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The Hills Have Eyes 2

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 17.
  • Is it any good?

    1.0
  • Common Sense says

    Gory sequel pits mutants against the military.

updated 10.02.09

Why We Rated This not for kids

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    No positive messages to take away.
  • Role models :

    There aren't too many characters you would want your kids to emulate. National Guard trainees think they're tough, but they learn quickly that they're no match for ruthless, canny mutants.
  • Violence:

    Bloody, close-up, gory, and relentless. National Guard trainees are introduced in a battle simulation shooting, exploding, and facing a suicide bomber; thereafter, bodies are thrown, grabbed, kicked, beaten, dismembered, disemboweled, exploded, shot, stabbed, and shown splatted on the ground. One dying man shows up inside a latrine, his cuts absorbing toxic sewage; heads are smashed, shot, and pierced; weapons include guns, knives, a cleaver, a grenade, dynamite, a bayonet, rocks, and a shovel. Jump scenes in cave; a horrible rape from behind (in shadows, but violence is very harsh and victim's face shows distress); bodies fall or are pulled into holes.
  • Sex:

    Early, grisly birth scene shows mother's breasts; discussion of a romance between a pair of National Guard troops includes sexual slang ("Doing a whole 'nother kind of draining"); assault by one mutant on a woman includes a long tongue lick -- he then inserts his tongue in her mouth (she bites it off, very bloody, and kicks him in crotch). Sexualized violence.
  • Language:

    Incessant. Non-stop uses of "f--k" (several with "mother-" and one as finger gesture) in addition "s--t" and other language ("hell," damn," "ass," "c--k," "balls," and "bitch").
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    One character is nicknamed alternately "Private Crackhead" and "Crank."
 

What Parents Need to Know

About The Hills Have Eyes 2

Parents need to know that this mutant-centric horror sequel definitely isn't for kids. The violence is gruesome and sustained, the language is unremitting ("f--k," in all its variations, is a constant), and an ugly rape scene ensures one woman's blind desire for revenge on an especially long-tongued, white-goo-spitting mutant. Weapons include knives, guns, and assorted body-piercing implements (spears, bayonet, poles). The very first scene is a bloody, screaming, gross-out birth (leading to the bare-breasted mother's immediate murder). An early mock battle scene is very fast-paced, aggressively edited, and loud. All assaults by mutants are bloody, gross, and horrible.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the movie's over-the-top violence. Do these gruesome, bloody scenes serve specific functions?
  • Discuss how the film treats women. The mutants want to breed with them, and the men want to protect them -- what do the women themselves want?

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Most Recent Reviews

  1. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence
    • Inappropriate sexual content
    • Inappropriate language

    this movie was a grisly movie or as i call it a commercial movie, a movie inwhich a movie is good looking in the comercial but when you go see it in theaters it is not very good this movie has its funny moments which are not needed. a woman gives birth and ALL is seen. there is also a rape and it is very easy to see whats happening becaue the mutant say YOU MAKE ME BABY

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I thought this movie was disturbing

    I liked this movie. But it was very disturbing. One of the mutants raped someone, and it was a very gory movie. So, i wouldn't let any kids under 13 watch it.

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Alabama
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Not As Good As First

    This movie was a decent horror sequel that didnt live up to its predecessor. It was not as intense or entertaining as the fist but still pretty good. If your a big fan of the first than I would recommend RENTING this one

  5. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    awsome and extreamley scary

    this movie should have been rated pg-13 sure its gruesome but its a good family film if ur kids are 13

  6. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Oklahoma
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 4.0

    Not for faint of heart

    While i found it interesting it could give even a 17 year old nightmares. While some are mature enough to handle it they should also be mature enough to wait.

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 0.0

    Horrible

    This is another distorting and disturbing example of the minds of those in the movie bus. This movie is not appropriate for anyone.

  8. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New York
    I rate this title on for age 11 and give it 5.0

    Great Movie

    This should be viewed by people of all ages, hell if they can put on stupid shows like john & kate plus 8 then why not have every agde group watch this as well.

  9. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Alabama
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 3.0

  10. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Louisiana
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 3.0

    awesome

    really bloody. i like.

  11. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Georgia
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0

    I was grossed out

    My boyfriend took me to see this gory movie. Unaware of the extent found in this film I went willingly. I felt this film was grusome and disturbing. However if thats your cup of tea I'm sure this movie will spark your attention.

  12. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Very violent but very interesting

    This movie is not for kids cause of the violence,I sneaked in to this movie because I was very eager to see it. Theres a lot of blood and gore and its probably suitable for mature teens.

  13. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Alabama
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 0.0

    Well if you are looking for a clasic horror film keep looking because this movie is gory and has no good story line I recomend you whach another movie

  14. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Washington
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 3.0

  15. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in Connecticut
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 2.0

  16. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 4.0

    The Hills have eyes Agen Be Careful

    The hills have eyes 2 Is a grate movie But it is not appropeate for kids under 11 years old

  17. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Indiana
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 4.0

    insane

    this movie was good but i totally hated the rape sene it wasent real grapic but the sound of the woman scared me and te spicial affects are of the hook but all you young peaple 15 and younger dont see it ther is a birth scene wich is nasty and thats the first thing that happens overall better than the first one.

  18. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Missouri
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 3.0

    Yuck!

    This movie had a whole lot of violence and a little story line. The movie starts off with a scene where an unborn child is ripped out of a birthing mother. This movie can make the even the strongest of stomachs turn.

  19. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

    bad

    this is NOT ENTERTAINMENT this is pure wrong. do not love violence

  20. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Mississippi
    I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 4.0

    I was on the edge of my seat

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