Nothing special

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2008)

I don't see all the noise around this little flick. Ultra-brutal? Hell no. Funny in a trash sort of way maybe. And since it was basically only advertised by its failing gore, the rest, as I expected, isn't worth any attention. The story is just nonsense. Maybe someone should have told Eli Roth that to feel and fear with and for the main character, the main character should have a character. Here we have somebody who's about as interesting as an AXE TV model, minus the abs. Two eastern European babes, one sex addict from Iceland and of course the villains...it's just not enough for a full length feature. The settings are pretty decent and probably the only believable thing. The cinematography has a fresh look since movies aren't shot that frequent in this area but that's about it.
Hostel is boring, lame, not even especially gruesome and it does never justice to its hype. But for kiddies who haven't seen somebody's finger getting cut off: Enjoy it while your parents are out for anniversary dinner, you little punks.