life is cheap

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2006)

SPOILERS i think the real punch for me was the fact that this kind of organised sadist rings could be reality..... this is the horror twist... never mind the gore and special effects.. we've seen all that before... and the special effects weren't the best i've seen...
i thought the opening chapters where we get to know the characters were OK.. it kind of reminded me of THE BEACH in that they have to search for this wonderful paradise type place where the girls throw themselves at any Americans.... but they weren't doing too badly in amsterdam either... so with their greedy lustful natures aroused they follow up the trail given by the dutch man....
to start off i thought the more reserved man would be the surviver as he didn't have the same zeal for skirt chasing as his friends.. he seemed the more decent... but he ends up as the failed surgeons plaything, and the tortured man who had failed in his childhood to save a drowning girl, was the one to survive and try to save the Chinese girl... who else would have gone back in??? another film i compared it to was MY LITTLE EYE ... in that the poor suckers were at the mercy of a highly organised group..... who paid to watch the housemates demise.. one by one.. only in hostel the paying sadists get to do the torturing, raping and killing themselves.. all for the right price.. Americans being the most expensive...can't figure out why that is though??? the film did wimp out a bit towards the end.. got a bit cheesy.. i mean what are the chances that when hes escaping in the car, he sees an opportunity to mow down, not only the two girls who seduced and drugged them, but the sly dutch man who sent them there in the first place....admit it was a satisfying moment though..
i'd have liked to see what happens next... how did he blow the whistle on them etc.. i mean hes back from backpacking minus some fingers and best friend..but someones i spoke to thinks they might do a sequel... i like to see closure...