Hostel: Part II (2007)

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.

Director:

Eli Roth

Writers:

Eli Roth, Eli Roth (characters)

Stars:

Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lauren German	...	Beth
Roger Bart	...	Stuart
Heather Matarazzo	...	Lorna
Bijou Phillips	...	Whitney
Richard Burgi	...	Todd
Vera Jordanova	...	Axelle
Jay Hernandez	...	Paxton
Jordan Ladd	...	Stephanie
Milan Knazko	...	Sasha
Edwige Fenech	...	Art Class Professor
Stanislav Ianevski	...	Miroslav
Patrik Zigo	...	Bubblegum Gang Leader
Zuzana Geislerová	...	Inya
Ivan Furak	...	Big Guard
Monika Malácová	...	Mrs. Bathory

Storyline

Three female college students take a detour from their partying, enticed by a beautiful European woman who promises seclusion, safety and maybe even romance. What they get is a living hell where they are sold to the highest bidder who's fondest wish is to kill them slowly. Hostel 2 also follows 2 American men who, on the flip side of the coin, are willing to pay to join an exclusive club where a life will end at their hands...any way they like. It's a story of human monsters and the almighty dollar as only Eli Roth could tell it.

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Plot Keywords:

hostel | slovakia | american | murder | torture | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Lions Gate Films [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Slovak Italian Czech

Release Date:

8 June 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

L'auberge 2

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£681,426 (UK) (29 June 2007)

Gross:

£1,739,157 (UK) (20 July 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Screen Gems, Next Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During a torture scene, Roger Bart says, "I'm fucking Hercules!" Roger played Young Hercules in the Disney movie, Hercules (1997).

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Goofs

After the girls check into the Hostel, the clerk takes their passports, and e-mails the details to various bidders. However, the pictures all show the girls smiling; standard passport rules do not allow smiling or other facial expressions.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Italian Police Officer: [to Paxton] Signore?

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Crazy Credits

At the very end of the credits, the Bubblegum Gang Leader can be heard saying "Bitches!" one last time.

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Connections

Features Chowdaheads (1999)

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Soundtracks

Zalet Sokol
Traditional
Performed by Varmuzova cimbalova muzika
Courtesy of Free Art Records, s.r.o.
Under license from Free Art Records, s.r.o.

User Reviews

Very sick, disturbing and sadistic. - Several Spoilers!

WARNING! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS!!! It amazes me that they can show murder, torture and blood and gore in this movie yet when it comes to nudity, they have to hide it by blurring the images. Even swearing with the F-bomb is omitted out which is stupid. In this movie, murder, torture and even decapitation are somehow more acceptable to televise but no swearing or nudity allowed? The Network censors are nuts!

This movie is sick and very disturbing! It's about an international club of sadistic rich people who pay big bucks through a bidding process to murder a man or woman through torture. Victims come from the hostel in Slovakia and their passport images are scanned and sent out to members. Once you enter into a "contract" to do this, you cannot leave until you murder your victim. Each of the members have a dog tattoo that identifies them as part of the club. Expect to see kids have guns pointed to their heads (one is shot in the head), cannibalism, dogs tearing a person to pieces, and a woman having her face shredded up with a saw to name a few. It seems like everyone in this town is bad to the bone.

You get the sense that once you're marked as a victim there really is no escape from the factory where they keep the victims. Even if you do, the reach of this group is so wide that they can still get you as you'll find out with Jay Hernandez's character. You really need to see the fist movie to understand the second although you can get the gist if you have not.

Sadly we see a decent caring person forced into becoming a monster herself first in a bid for survival then for revenge! It seems that in both the first and second movies, the lead characters commit murder without hesitation after being victimized themselves.

The message is that having enough money can do anything even turn the tables on those that would have you be the victim. I think most of us like to see evil people get their comeuppance so seeing some of them pay for their evil deeds is satisfying but unfortunately not all the people that deserve it do and it thus opens the door for yet another sequel! If you have a sick sense of humor, you will like the ending with the street kids playing soccer with someone's head! It's disgusting yet the victim got her comeuppance for being evil so to me it was good!I won't divulge who it was.