That's called Entertainment?

Rating: 2/10 (14 January 2006)

I went and saw Hostel on the night of January 12th. I thought that the movie was.... interesting. Drugs... Sex... Gratuitous Blood and Gore. Not my *personal* cup of tea, but for a horror flick, it wasn't what could be called bad. But was I entertained? No. I went in expecting a few jumps, a little blood, and some flying body parts, which is all standard when you consider Horror Film + Quentin Tarentino. What I got was a gore-fest wrapped around a thin, but plausible, storyline and 25 minuets of sex. I, personally, didn't blow $20 to go see a movie that would make me nearly throw up 6 times and have me question my travel destinations for the next few years. The main thing that bugged me about this movie was the fact that they used such visual depictions of the torture acts instead of using the standard 'pan-offscreen-and-listen-to-the-screams' technique to convey the message of 'holy crap, that guy just got DRILLED!'The whole point of this is to say: It may have just been a Horror film, but was it entertaining? In my opinion, NO! I hope the next time that someone decides to make a film like this, they keep in mind that it's not the amount of blood on the screen, it's how many people you make scream that decides if a Horror flick is good or not.
The two worst parts of this whole film are as follows: First is the ending, where you see a great protagonist degenerate into a killer, even if it is to kill the guy that killed his best friend. The second is Poor, poor Kana. After seeing her torched face in a plexiglass poster cover, then throwing herself infront of a train.... not a good thing to see. This is not a movie for the weak of stomach, or the faint of heart. But if gratuitous Blood, Sex and Gore is your cup of tea, then I say: Go for it!