Bloody trash but unrealistic!

Rating: 7/10 (20 March 2006)

I saw this movie today and was quite surprised of its brutality.I haven't seen anything like that since Saw movie.I'm big fan of horror movies and this one roused my curiosity.What struck me most was a brutal,sick,bloody scene when this humpbacked CageOrk was throwing human parts into incinerator.It was so nasty and disgusting that I'd barely hold myself from throwing up.
For me it seems that negative sides of this movie overweights positive sides .I find the plot quite interesting and designing.Three guys traveling around the Europe seeking for nice chicks.Plot unfolds steadily and until the halfway we don't see any gore actions.It seems like Roth prepared the surprise for the end.The main feature of this movie is not to scare you but to make you feel sick of watching so brutal and disgusting scenes.For me this movie is not so scary but brutal,sick,and bloody.Especially when it comes to the torture scenes.
As for its negative sides there are plenty of them.The main flaw is the realism of this movie.Where the hell did you see a whole town involved into such kinda business????Why didn't the authorities know about this town?Or Roth supposes that the whole Slovakia is corrupted and there is no law in this country and their state exists only by the income of this animal business?How could be nowadays such a big town not indicated on the map?All this seems pretty far from reality...
Another problem of Hostel is that it doesn't correspond the reality.The main mistake that Hollywood Directors make while shooting a movie about Soviet countries is that they don't rely on real atmosphere that takes place in that country but make up an image that they got in USA about Soviet countries.In fact this image has nothing to do with what really happens in such countries.And when people from Soviet countries watching Hollywood movies portraying the life in their countries in absolute different way they just get angry on USA for turning the real facts into fake one.Same story with this movie.Svetlana and Natasha are 100% Russian names so why did Roth use them to introduce Slovakian Gils?Why he couldn't come up with native names????Another scene that struck me is the car scene.I'm not living in Slovakia but i doubt that in modern Slovakia you can find Soviet cars like Volga and Moskwitch.Another question that stuck in my head is about the "surviver".Why didn't he after watching and witnessing such an awful scenes just get his ass as quick as possible from this place?If he was so horrified and shocked why did he turn back to save an absolutely unknown for him girl and how could those gangsters standing near the cars didn't notice him getting into Volga?In my opinion any normal human having a chance to escape from this hell wouldn't come back but d use it to get out of this place as fast as possible!!!!
All doubts and questions that come up after watching Hostel make me thing of some weaknesses dismissed by the Director.I wouldn't say that its not worth watching but because of these flaws i cannot say this movie is a great horror movie.For those who likes gore and brutality this movie is worth watching but if you are to sensitive for blood you better leave this One out.