The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Not usually a big fan of re-makes. In fact, I'm usually the snob who complains that the latest MTV-ized Hollywood teen version wasn't as good as the original. In the case of The Hills Have Eyes, I didn't see the original, in fact, the only thing I know about it is that it was the first movie to have the bad-guy's first-person POV. I have a hard time thinking it was as good or as intensely ugly as this one.
No, it's not an "enjoyable" movie, and if you aren't used to real onscreen violence, THHE will stick with you for days. It's considerably more ugly than Se7en or Saw. Take it from somebody who saw both of those. This however is as smart as each of those were. Alexander Aja did a fine job making a movie that was hard to watch without being flashy with it.
I'm not sure if the original had the same America-and-its-enemies subtext, don't see what the parallel would have been at that point. For those who have seen the remake: Note that the Republican is the one who gets them in trouble. Actually it's all the dogs's fault, but the Republican is the one who gets suckered in. The Democrat saves the day and the Christian gets eliminated early on.
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