Not for the squeamish!!

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2007)

Just bought the DVD for this movie - I use it to get rid of girlfriends I am no longer interested in. I am a horror junkie, and this movie gave me my fill. The true horror that this film shows is the dark side of humanity. Imagine yourself living in some poor, forgotten Eastern European country where every day is a struggle to survive, and then some gangsters give you a few dollars a week to simply turn the other cheek as they lure unsuspecting tourists into their torture chamber for the pleasure of clients who've paid large amounts of cash for their pleasure of murdering the tourists in any way they choose. The townspeople in this film are over-joyed when fresh cash and fresh meat show up at the train station, because it means that they will make some money this week. Who gives a sh*t about what happens to the unsuspecting tourists, because it's not happening to you, and if any one in the town went to the authorities and reported it, then the town's major source of income is lost. This film makes you question yourself: "What would I do for a dollar?" Of course, your answer depends upon your particular level of affluence, or lack thereof. As one's situation becomes increasingly desperate, human self-preservation takes over as the individual sinks to deeper and deeper lows. An act is "unspeakable" only because your individual situation hasn't yet sunk that low. Think of any "unspeakable" act, throw the right amount of cash in, and now you not only "speak" of it, you do it because it benefits you. Everyone has their price.