Doesn't cut the mustard

Rating: 4/10 (31 March 2006)

I was positively salivating at the prospect of seeing Hostel. I've heard mega-buzz about it for months, and the synopsis of a first half of T & A followed by a second half of 'proper' horror - well, this type of stuff just don't come along too often. Problem is, I'm STILL waiting for it to come along.
It's OK. The opening is bland, fairly inane. You don't give a stuff about any of the lads, but I personally don't see that as too much of a negative. When the intenser stuff starts, all I can say is that you US of A boys who were fainting, hurling and running out of screenings, well you're a whole load of tarts. It's unpleasant, and I wouldn't wish it on me or mine, but it wasn't overly yukky.
So, a decent effort, but over-hyped & overrated.