Each year, over 10,000 people in America are killed with firearms. Approximately 2,000 more are stabbed to death. Americans...they have no imagination.
Each year, over 10,000 people in America are killed with firearms. Ap...
Roth's dark humor and lacerating view of human weakness sometimes suggest George Romero; what he lacks is Romero's stubborn belief in personal morality.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
23 Oct 2007
rotten:
Both nubile females and alpha-male douche bags are on the receiving end of pain (that's supposed to nullify accusations of misogyny, is it?), but really, we're all the victims here.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
16 Jun 2007
fresh:
Eli Roth's Hostel: Part II is an authentic real-world creep show -- better, if anything, than its predecessor.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jun 2007
fresh:
The movie is almost totally devoid of suspense, which is one of the marks of a true exploitation film. Why waste time with a bunch of false scares and tension, when you can go straight to the pain and suffering?
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 Jun 2007
fresh:
There's a keen intelligence behind all that gleeful degradation and it pays off in a finish that's at once ironic, satirical, and perversely satisfying.