I found every aspect of this ill-conceived "sequel" to be inferior to the original. And the first one was no great shakes.
One knock I had against La Petite Mort 1 was that there was no story. But something transpired... I guess. Part 2 has no story whatsoever. It's done in the form of a promotional DVD(!), to gather potential clients, and give an idea of what kind of shenanigans they're up to there. Oooh, behind-the-scenes footage is included as a bonus! I recommend just watching the original if you want to find out (or better still, watch Hostel), as it's just a carbon copy of the paying customer's scene with the burnt-up face in part 1 (which itself is a carbon copy of Hostel)... done for 83 minutes! Honestly, I could've eaten a box of Alpha Bits, and crapped a better idea for a follow-up.
In part 1, the Madame and her daughter flee to another country, leaving a trail of carnage behind. So... this filmmaker's idea of a joke (presumably), is that the Madame sold the very same dump to an extremely pompous and self-indulgent (at least that's the way his never-ending scenes play out), gender-confused man, who utilizes it for the EXACT SAME PURPOSE. It's even got the same sign outside! One would assume Germany has police, government officials, detectives? Do I even need to say more? This premise is complete and utter nonsense. Why not put an "Under new management" sign outside? It's no less ludicrous than everything else they're feeding me, and I'd at least get a laugh out of it.
Ok, so who cares about any of this, right? You came for the gore. Let me tell you, this travesty gave me a whole new respect for Olaf Ittenbach. Effects here are handled by uber-hack Ryan Nicholson. They are primarily sub-par AND transparent! Obviously Unearthed has all the faith in the world in him. Seemingly half their catalog carries his name, and this is just my own personal opinion, but I defy you to find a single redeeming quality in any of his movies (er, at least of all I've seen... I'm not a freaking masochist). Pay attention to his dialogue, if possible. Hey, more power to him. Keep churning out turds, someone out there is buying them.
I've gone well off track, but ultimately I found La Petite Mort 2 to be one of the most unnecessary sequels I've ever seen. It's got mostly ineffective torture scenes (after torture scene, after torture scene...), interspersed with people doing nothing, saying nothing... and you're not invested or interested in any of them, because there's zero story or character development! I could not say "hard pass" any harder. Nothing in this film made me squirm, cringe, or feel slightly uncomfortable. And part 1 DID.