An authentic real-world creep show -- better, if anything, than its predecessor.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Gene Seymour
Hostel II is far too shrewd and savagely witty to be caught engaging in higher seriousness. Roth could probably go even further with this particular franchise if he wanted to. Yet somehow, I think he's meant for grander, subtler and more intricate distractions than this.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The problem with Hostel Part II is the same flaw that afflicted Hostel: no tension.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Nathan Lee
Eli Roth punks capitalism all the way to the bank with cheap tricks and bankrupt imagination.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Laura Kern
Mr. Roth, part of a new breed of horror directors affectionately labeled the "Splat Pack," is regarded by some as a savior of the genre, though it could be argued that he is more effectively a saboteur. He might have mastered the cheap sadism-as-entertainment gross-out, but he has yet to produce a single genuine, old-fashioned fright.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
The moviemaking is driven only by contempt; he (Roth) wants to nauseate us into submission.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Scott Bowles
The filmmakers behind the "Saw" franchise must love to see a movie like Hostel: Part II.
Compared to this Eli Roth fetish video, the "Saw" films are Oscar bait.Read Full Review »
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