The Hills Have Eyes 2
The Good:
I always enjoy when a film pits a small military unit against some strange malevolent creatures (done most adeptly in Dog Soldiers, a must-see).
Not everything the soldiers did was idiotic like in most horror films. Some of it you might definitely question, but there was motivation there.
It was quite different from the first movie, which was a remake of a 1977 cult classic.
Some of the death scenes were original.
The Bad:
There was little in the way of plot... soldiers forced to fight mutants basically.
Some of what would normally be scares are broadcast a mile away, so the film is more of an action film than a horror (aside from the gratuitous gore I suppose).
A few characters were a little over-the-top.
No twists really at all.
A few plot points were just left off, like the director didn't care enough to bring some of the elements to conclusion.
My biggest complaint was a lot of the movie took place underground and they didn't really "use" the darkness as a feature effectively.
Overall: If you like the current vein of horror that is like the two newer Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, then it's not so bad, it's on par with the majority of that ilk. But if you want to see a good horror film that takes place underground see Descent instead, it is ten times the movie this one is.
I always enjoy when a film pits a small military unit against some strange malevolent creatures (done most adeptly in Dog Soldiers, a must-see).
Not everything the soldiers did was idiotic like in most horror films. Some of it you might definitely question, but there was motivation there.
It was quite different from the first movie, which was a remake of a 1977 cult classic.
Some of the death scenes were original.
The Bad:
There was little in the way of plot... soldiers forced to fight mutants basically.
Some of what would normally be scares are broadcast a mile away, so the film is more of an action film than a horror (aside from the gratuitous gore I suppose).
A few characters were a little over-the-top.
No twists really at all.
A few plot points were just left off, like the director didn't care enough to bring some of the elements to conclusion.
My biggest complaint was a lot of the movie took place underground and they didn't really "use" the darkness as a feature effectively.
Overall: If you like the current vein of horror that is like the two newer Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, then it's not so bad, it's on par with the majority of that ilk. But if you want to see a good horror film that takes place underground see Descent instead, it is ten times the movie this one is.
1 comment:
Ugh... wasn't this a straight to video? I didn't even like the LAST remake of this film so I didn't really rush out to get my hands on the straight to video one. (Incidentally the only thing I liked about the remake of Texas Chainsaw was watching Jessica Beal snot all over herself in a horribly unbelievable crying fit - that was awesome). I was VERY interested in seeing the Decent though.
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