know their names. So much easier to hide your activities when you leave a paper trail...The kill club worked in the first movie. They didn't show any sort of organizational hierarchy, only goons and scouters. Each client showed up, paid a lump sum in cash, and were presented with a body and a shed's worth of tools. This kept victims expendable. If you promise a specific person, then you have to maintain the merchandise. The rooms were smaller and grittier. It felt almost like a dungeon, but here it feels more like Dracula's cathedral. Not to mention the clients themselves were interesting in the first, but here they aren't compelling at all. It's always disappointing when an artist crafts something, and then destroys a piece of it you thought they understood perfectly in a sequel.I had to force myself to sit through this abortion, watching it in three parts. I mean, seriously, how is the intro even longer and blander? How is there even less action overall? I guess we're putting on kid gloves for the girls because we're supposed to be extra horrified. Anything you thought was done well in the first was lost in translation, and all of it's flaws were amplified tenfold. Don't even bother.

Davis P OK, I had to think long and hard about how to review this sequel. This movie gave me mixed feelings. I thought this film was just slightly better than the original. They upped the ante on the gore factor which I didn't like. There was a couple scenes in particular that I that I thought were way too graphic. The acting was actually pretty good. The main actresses did very well with their roles, I enjoyed them in this movie. The gang of crazy kids from the first Hostel are in this movie, and I didn't like them at all, they were one of the worst parts of this film. Paxton does make a brief appearance in this movie. I didn't like that his character was killed off, that kinda made me mad. I thought his character should have lived. OK, so the plot overall I thought was better executed than in the first. I thought this movie was just overall better handled that the original. I think that like I said earlier, the graphic nature of a couple scenes I just thought they took it too far. For example, the shower scene, aka the death of one character, was just too dark and way too graphic, I did not enjoy that, I don't know who could like that! I mean I had to look away, it was just too much. But I did like the other two main female characters, they were tough and could really defended themselves, and the two main male antagonists, they did pretty well with their roles, it was kinda like a oh I'm big Macho and tough, and I must make women fear me type of thing. I thought that attitude was fitting, if of course bothered me because I'm a big feminist, but it was supposed to bother me because they were evil so they did their job on that part. Overall, it was better than the first in my opinion, but I had a pretty big issue with the amount of gore. 7/10 Hostel: Part II.

Python Hyena Hostel, Part 2 (2007): Dir: Eli Roth / Cast: Lauren German, Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo, Roger Bart, Richard Burgi: Graphic and disgusting piece of trash repeating the original concept only this time it's three young females being stalked and tortured as oppose to three males. With the first film at least it gives some insight into the reality of being caught up in such a crime activity in a foreign country. Lauren German, Bijou Phillips and Heather Matarazzo play the lucky victims who find themselves hung upside down, chained to torture chairs, and subjected to an array of punishment that should have warranted this garbage an X rating. Director Eli Roth is talented but fails to employ his craft to something worthy of it. When he made the first film, he demonstrated a degrading underground nightmare but here the script is just a repeat aiming for stomach turning reactions. German receives the opportunity to sever someone's penis. Phillips is grazed badly with a chainsaw. Matarazzo awakens hung upside down where her blood will become bath water. Roger Bart is the one interesting character who seems not to understand what he has bought himself into when purchasing one of the girls. He is joined with Richard Burgi who bought two of the girls in an auction. Presented as a sequel to please numbing gore hounds who see this pointless mayhem as entertainment. Score: 3 / 10

epiceffectss Great horror and hard to eclipse , a total classic , the setting in Eastern Europe is so fantastic , has an original idea , has great actors , great storyline , great gags , hardcore horror of murdering and torturing women. Such an enjoyable watch. I loved the first hostel and think this one was probably better , the setting seemed better in this one. For anyone who likes horror , you will love this. App holidays to Eastern Europe from USA went down after this film came out as people feared it may happen to them whilst back packing . Ultimate story and the whole thing works so well. A classic for many years to come.