The Phoenix Network:
 
 
 
About  |  Advertise
 
Features  |  Reviews
FIND MOVIES
Find a Movie
Movie List
Loading ...
or
Find Theaters and Movie Times
or
Search Movies

Hostell: Part II

Ocean's Thirteen is the better sequel
By TOM MEEK  |  June 13, 2007  |  SHOWTIMES + MORE
2.0 2.0 Stars

Eli Roth has a big mouth. He trashed Ocean’s Thirteen, and lambasted Boston Globe critic Janice Page, in a letter to the editor, for her honest assessment of his debut, Cabin Fever (2002). Roth also loves gore and male sex fantasies gone awry. Although he has a knack for the creepy, he could benefit from some humility and a dose of creativity — Ocean’s Thirteen is the better sequel. All he does here is take the same pay-to-thrill-kill-a-human resort town in Slovakia and drop in three American women for the three guys who were hacked up in the first go-round. The can-do rich girl (Lauren German), the free-spirited nymphet (Bijou Phillips), and the nerdy tag-along (Heather Matarazzo) make for more-interesting characters, as do the two high-rollers (Richard Burgi and Roger Bart) out for their first blood, but with no fresh ideas, it’s back to bind, slice, skewer, and repeat. Roth already hit the gore ceiling in the first Hostel. Cut a guy’s dick off and feed it to a dog? Just more leftovers.
Movie: Defiance:
Movie type: Drama
MPAA rating: R
Released: December 31, 2008, January 16, 2009
Run time: 137 min
Directed By: Edward Zwick
Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schrieber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein
Related: Hostel, Drowning in a sea of red, The girls of summer, More more >
  Topics: Reviews , Eli Roth, Bijou Phillips, Janice Page
  • Share:
  • RSS feed Rss
  • Email this article to a friend Email
  • Print this article Print
Comments


Today's Event Picks
-->
ARTICLES BY TOM MEEK
Share this entry with Delicious

 See all articles by: TOM MEEK

MOST POPULAR
RSS Feed of for the most popular articles
 Most Viewed   Most Emailed 



  |  Sign In  |  Register
 
thePhoenix.com:
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2009 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group