The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)

Director:

Martin Weisz

Writers (WGA):

Wes Craven (written by) &
Jonathan Craven (written by) ...

Release Date:

23 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The Lucky ones die fast

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Mutant | Hill | Fight | Sledgehammer

Cast

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

Also Known As:

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Australia)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Singapore:R21 | Iceland:18 | Malaysia:18SG | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | France:-16 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB) | Norway:18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:R-18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Portugal:M/16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Morocco

Company:

Fox Atomic

Trivia:

Wes Craven, the writer and director of the original 1977 version, wrote the screenplay for the sequel to the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes (2006) along with his son, filmmaker Jonathan Craven.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Several times they rack back a round while one is still in the chamber. All that does is waste a perfectly good round.

Quotes:

[first title card]
Title Card: Two years ago an American family crossing the desert took a wrong turn and drove deep into a military area known only as Sector 16. By dawn the next day, half the family had been slaughtered.

Movie Connections:

References Poltergeist (1982)

Soundtrack:

The Hills Have Eyes

Rushed out sequels are always a mess.

The premise of this awaited sequel was really good and after the huge success of the remake I expected a lot sincerely.

The sad truth is that this movie is really absurd and inept. The situations are dumb and beyond reason and the acting is truly awful.

This time there aren't likable characters or violins unlike the remake. Also, the gore is not that abundant and when it happens it's truly bad.

The violence is minimal and it's a shame because there are many arguments that make you think that there's room for heavy violence. I mean, there's a SWAT team that is hunting a family of cannibal mutants. You surely expect something different! When I watched it on the movies I wanted my money back.

Anyways this is a clear example of how rushed out movies turn out to be a mess and demonstrate poor quality on all aspects.

A mess that let down the fans of the remake like me. That's why sequels are never welcomed; at least this movie isn't as terrible as the 1985 sequel to the original.