Page 22 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • March 21, 2012 New releases (continued from Restaurant page) an eight-year-old girl trapped amid the peaks, terrified, dehydrated, and unable to speak a word of English. Alison (Melissa George), the group leader, and her fellow hikers and climbers try to take the girl to safety. They soon become involved in an elaborate kidnapping plot and must fight for their lives as they are pursued by both the girl’s kidnappers and a group of mercenaries hired to return her to her war-criminal father. With danger all around them and mountainous terrain to navigate, Alison and her party are in for an ordeal to save the girl and themselves. The plot is an interesting variation on kidnapping stories with picturesque locations serving as backdrops for the action drama. The cinematography is particularly impressive, and the climbing sequences are excellent. The only extra on this release, available in Blu-ray and DVD, is the theatrical trailer. “The Hills Have Eyes, Part II” (Kino International), new on Blu-ray, is a sequel to Wes Craven’s 1977 classic gore film. “Part II” is also directed by Craven. Bobby (Robert Houston back from the original) and Rachel (Janus Blythe), another survivor from the mayhem eight years earlier, now own a dirt-bike team whose first race will be held in the same desert from which they escaped death years earlier. Bobby is too disturbed to go, but Rachel is determined to face the demons of her past. She and her team travel into the hills, where they are ambushed by the mutated remnants of the cannibalistic Jupiter family. When Pluto (Michael Berryman) and The Reaper (John Bloom) direct their sights on the group, a new nightmare begins. Special effects in this R-rated slasher flick are graphic and gruesome. The film does not live up to the suspense of the original, but does have its creepy moments. Berryman, who never achieved the cult status of Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees, ranks as one of the most underappreciated “monsters” of ‘80s horror. Extras include trailers and a photo gallery. “Bellissima” (Entertainment One) is Luchino Visconti’s 1951 neorealist drama about the overbearing Maddalena Cecconi (Anna Magnani), who is convinced that her daughter Maria’s star potential is her ticket to a better life. Visconti shows Maddelena’s gradual disillusionment with show business as she becomes willing prey to a studio executive who promises her a quick path to her daughter’s success in return for money and other favors. Magnani turns in a raw, earthy performance as perhaps cinema’s only sympathetic stage mother. “Bellissima” is in Italian with English subtitles. “Titanic: The Complete Story” (A&E Entertainment) comes to home video as we approach the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Newsreels, stills, diaries, and exclusive interviews with survivors chart the history of the ship and its passengers and provide an overview of the pop-culture phenomenon this tragedy has become. Three feature-length programs are contained in this two-disc DVD release, which chronicles the building of the ship, its christening, its maiden (and final) voyage, and scientific research suggesting that the liner had a fatal design flaw.