The 2nd most overrated film i've ever seen.

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2006)

After watching this film its obvious who its aimed at. Teenagers, those seeking to get into their first movie underage, oh how disappointed they will be. I thought the Blair witch was the most overrated film of all time, this runs it close.
The shameful marketing of this film makes me want to demand my £6 entry back directly from Tarantino for conning me into believing that the Tarantino tag was a guarantee for witty script and original screenplay. The horror aspect was far too weak to carry the average script. If there is going to be no tension building then lets see some "shocking violence", but when it comes you just cant help but feel as though the joke is on you. The first part of the movie is wasted on nipples and unwitty dialogue, there was plenty of time given to do some decent character building. Its a real shame to see a talented director (Cabin Fever is far far better in every way) and a legendary backer bring absolute discredit to their names, maybe they are going to release the real Hostel in a few months and this was their idea of a sick joke.
You can see what Roth was trying to do but I feel as though the potential had been simply been thrown away. Then he wraps it all up with some perverse Hollywood ending based on incredible coincidence.
To sum up, its witless, the characters are poorly developed (did anyone care if they died in a brutal manner?), the violence is unoriginal not particularly stomach churning and we are left with mass exploitation of film goers. Not a happy movie buff.