The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

Director:

Martin Weisz

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (written by) &
Jonathan Craven (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The Lucky ones die fast

Plot:

A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Fight | Mutant | Hill | Nude Woman Murdered

Cast

Michael McMillian	...	Napoleon
Jessica Stroup	...	Amber
Jacob Vargas	...	Crank
Flex Alexander	...	Sarge
Lee Thompson Young	...	Delmar
Daniella Alonso	...	Missy
Eric Edelstein	...	Spitter
Reshad Strik	...	Mickey
Ben Crowley	...	Stump
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Papa Hades
Derek Mears	...	Chameleon
David Reynolds	...	Hansel
Jeff Kober	...	Redding
Jay Acovone	...	Wilson
Philip Pavel	...	Foster

Also Known As:

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated R for prolonged sequences of strong gruesome horror violence and gore, a rape and language.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Singapore:R21 | Iceland:18 | Malaysia:18SG | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | France:-16 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Norway:18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:R-18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Fox Atomic

Trivia:

This is the fourth film to bear the title of "The Hills Have Eyes," preceded by the original 1977 version, The Hills Have Eyes (1977), its 1985 sequel, The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985), and the 2006 remake The Hills Have Eyes (2006).

Goofs:

Plot holes: During the confrontation with Chameleon, PFC David "Napoleon" Napoli's weapon runs out of ammunition, so he drops it. It is then picked up by Sniffer, who fires it again.

Quotes:

Napoleon: [in response to Amber inquiring about a scientist stuffed into a toilet cubical] Shitman the Barbarian? I have no idea!

Movie Connections:

References Plane Crazy (1928)

Soundtrack:

Own Little World (Remorse Code Remix)

Has Its Moments...

The Hills Have Eyes II is what you would expect it to be and nothing more. Of course it's not going to be an Oscar nominated film, it's just pure entertainment which you can just lose yourself in for 90 minutes.

The plot is basically about a group of National Guard trainees who find themselves battling against the notorious mutated hillbillies on their last day of training in the desert. It's just them fighting back throughout the whole film, which includes a lot of violence (which is basically the whole film) as blood and guts are constantly flying around throughout the whole thing, and also yet another graphic rape scene which is pointlessly thrown in to shock the audience.

I'd give the Hills Have Eyes II 4 out of 10 for pure entertainment, and that only. Although even then I found myself looking at my watch more and more as the film went on, as it began to drag due to the fact it continued to try and shock the audience with graphic gore and the occasional jump scene just to make sure the audience stays awake. The Hills Have Eyes II is just decent entertainment, something to pass time if you're bored, and nothing else.

4/10