I get a lot of money for you, and that makes you MY bitch.

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2007)

This is your worst freakin' nightmare! Take three typical young men on a trip to Europe for pot and sex and let them think they are having the time of their lives. Then, when they least expect it - Bam! They are caught up in a torture operation that is so unbelievable that it shakes you to the core of your being.
Well, I take that back. In this age of overpaid corporate assholes, I can believe that they soon are bored with spending money on $400 cigars and expensive liquor and seek out perversions such as this.
The actual torture wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, but the horror was absolutely brilliant. Eli Roth has established himself as a director of horror. The last 30 minutes was so carefully crafted that it stand well above anything I have ever seen.
And, wow, a cameo by Takashi Miike, the director of Ichi the Killer and Graveyard of Honor.
The only person I recognized was Rick Hoffman. I guess I'll have to wait and see what Jay Hernandez does in Part II. It should be interesting.