Cannot "Un-see" this Terribly Shallow Film.

Rating: 1/10 (7 January 2006)

Tarrantino has gone insane. This film was a blood-fest that offered no clever plot or witty dialogue that we have come to expect from the producer. Hostel is one of the worst films I have ever seen. Aside from severed limbs impressively depicted with cutting-edge effects, Hostel is devoid of anything more than gore. The predictable plot is exacerbated by highly improbable chance encounters that serve simply to allow Tarrantino to kill someone else in, he hopes, a more shocking fashion than the last. Hostel oscillates between sex and torture, two aesthetically intriguing subjects when integrated into an interesting plot. However, these subjects as implemented in Hostel contribute to the shallow and disappointing nature of the production. I left the movie feeling nauseated and envious of those exiting from The Chronicles of Narnia. Even the Family Stone-goers appeared more enlightened following their movie than myself, having retained no capacity for intelligent thought after having the life sucked out of me by Hostel.