Roger Bart

The setting is once again an underground club, where people bid for the right to torture residents at the hostel of the title. Hostel Part II, however, lets us see events from the other perspective too, as we meet the wealthy businessmen who are availing themselves of the club’s services. It’s a logical dynamic for the movie, and it does bring a fresh perspective to a film that does eventually settle down to a cavalcade of gore and shock.

As a director, Eli Roth has clearly improved since last time around, even if this time he too often succumbs to the temptation to show rather than imply, and Hostel Part II as a result feels a little less fresh and more uncomfortable than its predecessor. Yet it’s most certainly an unsettling piece of cinema, and one likely to find favour with Roth’s increasing fanbase.

A word of warning, though. Hostel Part II isn’t shy about pulling its punches, and it very much justifies its 18 certificate. It’s also a cut above many of its modern day contemporaries in the genre, even though it fails to measure up to part one. --Jon Foster
so much better than the first, 2009-04-24
when watching the first hostel with friends i thought that it would have been pretty much pointless watching the second, as even though it was a good film it was fairly predictble in what the story line for the sequal was goig to be. When watching further i realised that this was completely untrue as it takes on a totally different angle and gives much more depth to the story line of "hostel".
Hostel 2 gives much more gore and horror and for those of you who love to see lots of blood and gore i would deeply recomend this film. The hanging scene definately disturbed me as when watching it you can't help but ask "what if that were me".
The only thing i do have to question however is the sudden change in Stuarts attitudes towards the end. Todd's change we can believe because it is easy to believe someone could freak out over this after not thinking through. But it is hard to believe that someone who wasn't sure if they could kill or not could suddenly turn into such a physcotic killer.
All in all though this is an excellent film that is brilliantly acted, and people who are saying that there is not enough gore in it must be cold hearted to not have this disturb them.

Under the watchful eye of creator Mel Brooks, this may be a musical version but it tells the same tale--two men stumble across a great way to make money, by putting on a Broadway flop. So off they go to devise the most offensive, sure-fire failure, only to see their creation--Springtime For Hitler--become the town’s hot ticket.

While there’s undoubtedly some fun to be had here, and Lane and Broderick are clearly have a great time in their roles, there are a couple of key problems with The Producers. Firstly, and most crucially, is the staid direction. This very much feels like a camera was placed in front of a stage, and it hurts the film a lot. Secondly, the wonderful energy of Mel Brooks’ original movie is sadly lacking, and at no time does this no version threaten to be an equal to its predecessor.

And yet there are winning moments, some good laughs, and a gentle couple of hours of entertainment. Yet the key attraction is clearly a chance for the majority who never got to see Lane and Broderick treading the boards in their acclaimed performances before, and for many, that rightly justifies the asking price. You just can’t help wishing the film around them was a little better, though.--Simon Brew
He's done it again! Mel Brooks has done it again!, 2009-06-17
This DVD has had my laughing since the first time I watched it. Unsure at first, I didn't think I woul like it, and thought I would find it offencive.

Thinking about it, I stick by that - it IS offencive, but in a rather not-offencive way. The idea is that a failed producer Max Bialystock and his unlucky "sidekick", accountant Leo Bloom try to create a musical of "Springtime for Hitler", a gay romp, when they find you can make more money with a flop than with a hit. If the show was a sucsess then they would be found out and go to jail. With help from a ex-nazi, a beautiful swedish receptionist and a gay director, they try to pull it off.

The "Hial Hitler" bits are just for fun, abnd aren't trying to pursuade you to do so, but rather to shock you in a most halarious way. It works, making the musical version of the origanal Mel Brooks film even better.

It's favourite movie, and after showing it to my best friend, it became her favourte too. Together we sing our favourite songs "Have yu heard the German band" and "Springtime for Hitler" creating laughter from our classmates, and making everyone want to watch the film we're raving about.

It's no action, romance or deep-thinking movie - it's just a bit of light-hearted fun for anyone who watches it.