THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2 (2007) Film Review - 8/7/07

You start to worry when the sequel to a film is rushed out the following year, with a cast you haven't heard of (Unless you count Michael Bailey Smith as "Hades") and a director who hasn't done anything noticeable? But in this case whilst not a patch on the original re-make from 2006 (Because don't forget "The Hills Have Eyes" 1 & 2 are re-makes of the Wes Craven originals) there is still something to commend this sequel attempt cash-in: The opening scene is inexplicably unpleasant and some later scenes are also nasty. In reference to the 2006 version it was very extreme and you could understand that from the nature of the story. This 2007 follow-up has it's moments but all in all is pretty limp. Army grunts finishing their training get casually picked off one by one by radioactive mutants in a hellhole out in the desert - The moral to this tale? Emmmm???