The Hills Have Eyes II
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Metascore
32 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

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4.7 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 88 Ratings

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  • Starring: Daniella Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Michael Bailey Smith
  • Summary: As part of a routine mission, a unit of National Guard soldiers stops at a New Mexico outpost in order to deliver equipment to a group of atomic scientists. When they arrive at the isolated research camp, however, they find it is mysteriously deserted. After spotting a distress signal in a distant mountain range, the team decides to embark on a search and rescue mission into the hills in order to locate the missing scientists. Little do they know that these are the very hills that the ill-fated Carter family once visited, and that a tribe of cannibalistic mutants lies in wait. (20th Century Fox)… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 9 out of 18
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    The director, Martin Weisz , doesn't lean on a lot of noise and editing tricks. He can relax, since all the scares are built into the Cravens' script, which invokes both "Goonies" and last year's instant-classic, chicks-versus-cave-dwelling-vampires flick "The Descent."
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    Pretty solid gory horror.
  3. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Glenn Kenny
    38
    As a fan of the genre, and someone who genuinely loves such recent horror efforts as "The Descent" and "The Host," I respectfully suggest that the atmosphere for horror movies might be better if moviemakers stopped making ones like this.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    38
    The mutants are brain-damaged; the filmmakers don't have that excuse to justify this movie, which is the kind of thing the sergeant would call "a stunning display of individual and group stupidity."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 15 out of 31
  1. scottissoright
    10
    Cool and creepy, i seriously cannot understand why critics hated this movie, are you all high? are you retarded? who knows, either way, i really enjoyed it.… Expand
  2. ShryllK.
    8
    I judge horror movies not as a critic, but as a horror moviegoer who wants some gore and some plot and suspense. This movie had little to work with but did a hell of a good job at delivering what it should have. A masterpiece.… Expand
  3. syzygy
    5
    Way more skill than imagination, the plot is retread, a homage to nothing, just a routine exercise to bank in on the money garnered by its predecessor. If you think of this not as a film but as a film school graduation project where you score the director on how well (or not) he executes the fundamentals of creating a basic mood, squeezing beleivable performances out of your principals, and splicing everything together neatly, then he passes. Your modest expectations might even feel a surprise or two. Altogether, forgettable otherwise.… Expand
  4. oliver1h
    0
    Utter fail on every level! It is not even as cheesy as some 60's or 70's movies, people watch for laughs. This movie is just simply bad. The acting, the story, the effect, everything is the lowest quality. Avoid this like the plague.… Expand

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