The Hills Have Eyes 2
passage and the passive mutant, who wants them to follow him and they do. They pass through a macabre room where the previous victims bodies and possessions appear to have been stockpiled. A frying pan is seen containing severed fingers. Severed legs hang from meat hooks. Amber finds the mutilated body of Mickey. Delmar breaks down spitting blood and dies from wounds that are revealed to be more than superficial. They carry his body onwards. The passive mutant leads them out to blast door section at the edge of the mines however Amber insists that they go back for Missy. As Amber persuades Napoleon to accompany her, Crank finds a stash of dynamite, however on removing it he triggers the detonation switch and a large explosion ensues, killing him and alerting Papa Hades.
Amber and Napoleon manage to kill one of the final mutants who is hiding amongst some WW2 mannequins using knives and bayonets. They then find the room containing the captive Missy. After distracting Hades with Missy’s cell phone, Amber and Napoleon manage to free Missy. Hades returns and a frantic fight insues. Amber finds a single bullet and shoots Hades in the head but he continues to fight, despite brain matter exuding from his skull. Enraged, Missy beats Hades severely with a sledge hammer, leaving his testicles smashed. Eventually the soldiers prevail and leave the body of Hades with a bayoneted rifle in his mouth.
The three survivors stumble towards a light in the background and finds it as the exit of the mines. Text appears on-screen stating that none of the guardsmen were ever found, are currently listed as AWOL, and that military officials refuse to acknowledge that Sector 16 even exists. The image turns into a thermal visual and is being viewed by someone in a thermal monitor. A mutated hand slams on the monitor and the film ends.
Cast
The guardspeople
Jessica Stroup as Amber
Daniella Alonso as Missy
Michael McMillian as Napoleon
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 Smith as Papa Hades
Tyrell Kemlo as Stabber
Gspr Szab as Grabber
Derek Mears as Chameleon
Jason Oettle as Letch
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 envisioned 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. The teaser featured “Insect Eyes,” a song by indie folk recording artist Devendra Banhart. 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 is 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 a 11% freshness rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. The film grossed ,405,247 worldwide. Overall the film had made over million in Dvd Sales making in total [,915,885]
Soundtrack
The Hills Have Eyes 2
Film score by Various
Released
July 17, 2007
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