Hostile towards Hostel

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2013)

The story is about three backpackers on a trip in Europe. In what they expect to be a journey of illicit sex and drugs, abruptly turns into a nightmare.
The concept of businessmen hiring disturbed men to torture innocent people sounds nonsensical enough, but it could of been handled much better than it was. The film starts off with 50 minutes of frivolous, irrelevant sex and drug consumption. When the gore and "horror" is introduced, you are already too disheartened to feel anything. The main characters have no substances or character development for that matter. So when they are eventually tortured, you don't feel any sorrow for them.
Sure, a few parts of the movie were interesting. For instance, Paxton's escape. Wait, that might be the only entertaining part and that too was done poorly. Plot induced stupidity is prevalent in a lot of films, but accidentally cutting your prisoners cuffs and then slipping on blood in what is a borderline banana peel gag, is just too much.
Hostel is not worth checking out, you will be better off.
But what do I know I'm just a 15 year old boy
~Caesar Drake