not bad,but could have been much better.

Rating: 5/10 (18 April 2006)

Eli Roth's HOSTEL is a captivating film in it's last 45 miuntes; a frightening and horrifying mix of violence and unrelenting terror. But to get to that point you have to slog through 45 minutes of PORKY'S (so to speak). If the first act of HOSTEL could've been written with a little more intelligence and less of the frat house mentality HOSTEL would have been a real treat of a horror film, instead of a routine, horny, teenager slasherfest. After about 15 minutes of these guys being loud, obnoxious, and rude, I thought to myself, " I got it, OK? Yea, they're young,dumb and full of C**." Why couldn't they have been represented better as smart guys who are over there with a noble purpose? Why is it if they're American all they want is pot and sex? At any rate HOSTEL is an average bloodfest, but, I look for greatness from future projects from Eli Roth. This guy has talent to burn, just not here; and I LIKED CABIN FEVER. HOSTEL-**1/2 out of 4.