This movie sucks.

Rating: 2/10 (1 December 2009)

Hostel is basically an attempt to garner attention from college-grade students, and to be a party movie that turns into a horror movie. The problem is that it fails in pretty much every facet of this. It misses the mark with it's culture references, and the "youthful" dialogue sounds like it was probably written with crayon or drool stains. This movie leans towards off-base clichés and the nudity really just is there because, well... it's nudity. It's supposed to create an atmosphere of the "perfect road trip" for American teenagers, but due to its lack of integrity, dialogue, and acting, it's just a thoroughly unconvincing pile of garbage that has boobs in it.
As for the horror aspect, it too is pretty lame. It is nowhere near as violent as it was marketed, and it just isn't convincing. The claustrophobia geared scenes are mildly effective, but overall its just a boring piece of crap film that will leave you more offended than scared.