A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.
Fatiha Quatili
- Afghan Woman
- (as Fatiha Ouatili)
Storyline
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- TriviaOriginally Wes Craven had the idea of Brenda, from the first film, enlisting in the National Guard to overcome her fears, only to be sent back to the same desert with the mutants. She was to be the only one who knew where the mutants hideout was located. This idea was cut since the actress was involved with Lost (2004) at the time.
- GoofsEvery U.S. soldier is trained, often through repeated "corrective action", never to let his or her weapon out of his or her sight. The characters do this frequently, even before they encounter the mutants.
- Alternate versionsThe unrated version is almost one minute longer than the theatrical version with mainly extended scenes of graphic violence and gore added.
- SoundtracksOwn Little World (Remorse Code Remix)
Written by Klayton
Performed by Celldweller
Courtesy of Fix It Music
By Arrangement with Position Music
Featured review
Even though it was generally well-received by genre fans, I found the remake of classic "The Hills Have Eyes" to be a typical modern remake. The casting was questionable and the overused shaky-cam was nausea-inducing. French director Alejandra Aja bypassed the original's subtle commentary on the American family post-Vietnam for some half-assed shock scenes that he claimed better fit the contemporary American situation. Huh? I also found the storyline to be much too close to it's predecessor.
Well, the sequel is a surprising improvement (and significantly better than the original's sequel from '85, too.) The storyline is different, the shaky-cam is only used a couple times (and less...shaky), and the filmmakers were wise enough to ditch the half-baked social commentary for a straight-up horror gorefest. And it's a lot of nasty fun! There's lots of very sick ideas here that most horror fans can probably appreciate. The acting is average, the characters are pretty much indistinguishable, and it's rather formulaic, but if you can get past all of that, then this one is good times.
Well, the sequel is a surprising improvement (and significantly better than the original's sequel from '85, too.) The storyline is different, the shaky-cam is only used a couple times (and less...shaky), and the filmmakers were wise enough to ditch the half-baked social commentary for a straight-up horror gorefest. And it's a lot of nasty fun! There's lots of very sick ideas here that most horror fans can probably appreciate. The acting is average, the characters are pretty much indistinguishable, and it's rather formulaic, but if you can get past all of that, then this one is good times.
- ThrownMuse
- Sep 12, 2007
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- Language
- Also known as
- Despertar del diablo 2
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,804,166
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,686,362
- Mar 25, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $37,697,773
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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