What could be an interesting movie ends up being stupid blood party.

Rating: 3/10 (30 April 2006)

I've only now seen Hostel and although I know many people who have seen the movie I was never able to get some real critique about it.
I have to say that in the first half hour I was really enjoying it, but then I started asking where was the place the movie was suppose to focus on.
We follow three kids, two Americans and one from Iceland, in an Europe I have never seen and want to keep it that way. They are looking to have sex with European girls and some guy recommends a Hostel just outside Bratislava. The whole twist of the movie was that all these people they meet in their trip were part of an association that sells the opportunity to torture people for a high quantity of money, twist that I had figured out in the middle of the movie.
Then the obvious happens: people start disappearing, one is luckily safe, he is led to the torture place, he's able to flee.
This is what I didn't like about the movie: So much stuff about the torture, when in truth is the smallest part of the movie. His actions and reactions are nothing like what I think a person would do in that situation. He gets so quickly out of that place that we have 20 minutes top of the movie there. His escape with the Chinese girl is the stupidest think I've seen in a movie for a long time. Not even commenting on the last scene...
Congratz for turning what could be a good movie in a complete waste of time! My advice: see the first 45 minutes of the movie and then let your imagination do the rest, I'm sure it will be a lot better than what they have to offer.