Over the top gore, more comical than horrifying

Rating: 6/10 (16 January 2006)

Eli Roth is back, this time with Hostel, endorsed by Quentin Tarentino, although I have no idea why he would want to be involved with this project. Roth has improved on his first movie, Cabin Fever, albeit, not by much.
The first half of the movie does not seem to relate to the second act. The introduction consists of gratuitous T & A, while the conclusion shifts to over the top gore. I have heard people saying that the violence was so realistic, but I think that sometimes less is more, especially when it comes to horror films. I actually found the "violence" to be so over the top it was comical. Also the makeup was terrible, you will know what I'm talking about when you see it. I found the movie to be mildly entertaining, but I was fairly bored by the slow pace of the opening act.