The Hills Have Eyes 2 takes place several years after the events of the first film. A family, consisting of parents Brenda and Carter, and their children, including a teenage boy named Bobby, are on a road trip to visit their relatives in California. However, their journey takes a wrong turn when they stop at a gas station, which leads them to take a detour through a desert road. As night falls, they become stranded when their SUV gets stuck in the sand.