A cheap show of nudity, blood, and bland, cliché humor

Rating: 1/10 (6 January 2006)

Hostel is one of the reasons why horror is becoming a genre of shock value and losing it's creative side. Eli Roth creates a cheap show of nudity, blood, and bland, cliché humor. He definitely purchased the book of typical story lines and merged them all together. How many times have we seen the story of three 20-something-year-olds and the crazy things they do? One should know better if they saw Roth's horrible slop of a film,"Cabin Fever."
The major problem with this film was the false advertisement. The ads and previews showed this movie to be a promising horror-thriller with depth and originality. They even flashed "Quentin Tarantino!!" four or five times to ensure the viewer that this was quality. It wasn't. It did not even come close. The producers and distributors of the movie knew that with a good preview and a good name, people would flock to the theaters. This film is the reason why the box office continues to slump. Cheap and cheesy. You are looking for steak and Eli Roth throws down a raw hamburger.
Sure, the movie has gore. And sex. But with what was given, even those could not keep me remotely interested. Honestly, it isn't very hard to find an waitress/actress who will take her clothes off in a movie and a few prosthetic limbs. The movie had potential but flaws in the writing take it places where "White Noise" and "House of Wax" went. Hey, at least Paris Hilton did a better acting job.