Two movies in one

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2006)

The movie does change half way through. But that's not a bad thing. Not for me at least. There are other movies who did that, too (think Mr. Rodriguez & Mr. Tarantino, the latter is also a producer of this movie, coincidence? ;o) ).
The first half of the movie shows us, three men (two Americans) who are on a "Eurotrip", searching for ... girls/woman. What is shown here, must have been a shock for the American rating board! But after all this fun, the violence starts to kick in. Now it might not have been that explicit, but that wasn't the point. Although I'm pretty sure, that for some people it wasn't violent enough and for others it was too violent. But you can't please everyone.
And it's not only about what is shown (and there is quite a bit of gore to see here), but you caring about the characters. I've heard that people said that the main characters where not sympathetic, but I beg to differ. You've got a cool gut, shy guy and a "crazy" guy in the group, so Eli Roth (director) has good variety of guys thrown in the mix. And I did care for them. In fact it might be that I cared too much.
One thing is for sure: I'll never see East European Girls like I saw them before. ;o) Seriously though: If you don't have a problem with (female) nudity and violence, than this can be a pretty cool fun ride! Hostel delivers the goods (in every sense).