They Thought They Have Found the Lost Paradise of Sex.But Actually They Found Hell on Earth

Rating: 7/10 (6 February 2007)

The American pals Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson) meets with the Islander Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson) in Paris and the three backpackers travel together to Switzerland, Belgium and Amsterdam having Barcelona as final destination, looking for sex, drugs and booze. While in Amsterdam, they meet Alex (Lubomir Bukovy), who shows pictures of gorgeous women in gang bang, and suggests the trio to visit the hostel in Bratislava, Slovakia, a place crowded of hot, promiscuous and sexy girls. When they arrive, they meet three delicious girls in the hostel and they believe they have found the lost paradise of sex on Earth. But sooner they find that they have been sold to a sadistic group of the Elite Hunting, and their dream becomes their worst nightmare.
"Hostel" is brutal and gore, and obviously not recommended to sensitive audiences. The scary and sadistic story may be unfair with people from the beautiful Amsterdam and Slovakia, uses clichés and plays with the stereotypical of Americans and Europeans, but it is good and original and disclosed in an adequate pace. I saw in the past some movies about snuff, pornography, human hunting, but this is the first time that I see a movie where foreigners are sold for sadistic persons, showing another face of the dark side of mankind. There are many posters in the rentals advising that this movie is sick, disturbing, gross etc., and I do not understand how viewers can be surprised with what they see. Would they expect a 2005 remake of the wonderful "The Sound of Music"? I have seen exactly what I expected: a violent and bloody horror movie. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "O Albergue" ("The Hostel")