So very far from home.

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2006)

"Why the hell would I want to see a pointless movie about chopping toes and blood everywhere?" That was the response I got when I asked some people if they wanted to go and see Hostel tonight.
Summed up in 3 words? Damn good writing. And maybe I am one of the few sickos who enjoy a good shock to the system, but I gotta say - Eli Roth=genius. Yes, there's gore. Yes, there's parts that just make you want to curl up into your stinky little movie chair, close your eyes and think of Aladdin. But come on, you just gotta sit up, open your eyes, and respect Eli for taking a small idea (killing+fantasy=profit), and writing it into this dark, twisted world where you realize that true fear really is being far from home.