Should that not be the death knell of this thing, right there? It's a blasted sitcom, right from the start in its 'wrapping up' of the Paxton storyline from the original.

Meanwhile, the only thing distracting me is how much the idiotic banter between these 4 characters makes me think of a brain-damaged Sex and the City. Even when Roth is trying to distract you with a potential lesbian romance (between her and - who else? - Dorothy), it's pretty damn clearly just a distraction.

if you've been paying attention, not only could you tell in the damn bar scene that she was already the new Natalya- you also know that she's been creeping on Dorothy ever since she brusquely shoved her way into her group of friends and screeched every compliment, brandished every smile, with all the subtlety of that ' I smell bacon!' dog in the Beggin' Strips commercials.

Why is this scene in the film (other than to cliche-check Last House on the Left)? To give this remakequel's Natalya 2.0 her first chance in the film to look like a hero instead of a creeper when she scares the guys away. This scene is allowed to go on for far too long and you're left waiting for something not completely obvious to happen. At the last second, one of the girls yells and curses the guys out. The girls just stand in the doorway of this not at all empty public train acting uneasy and vulnerable while the guys continue perving. Such as an early scene where Dorothy and Blanche go off with a no-name greasy guy to his bathroom stall of a room to fetch some party drugs while they're perved on by 2 of his mates. Unless, just like with the gender swapping, you wanted something basely predictable. GOD this thing SUCKS at establishing characters and crafting a story. As a matter of fact, after less than 5 minutes with the new victim Girl Trio, it began to feel like desperate rerouting. The decision to put so much focus and energy on Elite Hunting's staff and clientele may well de-boogeyman them so the movie can unpack a point but it humanizes exactly no one. As a not at all veiled remake of the first film, the men's chairs are switched for 3 women and all 3 of them are every bit as awful as the original's trio of men. Is that too easy a conclusion to reach? Or is it right on the money? Well, this sequel sure solves that problem. I've even heard a theory I like very much: that the still mainly male audience (let's not kid anyone) were turned off seeing themselves as the products in a slave trade and bind, torture, kill factory. People hated it for all sorts of reasons- it wasn't extreme enough for the gore fanatics, people who wanted an affecting drama were repulsed by the fact that the killers had no hint of remorse / that Roth didn't delve into the fragile or soft spots of their psyches, and in its action-thriller capacities it didn't want to tell you anything about how 'The Company' actually worked. I believe I have about 1 elaborately crafted, non-point and shoot criticism against this film.

Hostel the movie pretty actress