Watch Wolf Creek instead!

Rating: 2/10 (20 April 2006)

To be honest with you, I thought this film was rubbish. I don't usually go out of my way to slate movies, but man Hostel was tripe.
The acting was terrible, and its not like you should be expecting it - the billing that its been getting and having QT's name all over it you would at least come to expect some good acting. The characters are the most unlikeable bunch ever. I was looking forward to them getting killed, not feeling sorry for them like I was in Wolf Creek. The twist and turns could have been seen a mile away. They had to con people into thinking it was a Tarantino flick so they would go see it, cause it wouldn't be able to pull viewers in on its own merit.
The scene on the train where they meet the German guy is just plain stupid. He is on a train and is eating a salad out of a travel pack and we are suppose to think he is a freak for this? Oh yeah, and he isn't vegetarian either, so he must be evil.
The two lead guys, I cant even remember their names, are so clichéd. One clean cut, "I respect women and don't want to have sex with one unless I can hold her and cry myself to sleep afterwards while listening to Enrique all night", emotional guy who misses his girlfriend and wants to work on the great American novel, and his friend - the sex hound who is gonna help him get over his ex.
Some of the gore is good. I'll give the movie that. But its one or two scenes of style over substance. There is even one torture scene where we have a throw back to Tom and Jerry. I would type up what it was but, I don't wanna post any spoilers who those unfortunate enough who still have to witness it.
Wolf Creek was 10 times better than this. Anyone who this nothing happened in Wolf Creek for the first 45 minutes is meant to be watching a movie like Valentine or I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Wolf Creek was all about character development, building of tension, bonding the audience with the cast, letting you cringe at the thought of the foreboding danger that lies ahead in the middle of nowhere. They did all that brilliantly. And when the 'action' started, it never stopped and kept you on the edge of your seat peering through your fingers at the scenes you were brave enough to watch. Brilliant film, unlike Hostel - which just tried to rip off Wolf Creek in nearly every way but failed on every account.