The Hills have eyes 2 is another example of a poorly thought out sequel which is so far removed from the original (2006 version) in terms of quality. Whilst the 2006 version was a genuinely entertaining slice of horror, this second part comes no-where near.

The story centres on a group of trainee national guards who are sent to find a group of people who are installing a new monitoring system in the exact same spot where the mutants from the first film live. Obviously things don't go smoothly and as soon as they arrive numerous deaths follow.

The film suffers from a number of problems. Firstly the story is virtually non-existent and there is nothing that shows any progression from the first film. The characters are so poorly written and completely inept that when they start dying there is no feeling of shock or sympathy. In fact the total opposite happens and you end up being grateful for them being bumped off to get relief from the terrible acting and appalling dialogue. There is never any sustained tension and the only bits that make you jump are so clichéd that they are laughable. The deaths are not very inventive and therefore never feel particularly shocking.

When I saw that this was written by Wes Craven I had high hopes of a gory and terrifying sequel. Sadly Mr Craven has had a serious off day here and written something which is boring, never shocking and totally pointless. No doubt there will be an "origin" story developed (a novel has already been published relating to just that) over the next couple of years. If that happens let's hope it has more in common with last year's film and doesn't resemble this extremely disappointing sequel.