Leave your Human Decency at the door

Rating: 7/10 (21 June 2006)

For the most depraved movie of 2005 category at an awards ceremony, Hostel would hands down be a winner.
Now obviously the whole shock value of the movie is what the Director Eli Roth was going for. And he did it well. The acting was good if not great and there were times that you believe the actors are in pain, as in, some scenes where the actors was physically sick, I actually felt a little queasy inside. There are some movies which just shouldn't be made and left in script form only and Hostel would definitely be one of them The amount of gore in the film was surprisingly less that what I was initially expecting, and while the last hour of the film is definitely fast paced, there are some "breather" moments where the gore is out, and just more thrilling action is in.
The sad fact of the matter, is that there are most likely countries or people out there who would love to pay to murder another human being. In countries where life is cheap then this movie makes it out to be easier to do than buying a loaf of bread.
The whole time I was watching this movie I kept thinking, "Turn it off, TURN THE MOVIE OFF!!!" but for some reason I could not turn away, and credit to the movie crew for doing that. I like a horror movie as much as the next guy, but there are just some lines that shouldn't be crossed. "Wolf Creek", brilliant movie, but crossed a line, as did Hostel.
Beware of attractive foreign woman who want to sleep with you is one of the messages I got from this film. The drug happy chicks in this film are a scary bunch as are the killers themselves. As a previous comment mentioned the amount of sex and nudity in the film, I will have to agree that it was a little overdone, although many European countries do talk freely about sex and are quite happy to walk around naked.
If you have any shred of human decency left, you will not watch this film.