A flawed but very good horror thriller!

Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2007)

Two American pals named Josh (Derek Richardson) and Paxton (Jay Herandez) are traveling around Europe for sex and fun. They meet an Icelandic man named Oli (Eythor Gudjonsson) during their trip in Amesterdam as they head to a Slovokian city where they stay at a local hostel and get laid with beautiful girls. However, their ideal vacation turns into a vicious nightmare of ruthless terror as they are taken to a special place where they find themselves in a hellish place where criminals torture and kill their victims for profit but can one of them escape the wraith?
Entertaining and violent horror crime thriller from writer-director Eli Roth and producer Quentin Tarantino, it's quite flawed such as the acting but you can overlook that stuff and there are some gruesome moments like the icky eye-ball sequence done to a Japanese tourist. The film pays as a tribute to the torture films of the 70's and 80's such as "Bloodsucking Freaks", "Mark of the Devil", "The New York Ripper", "Men Behind The Sun" etc. and has plenty of sleazy atmosphere with nudity and torture sequences, even though it may not live up to it's big hype as disturbing i still say it's a fun horror ride for anyone who likes violent films.
The sequel is even better!