Solid thriller, unlike any movie I have ever seen

Rating: 9/10 (9 January 2006)

If you want to be entertained for 95 minutes, get to the nearest theater and see Hostel. I have seen a lot of "horror" films in the past few years including 2005's hit Saw 2. This movie ranks right up there with my favorite modern thrillers.
There is a combination of sex, nudity, violence, gore, and drug use that is unprecedented, (AKA don't take the kids to this one). It is worth going to this movie if only to see the groundbreaking content alone. However, the story was not so shabby itself. You can usually get a good perspective on a movie in the theater by crowd reaction. I have to say, there was more reaction in the theater for this movie than I have witnessed in a long time.
Go into this movie ready to be shocked, and be willing to look past the R-rated elements at the excellent story telling that Eli Roth has accomplished.