Hostel (2005)

Rating: 4/10 (5 April 2006)

I went to see this film with a couple of friends yesterday and I have to say I didn't really liked it, in fact I can't understand how people could like it. First of all this film creates a very wrong image of Europe and Europeans. The storyline is simplistic and the only thing that isn't predictable is how disgusting the next scene is going to be. It is also very unrealistic, many aspects just don't make sense (you won't run back into a horrible place after you escaped from it just because someone is screaming, would you.) Except for Jan Vlasák the acting was awfully weak, especially by the two Amererican lead actors (although they only have to be high or run around screaming.). I think director Eli Roth isn't really talented because the only thing he is able of is creating a claustrophobic atmosphere during the torture scenes. But I have to say that Nathan Barr his soundtrack was pretty good. And the film does show the darker side of the human being, but they could have done that with some good dialog and a little bit of gore and not the other way around, because now they kinda lost their believability. I only recommend this film to people who enjoy excessive gore and really don't care about an intelligent story.