Don't waste your money at the theaters

Rating: 4/10 (21 January 2006)

If you want to go see a cheezy, poorly written, horror movie to laugh at, like Eli Roths other movie Cabin Fever, then Hostel is perfect for you - otherwise don't waste your money at the theaters and wait for it to come out on video, get some beers, and watch it with a bunch of people so you can have some fun watching a laughable movie.
After reading some of these user comments about Hostel I was expecting a good Horror movie that you made you think. People said things like this movie questions human values, it was very well written, the torture scenes were intense - all of which were not true.
The first half of the movie is basically a soft porn (which you could see better ones of on cinemax every weekend starting at about 10pm). The second half is no where near as intense as people made it out to be. My friends and I were laughing out loud during the most of the movie. My wife who usually has to turn her head during most movies like this didn't even flinch once and I think was more disturbed by the fact that she was watching a porno with like 50 people. The rest of the people all had the same exact expression on their face when the movie ended - you know the one that says I can't believe I just watched that whole movie and dropped like $40 because of it.
Don't get me wrong this is not that bad for a "goofy gory movie get together night" for a $4 rental (like Cabin Fever, Thirteen Ghosts, etc.), but don't expect anything more than that.