Pointless

Rating: 3/10 (28 June 2006)

Horny Americans, Paxton (Jay Hernandez) and Josh (Derek Richardson), backpack the Europe with their new pal Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson) in hopes of getting laid and smoking weed. They bump against a lad who promises them heaven of horny women in some Croatian village, so off they go. They take lodgings and a hostel and they soon discover that the lad was right. Pretty naked ladies roam the hostel, but as soon as they get there their friend gets missing. And soon they all find themselves from the hands of sadistic rich bastards who entertain themselves by torturing people to death.
As for horror goes this movie is gross and it, without any doubt, is one of the most brutal main stream movies ever made. But where, I ask, is the merit in that? There is no real story. Just some torture and a vengeance. I don't see a real need for this kind of a film, that makes the killings and violence in a pornographic manner (yes, yes... I like Kill Bill's, but in them the violence wasn't serious). You can even say, that 'Hostel' is as much a real movie as are porn films. But the direction is good though, that much I must give for its benefit. Maybe that was the reason I did dislike, and perhaps that was the intention all along, the film that much.
But if senseless violence is all you need, well maybe then 'Hostel' is the right film for you. But I am sure that the real mass users of the genre say, that 'Hostel' isn't even the goriest nor most sadistic horror film ever. No one would have heard of the film if director Quentin Tarantino wouldn't have taken special interest about the project. He produced and was the "presenter" (like the opening titles said) of the film.
Oh and if you really want to learn anything out of this movie, then maybe it's "Stay home" or "Slovakians... sick puppies all of them.".