A Bit of Sick Fun, that Feels Somewhat Pointless by the End

Rating: 6/10 (11 October 2007)

Directed by Eli Roth 'Hostel' begins as a story of two young Americans backpacking through Europe, looking for fun, sex, drugs and more fun. This section of the film is quite sexually explicit (which seems to suit the Ora of the film) and it does introduce the characters with some depth.
When the unsuspecting youths are lured into a secret murder for profit business as potential victims, the movie does become a very graphic gore-fest that is pretty disturbing despite the fairly obvious low budget effects.
There is slightly more here than some people have given credit for, there is some reasonable acting on show, some strong ideas and a pretty interesting story for the most part. However, by the end of the movie i was left wondering what was the point!
6/10 its more than a just a gore-fest, but a classic it is not (maybe a cult movie one day, only time will tell)