Poor

Rating: Null/10 (29 February 2008)

Hostel (2005)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Three backpackers, hitting every hostel in the area, get more than they expect when they go to a small country where people pay to kill other people. This here comes as a major disappointment because I really enjoyed Eli Roth's Cabin Fever. Technically speaking this film is pretty well made, especially some of the cinematography but outside of that the film was all downhill. I think the biggest blame goes towards Roth and his screenplay, which tries to do something different (American wise) but fails. The director said Miike and Audition were an influence on this film but Roth fails to bring the "two stories" together. Like that film, we're led to believe this film is simply about three guys finding girl but then we get to the torture stuff. The beaver hunting scenes don't work and the torture scenes don't work. The characters aren't interesting and that's another problem. The final twenty-five minutes is suppose to be full of suspense but none of it worked. In the end the film is really slow and boring.