where is the groundbreaking stuff?

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2006)

Hostel is another slowish movie, which is OK, I like to get to know my characters and their universe before they are thrown into dramatic or horrifying situations.
The problem with Hostel, its a victim of its hype, its not at all that graphic or gory as the posters or reviews suggest. also the characters are your typical American teenagers - please filmmakers, horror is not owned by teenagers, get experienced actors involved it adds to authenticity and less clichÃ©.
This story of a couple of backpackers, who follow there d*ick to some wild s*x hostel only to be tortured is a wasted opportunity. There is some very effective moments, I like the scenes with the street kids best actually. The gory sequences are nothing really, watch the news and there is more graphic pictures on CNN.
So, an average horror, given some spice by nice European locations and Quentin Tarantino hyping it up as the next best thing.
Worth checking out just for curiosity, but don't expect much!