The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

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

Director:

Martin Weisz

Writers:

Wes Craven, Jonathan Craven,

Stars:

Michael McMillian, Jacob Vargas, Daniella Alonso

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

A team of trainees of the National Guard brings supply to the New Mexico Desert for a group of soldiers and scientists that are installing a monitoring system in Sector 16. They do not find anybody in the camp, and they receive a blurred distress signal from the hills. Their sergeant gathers a rescue team, and they are attacked and trapped by deformed cannibals, having to fight to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

desert | hill | mutant | fight | shot in the shoulder | 

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Taglines:

Help isn't coming.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Official site [uk]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Hills Have Eyes 2

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£775,160 (UK) (30 March 2007)

Gross:

$20,801,344 (USA) (1 June 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Atomic, Craven-Maddalena Films, Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

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, its 1985 sequel, The Hills Have Eyes Part II, and the 2006 remake The Hills Have Eyes.

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Goofs

The rifle scopes are mounted to the carrying handles without a spacer adapter to level them. As a result, all of the scopes are canted steeply downward, following the slope of the carrying handle. If you looked through a scope mounted this way, you would only see a spot on the top of the rifle barrel, midway along its length.

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Quotes

Missy: You know one advantage of being dead? Not having to listen to your bullshit.

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Connections

References The Lone Ranger (1949)

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Soundtracks

"Own Little World (Remorse Code Remix)"
Written by Klayton
Performed by Celldweller
Courtesy of Fix It Music
By Arrangement with Position Music

User Reviews

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