The Hills Have Eyes 2 offers another round of dull, gory fright scenes that neither push the horror envelope nor exhibit any noticeable ingenuity.

In case you miss what's happening, one soldier wails, 'Oh, man, we're gettin' picked off one by one, here.'

Written, disappointingly, by Wes Craven and his son Jonathan, this limp sequel to last year's remake of Wes' 1977 original feels like the work of a guy who's spent a few too many days lost in the desert.

While the first remake successfully captured the original's disturbing edge, this one seems too dead-set on upping the ante.