Hostel

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 2007)

"Hostel" was a hotly debated movie when it came out. Examples of the past are: "The Passion of the Christ" (without any point, boring) or "Borat" (funny, but nothing really special). I had the privilege to see these films months after their original release and it allowed me to have lesser preconceptions. The same it was with "Hostel" by Eli Roth. It is not a bad horror film. If you know the rules of the horror genre, there won't be too many surprises in this film, but it still is thrilling and shocking at times and this makes it worth seeing. If it comes to the violence, everything you heard is true. It's definitely one of the most brutal movies I have ever seen, but still not worth the stir that it caused. My point of criticism is that sometimes I was not sure if the depicted clichés and stupidities are just there for themselves or if the director actually wants to say more with that. That's not a problem for me, but it makes the film a bit trashy, less serious, and this again hurts the suspense.