The Hills Have Eyes 2 (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:

Daniella Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Michael Bailey Smith

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cécile Breccia	...	Pregnant Woman
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Papa Hades
Archie Kao	...	Han
Jay Acovone	...	Wilson
Jeff Kober	...	Redding
Philip Pavel	...	Foster
David Reynolds	...	Hansel
Tyrell Kemlo	...	Stabber
Lee Thompson Young	...	Delmar
Daniella Alonso	...	Missy
Eric Edelstein	...	Spitter
Jessica Stroup	...	Amber
Joseph Beddelem	...	Insurgent
Jacob Vargas	...	Crank
Ben Crowley	...	Stump

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 | napolon bonaparte character | murder of a nude woman | nude pregnant woman | nudity | 

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Taglines:

There are fates worse than death.

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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

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 USA:

$9,686,362, 25 March 2007

Gross USA:

$20,804,166

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$37,697,773

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

Wes Craven's initial inspiration for the film came during a casual conversation with producer Peter Locke. Craven envisioned that the previous films character Brenda (Emilie de Ravin) traumatized by her suffering joins the National Guard to overcome her fears. Barely finished with basic training, Brenda receives a call from her sergeant, who explains that they are sending a team back to the New Mexico desert to eradicate the remaining mutants. Her sergeant and the team need her, for she is the only one left alive who knows the mutants location. Because of de Ravin's involvement in the television show Lost (2004) her schedule was unable to accommodate the filming of the sequel. Wes Craven replaced her character, but retained much of the original concept, including the group of National Guard soldiers in training.

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Goofs

(at around 33 mins) When the group finds Doctor Paul Foster, the sergeant's strip-band from his helmet changes between shots from tight around his chin to hanging under his chin.

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Quotes

Sarge: You against the war, Doonesbury?
Napoleon: Not all wars, Sarge, I just think the president lies too much.
Sarge: All presidents lie, asshole! That's their fucking job!
Napoleon: Yes, sir.
Sarge: No president has told the truth since Truman! And you know what he said?
Napoleon: No, Sarge.
Sarge: He said that the buck stops here!

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Alternate Versions

The unrated version is almost one minute longer than the theatrical version with mainly extended scenes of graphic violence and gore added.

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Connections

References Conan the Barbarian (1982)

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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

Acceptable following with the mutants cannibals attacking again

Between 1945 and 1962 the United States conducted 33 atmospheric nuclear tests. Today the government still denies the genetic effects caused by the radioactive fallout located in sector 16. A team of soldiers(Jacob Vargas, Daniella Alonso,Jessica Stroup, McMillian, among them) from National Guard carries supply for a scientific group . But a mysterious unseen deformed humans drag away and attack them. The anthropophagous beings murder and dismember the soldiers one by one, having to combat to survive.

This unsettling gore-feast contains thrills, chills horror, grisly murders and lots of guts and gore, including, stabbing, impalement, beheading, among others. The killings are gruesomely committed by the cannibal mutants who hold an eerie make-up by Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger , an excellent craftsmen.The storyline by Wes Craven borrows from the commandos war movies along with the classics¨Texas chainsaw massacre(Hooper)¨, ¨The hills have eyes(Craven)¨until recent films like ¨Wrong turn and House of 1000 corpses¨, and of course the first part directed by Alexander Aja(2006).The creepy maniacal creatures appearance deliver the goods plenty of screams, terror,violence and blood. Atmospheric and suspenseful musical score by Trevor Morris. Colorful cinematography and a little dark during underground scenes by Sam McCurdy. The motion picture is professionally directed by Martin Weisz(Rohtenburg). The tale will like to horror and gore buffs. Rating : acceptable and passable, but isn't apt for squeamish