The Hills Have Eyes 2

This article is about the 2007 film. For original sequel to the 1977 film, see The Hills Have Eyes Part II.

The Hills Have Eyes 2
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Directed by	Martin Weisz
Written by	Wes Craven Jonathan Craven
Produced by	Wes Craven Johnathan Debin Peter Locke
Starring	Jessica Stroup Michael McMillian Daniella Alonso Lee Thompson Young
Distributed by	Fox Atomic
Release dates	March 23, 2007 (Theater) July 17, 2007 (DVD)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000

The Hills Have Eyes 2 is the 2007 feature film sequel to the 2006 horror film. The film follows several National Guard members as they fight for survival against the mutant people living in the New Mexico desert hills In Las Cruces, NM. The Hills Have Eyes 2 is directed by German film director Martin Weisz and it was written by father and son team Wes and Jonathan Craven. A graphic novel titled The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning is being published by Fox Atomic Comics to accompany the release of the film; it was released July 19, 2007.

Plot

The movie starts off with a woman in labor being observed by Papa Hades (Michael Bailey Smith). Papa Hades pulls the baby from the mother and watches it die. A few seconds later, he kills the woman.

A group of scientists are stalked and killed by the mutants while exploring the mining community.

A few weeks later, the U.S. National Guard members are training on a replica of the streets of Kandahar. On their way home, they drop by the area where the scientists were and start a rescue mission after they hear groans on their radio and notice a reflection in the hills. Sarge tells Napoleon to mind the porta-pottie, because of his complaining that they should alert base that they are going on a rescue mission, but Sarge doesn't listen and they continue to leave for rescue mission. Sarge tells Amber to stay behind with Napoleon and try make contact with the people in distress. Napoleon uses the Porta-Pottie. While using it a hand comes up the toilet, Napoleon runs out of it. He gets Amber to look in it then the body of the scientist climbs out, the scientist has been stuffed down the toilet: he is dying of severe infection after being cut all over and then immersed in feces. Napoleon and Amber ask who has done this to him; he replies 'They're Here' and then dies. Amber says it's a good idea to go catch up to the others so they will be all together but Napoleon stays behind trying to make contact with Sarge by radio.

Amber (Jessica Stroup) is then attacked by a mutant; he is shot by Mickey (Reshad Strik), and flees into a hole in the ground that leads to the mines below. Moments later, another mutant seizes Mickey and drags him through a tiny hole in the cliff face ripping his legs in half whilst doing so Amber could not pull him out.

Spitter (Eric Edelstein) is attacked by one of the mutants jumping on him, and while shooting, he accidentally kills Sarge (Flex Alexander). Spitter dies after the mutants cut the rope he is using to climb down the cliffs while carrying Sarge's body.

The guardspeople then meet an injured Redding who explains what the group are dealing with and commits suicide. After, Amber and Missy (Daniella Alonso) draw out one of the attackers, and Stump (Ben Crowley), Delmar (Lee Thompson Young) and Crank (Jacob Vargas) shoot him dead.

Missy is captured by Chameleon (Derek Mears), and the group follow her, with the exception of Stump, who decides to climb down the cliffs. As he passes a cave opening, Letch (Jason Oettle) slices off his arm and Stump falls to his death.

Chameleon tries to rape Missy licking her face with his long tongue, but Papa Hades comes in and starts hitting Chameleon and Chameleon fles, Papa Hades pins her down with drool hanging from his mouth and starts raping her. Chameleon then encounters Amber and Napoleon in the mine and they kill him in a brutal manner.

Delmar and Crank come across Chameleon as does Sniffer (Gáspár Szabó). Sniffer opens fire with one of the group's stolen guns carbines, and in the exchange Delmar is wounded and Sniffer is killed.

They meet up with Amber and Napoleon, who then encounter Hansel, who is willing to lead them to where Missy is being held. They come across a room full of mutilated bodies, where Delmar collapses and dies. Crank discovers some dynamite and is killed by a booby trap.

Amber and Napoleon come across a room populated by mannequins, and are attacked by Letch, who they kill. They come across Missy, who is tied down and being raped by Hades. Amber uses Missy's cell phone to distract Hades. After they untie her, Hades bursts through a wall. Amber uses her last round to shoot Hades in the head. Napoleon shoves a spear into Hades and Amber pushes her fingers into his brain through the bullet hole, causing Hades to collapse. Missy, Amber and Napoleon kill Hades and leave the mine.

As they left, they were being watched by an unknown person through a computer w/ infra red sensor.

Cast

The Soldiers

• Michael McMillian as Napoleon
• Jessica Stroup as Amber
• Daniella Alonso as Missy
• Jacob Vargas as Crank
• Lee Thompson Young as Delmar
• Ben Crowley as Stump
• Eric Edelstein as Spitter
• Flex Alexander as Sarge
• Reshad Strik as Mickey

The Mutants

• David Reynolds as Hansel
• Michael Bailey Snith as Hades
• Tyrell Kemlo as Stabber
• Gaspar Szabo as Grabber
• Derek Mears as Chameleon
• Jason Oettle as Letch

Sector 16 Workers

• Jeff Kober as Redding
• Jay Acovone as Wilson
• Philip Pavel as Foster
• Archie Kao as Han

Others

• Cecile Breccia as Pregnant Woman
• Fatiha Quatili as Afghan Woman
• Joseph Beddelem as Insurgent
• Jeremy Goei as Clyde

Production

The Hills Have Eyes 2 began filming in the summer of 2006 in Ouarzazate, Morocco where the previous movie was filmed.

Writer Wes Craven's initial inspiration for the film came to being as he was having a casual conversation with producer Peter Locke. Craven invisioned that the previous film's character, Brenda (Emilie de Ravin), traumatized by the torment of the events in The Hills Have Eyes, would join the National Guard to overcome her fears. Barely through her basic training, Brenda would receive a call from her sergeant, who explains that they are sending a team back to the New Mexico Desert to rid of the remaining mutants. Her sergeant and the team need her, for she is the only one left alive who knows the mutant's location. Because of de Ravin's involvement in the television show Lost, her schedule was unable to encompass filming for the sequel. Wes Craven replaced her character, but kept with much of the original idea in terms of using National Guard soldiers in training.

A one-minute teaser trailer was released on December 12, 2006. In addition to that, a series of clips with an introduction by Wes Craven and a small gallery can be found on the Fox Atomic website. Also on Fox Atomic you can find a soundless clip of the mutant, Grabber attacking Amber. Recently a full length trailer and two new clips were released to Yahoo! Movies.

Craven originally looked at Michael J. Bassett, the director of Deathwatch, to take over the directing role, but ultimately chose Martin Weisz after scheduling conflicts with Bassett.

Although the original 1977 film had a sequel, this is not a remake of that film.

Box Office and reception

The Hills Have Eyes 2 received mostly negative reviews, gaining an 12% freshness rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The film grossed $37,134,406 worldwide.

Blu-ray & DVD release

The film was released on DVD on July 17, 2007 in both R-rated and unrated versions and on high-definition Blu-ray October 23, 2007.

External links

• The Hills Have Eyes 2 at IMDb
• The Hills Have Eyes 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Teaser and Trailer on Apple Trailers released on January 4, 2007
• The Official Website at Fox Atomic The Trailer, Teaser, Photos, and more.
• Review at Dread Central