Cool and realistic movie.

Rating: 8/10 (18 June 2006)

A group of over-sexed college students go on a party fest through Europe wind up at a hostel that seems too good to be true. Or is it? See, I can write corny tag lines too.
Anyways in all, this was a good movie.
I will break it down into positives and negatives.
Positives.
1)Realism. This could seriously happen. small eastern European countries are shady at best. These backpackers would probably never be found. Trust me, if you have witnessed the lack of power that embassies actually have, particularly the American and Canadian you would fall into psychosis. Travellers are utterly helpless in these situations and by the time the family members report their missing kin, no traces of them will be found. The villains are not superhuman meaning that they don't magically reappear in front of the fleeing victim like say, Mike Meyers or Jason. They are regular people and are killed like regular people. The lead character (what's his face, the one that doesn't die) reacts appropriately to his situation. His survival instincts kick in and for good reason, he isn't an uneducated numb-skull teeny popper. He is on his way to graduate school.
2)Dialogue. I can seriously see me and my friends behaving and conversing like that. Drunken debauchery as such but when the shizen hits the fan we would rationalize the situation.
3)Restraint. They could have went way farther with the violence but they didn't which is good. They showed what needed to be shown in order for you to grasp the utter brutality and indifference their captures and "customers" behaved with.
Negatives.
1)This might knock a little bit out of realism but the "coincidences" that occurred near the end. The lead manages to run into all the people that did him wrong and murder them.
2)I had a problem with the fact that they were able to recruit that many into an organization that kidnaps people so others can murder them. I mean, how many sociopaths can they interview for a job before somebody goes and tells on them. In reality, I doubt there would be so many people involved.
Conclusion.
The positives out weight the negatives greatly. As you can see from my negatives I am just knit-picking. I strongly suggest you see this movie.