The Hillz (2004 Video) User Reviews

I want that Hour and a Half of my Life Back

[hildehooper · 1/10 · 23 February 2006]

To gain the title of 'Bad Film' a film is normally below average on 1 or 2 levels. Maybe it has a bad script or bad acting, maybe the music is of poor quality or the direction or film techniques are amateurish. However, very rarely will one see a film that is, not just below average but DRAMATICALLY below average on EVERY SINGLE LEVEL. 'The Hillz' seems to have achieved this.

Firstly, the script. Let's put it this way - I have watched the film and I don't have a clue what it is about. The back of the DVD led me to believe this was going to be a kind of Hard Core OC-esquire style movie with Paris Hilton in there to look 'good'. In reality it was a script so filled with random characters (not to mention random shooting) that I didn't know what was going on from beginning to end. Even the clichéd narration failed to let me know what the point to this film was. There was no character development, no tension, no realistic emotions, nothing nothing nothing. Instead the script gave me shallow apparently rich kids (although apart from driving a BMW there was no evidence of them being particularly wealthy) who seemed to have nothing better to do then steal stuff, take drugs and shoot people for God only knows what reason.

Next the acting. If you watched and marveled at Paris Hilton's bad acting in 'House of Wax' you will be gob smacked at the acting in 'The Hillz'. My personal favourite is when Paris's character Heather hears her boyfriend has been killed; she is so bland you would think she was monotoned. As for the other actors, well Jesse Woodrow and Rene Heger do 'ok' with the script they have been given but I swear they grabbed everyone else of the street randomly. I have seen grade 9 drama performances with better acting then this. Wooden, Hollow, Bad.

Music. Did they use garage band for this film? No really, did they? They would have been better off finding some high school band and getting them to play a few songs for $100. In the sentimental bits you have bad violins and pianos and in the hyped up killing scenes you have some bad impression of 1980's sci-fi music. And then sometimes you have a little music just because they felt like putting it there. The sound of the general film is also lacking in any form of quality AT ALL. Voices echo of pool sides, feet can be heard louder then voices as people walk along tiles and 50% of the actors mumble (especially Paris Hilton).

Finally, Direction and Film Techniques. Now I have nothing against filming on a Handy-Cam, there have been some great films done on them. THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. The picture quality is grainy, the shots are either blurry or terribly over-exposed and every now and again you get a camera man trying to be 'experimental' and instead succeeding in getting the main actor half out of the shot and an extra's shoulder in instead. And the random flashbacks of scenes that happened only 2 seconds ago? I know you are meant to assume the audience is stupid but really, WE ARE NOT GOLDFISH!

In conclusion, whoever financed this film should have taken the money and donated to charity and then all the poor poor sods who watched this film could have that precious hour and a half of their lives back.

True definition of garbage

[collingodofsex · 1/10 · 22 December 2006]

If dictionaries had a picture next to the word garbage, this movie's poster would be that picture. Let me start off by saying the worst actress in the world, without a doubt is Paris Hilton. She is amazingly and utterly horrible in this movie, even laughing in some lines. It is as if she is reading the script. She sounds dead during the whole movie. A disgrace to the hard work done by actresses' these days. Jesse Woodrow, wow, he is mindblowingly dull in this movie. Indeed, he and Paris Hilton have paired up for the worst performances in acting history. He keeps the same tone during the whole movie, he is never angry or sad, he is just dull. I came up with a couple of titles that would be perfect for this movie: Guns, Drugs, Random ; The Suburbs are now more dangerous than the ghetto; Doing drugs and Killing people for no reason. The directing is as incompetent, unintelligent and horrible as the acting. The only believable actor in this movie was Renee Hedger, who wasn't even good. out of 10 I give this movie a -1000000000000000000, it deserves bellow zero. It should be illegal for Paris Hilton or Jesse Woodrow to ever act in a movie ever again, and they should receive the death sentence if they were ever caught in a movie together again. This is a demonstration of how human incompetence and stupidity is as infinite as the universe. It is also proof of Darwin's evolutionary theory, we do descend from monkeys, and the people who made this movie are living proof of that. I even think that chimps would have done a better job. Don't watch this movie, it will make you feel stupid and ignorant. It is sad to see that to try to make money people will do just about anything.

Terrible

[trickg1 · 1/10 · 6 March 2006]

This is quite possibly the worst piece of cinematic trash I have ever had the misfortune to witness. Thank God I didn't actually pay to watch any of it by either renting it or seeing it at the theater. I've seen better acting at high school plays and musicals and the scripting was so bad, it seemed like they were making it up on the spot. I think that the only highlight for me was a scene where Paris Hilton gets slapped, however she quickly ruins any further pleasure with her wooden acting (an insult to wood) and even more about two scenes later when she thinks that it's sexy when she finds out her ex lover killed her current lover. What I want to know is who was the idiot who read the screenplay and decided to dump money into trying to make this train wreck? I was fortunate enough that I didn't further burn out my eyes by watching any more of it - I caught it when I flipped the channel to it and had I not been distracted by some other things, I probably would have watched even less of it than I did. What a waste celluloid.

Great when you need something to laugh at.

[xaiki · 1/10 · 25 February 2006]

Absolutely one of the worst films I've ever had the displeasure of paying for. So you've got a Friday night, nothing to do, you and your friends want to find something cheesy to watch and make fun of. It's sad when you look at a cover of a film and the biggest star is a woman who has made her career out of the Paparazzi and sex. Not to mention someone else was off MTV's Undressed, I believe? Pathetic. We had to rent it. But it was a lesson learned. No acting capability what so ever. How dare they compare any of this film to Clockwork Orange. It's not like any art student will be even looking at the back of this film. (Well, I did, for kicks). The gun shots are Power-pointed in. The brutality is just ridiculous. No one can act. I swear. Even the tears by one of the characters at the end look like inhaling a fowl odor. The music, well, was decent in some parts. Sounded a little Portishead, but that doesn't excuse the horrible violin plucks that serve no meaning for half of the film. Paris. Enough said. The story after 30 minutes you feel as though you've been in for an hour. We cried and laughed our way through. The worst is the freeze frame segment where they introduce our soulless characters by printing their names on the screen in bad font. Bad scene transitions. Bad dialogue (what's with the tampon/period jokes?). I'm sorry but this is just so bad, I had to watch Tori Amos, "Sleeps with Butterflies," video to get it out of my head and mouth.

Abortion on film.

[iamnessie · 1/10 · 2 January 2007]

WOW!!!

A bunch of untalented actors got together and shot the worst movie ever. i was only watching this because the whole 'white suburban rich kids starting a gang to be taken seriously' plot outline sounded funny to me but it was extremely boring. This was really bad. Really really bad.

Usually in movies you're supposed to care about characters but there aren't any in this movie who deserve it. The main character is stupid and you can tell he doesn't care about being in the movie at all not only by his awful acting but it seems like he can't even take his role seriously. His narration in it was so boring and poorly done that it just gets painful after awhile. Paris Hilton was disgusting and horrible in it. She actually gets slapped up by her boyfriend and that was probably the only enjoyable part in the entire movie. There are police officers in it who are wearing boy scout uniforms for some odd reason (one of them gets killed by one of the "thug ganstaz").

Everything about it was extremely amateur; camera work, script, direction, acting, and editing. A lot of scenes didn't make sense and were completely irrelevant to anything that was happening.

This was just painful to watch and don't waste your time. Don't pay to rent this disaster. It will just encourage them to make more movies which is not what we need. Someday this may have some novelty value and be so bad it's good, but for now it's just one of the worst films i have ever seen.

-15 out of 10.

my view of it all

[Starlight21 · 2/10 · 23 April 2005]

Most of the acting in this film was just terrible. Paris Hilton is beyond horrid as an actress. She looks like shes stoned through out most of the film. She was just awful. I was not impressed one bit. It felt like she was reading her lines right out of the script, no emotion at all. I'd give her a 2/10. Jesse Woodrow would be a 6/10. He seems to have been the only character who was believable. He needs some more experience as an actor and he will probably do fine. I would give Rene Heger 5/10. He's character was some what believable, and he looked the part. As for the directing of the film, it seems they did the best with what they had to work with. I would not recommend this film to anyone, unless they want a good laugh at Parises acting.

New award winner...Hands down the worst movie in existence!!!

[Robert_duder · 24 April 2005]

The Hillz...is without a doubt the absolute worst garbage movie I have ever seen. Amateur doesn't even begin to start with this utter ridiculous CRAPFEST!! Not that Paris Hilton is some extreme high class movie star but how in the hell did she get tied up to this trash?? She must have owed someone big...someone must have had a secret porn tape on her...oh wait..it's not a secret...This is gonna be brief and I don't think I've ever rated a movie a ZERO!! The Hillz is the story...I think it's a story...of four Highschool buds who are rich ghetto thugs. They drive their parents car, spend their parents money, live in the lap of luxury while doing outrageously stupid crimes and getting away with it. After one of the looniest of them, Duff, shoots a young cop that has been giving them trouble the four of them find themselves starting a gang that has the potential to run everything in The Hillz. One of them, Steve finally breaks away and goes to school to make something of himself in order to get the girl he loves Heather to see him as a success. He returns a year later on Summer break determined to not get mixed up with Duff and his gang again. But he does, he gets sucked back in to their world of drugs and death. The rest is not worth mentioning. People are getting shot, and stomped out and drugs are flowing and it's just absolute crap.

There is NOTHING...I REPEAT NOTHING good about this film. It is such a waste of time and I've taken the bullet for movie goers out there and sat through this trash to warn you against it. Anyone who liked this film has got to be completely high!!! Paris Hilton was actually the redeemable actress in it all because the rest of them were a joke. Including Silas Gaither...from Survivor?? OH MY GOD!! Considering Saran Barnun who was and I list....director, writer, starred in, producer, music supervisor, and casting director should never be let near a camera ever again. WOW...yeah..The End. BIG FAT 0/10

You have got to be kidding me!

[lastliberal · 1/10 · 16 November 2007]

I am so ashamed. I admit that I tuned into this to see Paris Hilton. To see her, I had to endure 91 minutes of the most juvenile dialog that I have ever experienced. 45 minutes was used to repeat "fuck" over and over. The rest of the time was lame 13-year-old comments about "how big a pussy you are, man." The only remotely funny bit was the story of "Monster Head." Paris, I am so over you now. This was it. I swear to all that is holy that I will never again subject myself to seeing any moving that you appear in - not even "1 Night in Paris." Go play with the elephants or something. You are ancient history.

Can you believe that someone had the nerve to compare this to Pulp Fiction and A Clockwork Orange? That is the ultimate in creative marketing. They should be shot!

Originality flees from The Hillz

[druss44121-1 · 1/10 · 3 April 2005]

Any movie that's biggest draw is Paris Hilton is already in trouble. The Hillz, yet another new "teen drama," like that's even a genre, lowers the bar once again. Not quite sure what it wants to be, this mish mash of stolen ideas and unlikable characters has nothing new to show or to say. The advertising claims it is American Pie meets Pulp Fiction with a dash of A Clockwork Orange. Well, in a sense that is no lie: this film is a pale imitator that throws as many cliché's as it can at the wall to see what sticks.

The basic plot follows the adventures of Steve and his return from college to his old neighborhood. He's the popular jock who unfortunately finds that all is not peaceful in his wealthy high-school habitat. Most troubling is the fact that many of his best friends from high-school have now begun a blood-thirsty gang that terrorizes whoever they want and creates overall havoc. That's probably where the A Clockwork Orange elements come in. Sort of.

Then of course there's the love interest, Heather, played by Paris Hilton. The term "played" is to be used loosely: Paris Hilton doesn't actually act, she just plays herself with a different name. Considering the dipping standards of the Oscars nowadays, perhaps a nomination is in store for her. And, of course, there is the completely original love triangle between Steve, Heather, and her boyfriend Todd. This probably is the American Pie part of the film. Maybe.

And who knows where Pulp Fiction comes in; it probably just has to deal with the fact that this film has people committing crimes too! Oh, and there's sex appeal! And hot new stars! And violence! Yes, subtly takes a backseat to… Paris Hilton. Supposedly the film has a message, one that is summed up best in its tagline of "the good life just went bad." Unfortunately, a mediocre film just got worse, and the true tragedy of The Hillz is that it actually thinks it's an important film. Perhaps it will provide an alternative watch one night for a few bored young teens who never got to download A Night in Paris. For everyone else, though, the film is just a warning to up and coming filmmakers: if you want to give your mediocre script some weight, don't hire a star best known for illegitimate porno.

Critics Conclusion: The advertising claims The Hillz is American Pie meets Pulp Fiction... with a dash of A Clockwork Orange. Those are all perfect alternative entertainment choices to sitting through a mediocre production of a stale idea that has nothing to say that hasn't been said a million times already.

Rich Kids can be Gangstaz too.....

[xdiak · 1/10 · 7 September 2006]

First of all, let me say that I have debated watching this film for some time, and being a lover of horror, and blood dripping splatter flicks (even the terrible ones) i thought this film had something to do about The Hills Have Eyes. I read the preview and thought, well, its about Spoiled Rich Kids (unfit to live), and it stars Paris Hilton(again, unfit to live.) These are just my opinions. If Paris is reading this, i guess you can say I'm hateful of the rich and pseudo famous (mayby jealous of people who have been given life on a silver platter, or famous because of money, but thats life). So sorry Paris, the only roles it seems your capable of is on your back, or face buried in a pillow. Again, I'm no professional Movie Critic.

But, alas i stray from the subject. OK, this film is terrible. It has predictable characters, the Wannbe Thug, his short Lackey, the Nice Guy and the Sports guy. I forgot what the sports guys name was , but as an actor, my dog can better feign a difficult bowel movement, than this actor can feign emotion. I can feign a better bowel movement for that matter.

So unless you really care about how the Spoiled Rich kids party, and adopt pseudo-gangSTA ways, don't touch this one.Keep moving.

If you are hell bent on seeing this movie, I would say it requires some preparation. First of all, buy yourself a six pack of Natty Ice, or Meisterbrau( the worst, cheapest beers ever, and if you are watching this movie, you have no money to do anything fun) or even Keystone, and shotgun or slam the first 3 or 4 beers. You will want something to drink during the movie.

After you are finished watching it, say nothing and punch yourself in the face, for having wasted your life on it. You'll thank me in the morning.

Watch Menace to Society instead, OR American Me. They are by far MUUCH better than this movie, in fact I have done them a disservice by including their names in this review.

Just.....AWFUL!

[darkcybergeek · 1/10 · 12 June 2005]

I must admit i only watched the movie because of Paris Hilton and didn't knew one thing about the movie not even one thing, well only that Paris was in it. And God! This movie was awful on all levels, it didn't had just one good thing about it (except well, it has some very good looking guys). The acting was awful from almost everybody (except maybe one or two) and Paris acting here was awful, so....hollow! She was better in House of wax. The movie basically didn't have any storyline and sometimes it went nowhere. The cinematography was very poor and the camera shot were very cheap. The script was so bad, and very repetitive. It had tons of scenes with the guys partying, killing people, fighting but didn't lead anywhere. The ending came out of nowhere and it was too abrupt. You didn't really care about these characters (i know i didn't). The music/score well did it have any? because i surely don't remember. All in all the movie tried too hard to be good but the horrible acting, no storyline, stupid scenes, unlikable characters, and terrible directing made it worse! Its not even a bit fun. I give it a 1 only because i thought the guys were hot and i know this may sound superficial but it was the only good thing i could found about it.

AbSoLuTeLy HiLaRiOuS!!!

[lilbowtrowdey · 8/10 · 29 June 2006]

LOL I give this movie an 8 out of 10 if you want something to laugh at. I bought The Hillz only because Paris Hilton was in it, although she didn't have a huge role.

This is the funnest movie to watch if you are high. I wish the guys would stop picking on Ahkmel so much LOL, but that makes the movie funnier.

I hope the writers were not planning something serious when they decided to make this movie. Come on, how could a bunch of spoiled rich brats from Beverly Hills decide to go around killing everybody without anyone noticing/caring??? The plot is so unrealistic, which adds to the humor. It is supposed to be a thriller, but I'd say it's definitely a comedy.

I have made some of my friends watch it, and they all thought it was funny but incredibly stupid. HAHA LOVES IT!!!

Not bad for an amateur production

[guyfromjerzee · 7/10 · 16 May 2005]

I picked this movie up for 10 bucks at Target, having no idea what this movie was about. But it seemed cool and Paris Hilton is in it. Of course, she's the farthest thing from a decent actress, but I can't deny that she's gorgeous. However, Paris shouldn't be your number one reason to checking out this movie, since she only has about a 20-minute supporting role. Naturally, since she's the only cast member with more than a shred of popularity, they're gonna use her as a marketing ploy. The rest of the cast, however, is good for the most part. James DeBello is somewhat of a known actor, having been in movies like "Swimfan," "Detroit Rock City" and "Scary Movie 2." The only actor, besides Paris, whose performance was kind of weak was the main character/protagonist. But even his acting was decent. Normally, I complain about the shaky camera-work I see in a lot of these independent films, but in this film I felt it was necessary--due to the trippy, chaotic nature of the story. I wouldn't dare compare "The Hillz" to "A Clockwork Orange" (like the synopsis on the back of DVD cover does), but it's hard to compare any movie to Kubrick's masterpiece. I'm sure some may describe this as an all-white, West-coast version of Larry Clark's "Kids." I, for one, wasn't a fan of that overrated mess of a movie. "The Hillz" doesn't glorify the behavior of its characters. If someone chooses to emulate the behavior of the young people in this movie, that shows where their morals are at. I think of the film as a sharp, biting commentary on the lives of hedonistic youths in L.A. and how it can be difficult to abandon a group of friends, no matter how deviant they happen to be. One thing's for sure: the movie never has a dull moment. There are also nice moments of humor, like when the main character fantasizes about Paris Hilton's character saying dirty things to him every time he has sex with another girl. If there's one thing I have to criticize, the ending is pretty rushed. I was left with an "is that all" feeling.

if u ever get a chance to see this movie, pass on it.

[Clownbaby124 · 1/10 · 27 October 2005]

this movie was terrible. the acting was terrible and so was the plot. it was about bunch of posers living the life in the suburbs and then starting a gang. In the movie the gang leader would just go around shooting everything in sight just because he felt like it. Paris Hilton was really hot in the movie, that was the only good thing. I kept watching it think you would see her naked or something but no dice. So I just downloaded a night in Paris which also sucked but at least you still saw her naked. To tell you the truth I never even finished the movie, i wanted to but I just couldn't do it. It was just so bad. I don't think the movie even deserved a star but I had to give them some credit for trying. All I can hope for is that the actors in this movie never act again.

1 star for... participation?

[kipluck · 1/10 · 21 September 2008]

I was SO bored on a Sunday afternoon. That is my only excuse for watching this horrid movie. I am not the type of person that would pick it up in Blockbuster, I swear. But it was on, and nothing else was so I watched The Hillz.

The acting was terrible, which was particularly sad considering the script seemed SO bad a 4th grader could have memorized it. However, one would hope a 4th grader would not *say* that much profanity. It is hard to give this waste of time even 1 star out of 10, but there is no zero option. I suppose the 1 is given for participation. Camera guy, you get a star for putting film in the camera! (Wish you hadn't, though.) Paris and other actors (using the term *loosely* here), way to go! You showed up for filming! *sigh*

I was bored on a Sunday afternoon. I watched the Hillz. Now I am *more* bored. I think I may watch one of my little brother's high school plays my dad recorded on the family camcorder. Better acting, filming, etc.

Barnun better be on the Hollywood blacklist

[chrisco216 · 1/10 · 26 November 2007]

I rented this film (a move I will forever regret) and watched the director's commentary (a memory I will try to suppress), which gave me the opportunity of getting to know the director of this sh!tstorm: the talentless, pompous Saran Barnun, who has the gall to compare "tHe HiLlzzz" to Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange". Saran grew up in the Hollywood Hills, and no doubt has a long list of affluent connections from mommy and daddy willing to cough up doe for his little project (this also explains how Paris Hilton got attached.) Listening to the commentary, it becomes evident that Bardun is a spoiled Hollywood brat, a Neanderthal, oblivious to what a good film is and the dedication and TALENT required to make one. I strongly believe that the international film making community should do everything in its power to stop this hack from ever again producing, directing, or writing a film.

A film for obnoxious hipsters

[planktonrules · 1/10 · 3 November 2009]

This film handicaps itself in the very first scene. A group of very, very obnoxious and heartless rich kids enter a liquor store and start berating the guy who works there by throwing out racial slurs, stealing and acting threatening towards him. So, you now hate the leading character and his friends--good job, folks!! I can't speak for everyone, but usually hating the characters is BAD because you turn off your viewers and destroy any connection they might make with them. There are, of course, a few exceptions. If you did a film about Hitler or a serial killer, you certainly wouldn't normally want to set off creating empathy for them--otherwise, it sure makes it tough to stick with the film. And, if that isn't enough, the producer decided to cast Paris Hilton in a major role...'nuff said! Talk about alienating everyone but self-involved hipsters! Sadly, while I thought this was just a bad opening scene, it turned out that this WAS the film. Seeing the lives of a bunch of obnoxious privileged punks isn't my idea of fun--nor is it anyone's unless they, too, are basically shallow and stupid jerks. And, if this film represents the average American teen, then boy is our country screwed!! Crude, ugly and worthless. Don't waste your time. Even staring at vomit is more interesting and worthwhile than this nasty film--the acting is terrible, the script awful and the film is an artless and crude mess.

Good acting, directing, writing with a low budget

[RandallT4 · 14 March 2005]

I did not expect a lot out of this film but came away with a strong impression. Rene Heger tackles the role of "Duff" with a fury, showing some fine rage. His intensity builds as the film progresses, the stakes become higher and his interactions with Steve 5 are the finer moments in the film. Kudos to the casting director here. Duff, JJ, T, Steve 5, Seb-I liked what I saw. Paris Hilton.....well, she's basically playing Paris Hilton-lovely to look at. I've watched this flick three times now and it's showing me just what can be done well with am extremely low budget and actors willing to take a chance-evidently many of them working without pay or for nominal amounts. It's rough and a bit cheesy in parts, but it made an impression that is sticking.

Don't Get It!!!

[Boonader · 4/10 · 26 May 2007]

The Hillz Is Kinda Funny But Its Weird I Don't Get It Needs A Better Plot. All I Get About It Is He Kinds A Gun And Kills People And The Movie Never Told You Why Or Nothing. I Would Not Waste Your Money On It If I Was You But Thats Just Me. To Pay For A Movie I Want It To Funny What The Movie It Not That Funny But The Funnyist Was OK. 2 I Want The Movie To Make Sense And This Movie Did Not Make Sense. 3 I Want The Acting To Be Good What Is Was Not Very Good In The Movie. 4 I Want The Movie To Be Enjoyable So I Can Sit There And Watch The Movie I Don't Want To Be Hoping I Was Not Watching It. And Thats Why I Disliked This Movie.

Plenty of strange choices on the part of the director.

[a-twetman · 3/10 · 8 September 2013]

One thing I find to be very confusing about The Hillz is the choice of main characters. The introduction scene shows them harassing a store owner, and generally acting like jerks to more or less everyone around them. For a moment I thought this was a brilliant move on the part of the director, to portray these thugs in an honest way without turning them into heart-of-gold anti heroes. Turns out however, that these were supposed to be our protagonists, the guys we were supposed to root for, the director was simply unable to make them look even the least bit sympathetic.

Another strange thing about this movie is how violent it is, how casually it deals with violence, and how little consequence there is to said violence. thug leader Duff goes around arbitrarily shooting people for no reason, without so much as a hint of emotion, and the police are nowhere to be scene. It could be a reflection on our society's blasé attitude to violence, but it is more likely he was just not able to portray violence in any serious way.

When you get down to it, The Hillz is just a badly acted portrayal of a bunch of deeply unsympathetic characters (that goes for both protagonists and antagonists alike) engaging in some light-hearted random violence. How that is not more exciting is a mystery to me.

amazing

[LindaRose123 · 10/10 · 22 July 2006]

This movie changed my life. Paris was so amazing in it. I mean, the way that she expressed her emotions after the tragedy involving Todd, was so believable, I cried. Every time I watch this movie, I end up in tears and my boyfriend has to carry me to bed because I just get so wrapped up in it. The cast is amazing. I cannot believe that this was the first movie for almost everyone involved. Well done, well done. I've learned so much from the characters and their progress throughout the movie. I mean, Steve 5 was not only the most attractive male I have ever laid eyes upon, he also made me rethink wanting to go to college. I mean, why not just hang around with your friends that are making a decent living selling drugs? The people portrayed in this movie may be looked down upon by fellow citizens, but who are they to judge?

Overall Not a Bad Movie

[ChriZySnoop · 7/10 · 12 August 2006]

Well I must say I'm not a big fan of movies like how some people are to notice the holes in the movie. I did notice how the two kids were invited to their friends funeral even tho his dad said they couldn't hang with him no more. I noticed the acting wasn't too great either(well when Paris Hilton got slapped n she said I loved you Todd, that just sucked.) But Overall it wasn't as bad as some people make it to be. And yes this is the same movie that you people saw. The storyline just kept me interested, making me want to see what happens next. One night I was bored n flipped the channel and saw this and watched it. The way the actors talked made it interesting, and in some parts this movie had humor in it. "Hey B!itch want another?" for example, I was thinking that was funny, even tho it is immature but it made me laugh. I loved Steve 5, especially how he narrated the movie. It made me want to hug him whenever he said he knew he was better then JJ n that gang. But I hated how he ruined his life by hanging with them again, even dying from it(that ending p*ssed me off too) Even tho I thought how the heck are they gonna kill some dude in the middle of the day and no cops are on their @ss, its just a movie. Unrealisic sh*t like that is gonna happen. Now I must say some of you people say only posers n such like this movie, well I'm not a poser. In fact this movie was probably made for teens to teach them what drugs n being in gangs can do to someone and how bad it really is...I think that was the message of this movie. I give it 7 out of 10, I loved the storyline and a few characters, even Heather(Paris's Character) even tho she was a b!Itch to Steve she didn't like the losers and didn't want him involved with them. I think she should have broken up with that d!ck Todd and got with Steve. I loved Steve the best out of them all, but he was stupid for messing his life up, and that got him killed(another message maybe?)

Great for an indie. Raw. None of the special effects of todays films. Refreshing!

[misssouthdakota · 10/10 · 28 March 2006]

Great for an indie. Raw. None of the special effects of todays films. Refreshing! Too many remakes out there now. Not enough authentic scripts being passed around these days. Jason Shaw is quite good in this film; making the transition form modeling smooth. Paris...,well, what can I say, she's Paris. Lots of great actors in the film. Nice edge and hopefully another one will come our way again. I hope this director keeps them coming!Great for an indie. Raw. None of the special effects of todays films. Refreshing! Too many remakes out there now. Not enough authentic scripts being passed around these days. Jason Shaw is quite good in this film; making the transition form modeling smooth. Paris...,well, what can I say, she's Paris. Lots of great actors in the film. Nice edge and hopefully another one will come our way again. I hope this director keeps them coming!Great for an indie. Raw. None of the special effects of todays films. Refreshing! Too many remakes out there now. Not enough authentic scripts being passed around these days. Jason Shaw is quite good in this film; making the transition form modeling smooth. Paris...,well, what can I say, she's Paris. Lots of great actors in the film. Nice edge and hopefully another one will come our way again. I hope this director keeps them coming!

Not that bad but still not great

[its_peenut · 6/10 · 10 September 2006]

I would have to say that the "Hillz" wasn't that bad as I was expecting I was on a full face of ya-yo but still the movie wasn't that bad, yea the acting was pretty terrible but the only main shining light was Duffy, yes he was very over dramatic, but still he was the only thing that saved this movie from being a complete bomb, the only thing that i didn't enjoy was just that every f'ing white boy from the suburbs carried a gun, are u kidding me, I'm from the suburbs and i don't carry a gun, nor do i shot anything that moves, still though it wasn't that bad not as good as havoc which i actually enjoyed, trust me i am a movie lover, but i mean honestly the movie wasn't that bad, drink a little drank and do a little drug, and waste some time with your friends and u won't be that disappointed, peace one love. -Wolford

Better Than Expected

[littlefitzy2001 · 10/10 · 27 March 2005]

I must say i was very skeptical about watching this movie however i wasn't disappointed.. Low budget movies don't bother me nor did Paris Hilton in the movie.. I was scared at first to see if the script would be any good.. well overall it wasn't bad.. The acting by most the characters was good but some had cheesiness.. Paris Hilton did a good job more less playing herself and this is the second movie I've seen of her's and honestly shes not that bad. Jesse Woodrow does well as the man character and takes us along with him on the ride and makes you feel for him.. This movie is worth a rent and had some turns in the movie that kept me focused and interested in it.