Interesting Concept, Execution Lacking

Rating: 6/10 (14 January 2006)

Hostel has such a brilliant concept for a horror movie. Sadly though, I found the execution to be lacking. It was like sex romp comedy and horror thriller film shoved into one film, with the first part of the film being Porky's, and the second part of the film being Hostel.
I have to say as a woman that I found the constant references to the "P" word (a female body part) to be tiring. I felt that the filmmaker was portraying female sexuality in a degrading and sensationalistic manner. Let's face it, the girls in the film were all sluts, but apparently the filmmaker thinks all women are sluts anyway, since they all run around nude in front of strange men and offer their bodies out freely like Halloween candy.
I think Eli Roth is a very cool guy from what I have read about him. I just think he needs to quit making films on the junior high level.
On the positive side, Jay Hernandez really blew me away. He truly carried the film.
Some of the horror scenes were good, but I thought he could have pushed them further. The ending was terrible and anti-climactic. There were too many convenient coincidences used to resolve the story in the 3rd act.