A great modern horror flick that will be used as an example for torture cinema forever, but does it lack something?

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2008)

When I first heard or this film I was very excited to see it, I like Eli Roth, and enjoyed watching Cabin Fever. I naturally couldn't wait to see this, and thought that it would be a big hit, even though I knew that it wouldn't be scary, I knew it would be good, and gory, and it was. The hit factor, however, was basically mixed with "I hate it" or "I love it!" And, this is basically peoples thoughts on Eli Roth, a risky director in the torture genre, with some good ideas, and a good studio behind him, but he's a director who needs to expand into the horror genre, maybe he should get into some ghost films or something, I don't no, whatever he likes. But he needs to steer away from the torture genre, before this is the only movie he can do. I'm not saying he can't go back, but he should just.........try other types of horror, before this type or film is all anyone will remember him for.
Hostel is basically a film about some young adults, who go one a backpacking trip to Europe, in search for girls, beer, and drugs. But they don't get what they bargained for, once the team head to a mysterious Solvockian town things take a turn for the worse, and they are soon brought into a world of blood, carnage, and greed. The men become en-raveled in an underground torture shop, where rich men can go to torture victims in any way possible. The events that follow, are those of death, hate, loss, and murder, to try to get out of the hellish kill house alive.
I did enjoy the film, and thought that it was an interesting way to pursue the horror genre, with a worthy director of doing it. However it was lacking some key details that are needed to direct a torture film.
1. The acting was not very good, witch hurt the movie to a small extent.
2. The script was okay, and in a torture film, you need a good script to get buy in the theaters.
Overall, Hostel was an interesting way to go forward in the torture genre, with gore, (but actually not that much) humor, so-so acting, and tons of blood. It's a "rent it" if generally just like horror films, but it's a definite buy for the die hard torture cinema fan. Check it out, it's good.