Hostel: Part III

Plot synopsis:
A young stranger, named Travis, is seen going into a hotel room where a European couple, Victor and Anka, are currently staying. The couple offers Travis a drink of Vodka, but he declines and says he brought beer, enough for everyone. The three have a beer and Anka goes off to take a shower. Victor goes off to ask her a question when he finds her unconscious. Victor then calls for Travis's help. Travis walks in nonchalantly, and just stares at the couple, which reveals him to be not so innocent. Victor soon passes out from being drugged by the beer Travis gave him. Victor awakens in a cell in an abandoned building in the middle of nowhere. Two guards walk in and take Anka out of her cell.Meanwhile, Scott and his fiancee, Amy, are out in front of their home, and Carter, Scott's friend pulls up. The three chat a while and Scott leaves Amy to go with Carter to Las Vegas for Scott's bachelor party. Once in Vegas, Scott and Carter meet up with Mike and Justin, two of their buddies. The four go to a casino, where they end up meeting Kendra and Nikki, two escorts Carter had secretly paid to have sex with Scott. Kendra and Nikki tell the four men about a "freaky" party they could go to. The guys agree on going.The four guys take a taxi to an apparently abandoned building off the main strip. Confused, the guys knock on the door and are invited in by a bouncer. Once at the party, Kendra makes a move on Scott, but he denies her, and tells her about how he was previously unfaithful with Amy and almost lost her, and that he doesn't want it to happen again. Mike and Nikki walk in and kick out Kendra and Scott. Scott walks out of the party and passes out outside.Scott awakens in the morning in his hotel room with Carter and Justin. The three wonder where Mike is, and try calling his phone, but get his voice mail. They shake it off and assume he'll show up later.Meanwhile, Mike awakens in a cell of his own and starts freaking out. The two guards from before take Mike away and put him into a room. There is a glass screen separating him and several well-dressed people who are making bets on a game called 'Wheel of Misfortune' to how he will die. This group is part of the secret society, Elite Hunting Club, that abducts people and kills them for their twisted amusement. A middle-aged doctor comes into the room and cuts Mike's face off, killing him.That evening, Scott, Carter, and Justin are getting more worried having not heard anything from Mike, so they travel to Nikki's trailer. Scott and Carter break in while Justin waits outside. They look for Nikki and Mike, but they don't find anyone in Nikki's trailer. They hear a noise outside, and while checking it out, two people burst through the front door and throw Justin down. One of the people is Kendra, Nikki's friend. Kendra questions the three guys about why they broke into Nikki's, and the guys explain. Kendra reveals Nikki is also missing.Meanwhile, Nikki awakens and is dressed up in a cheerleading outfit. She is strapped onto a table in the same show room and a Hungarian-speaking client enters and teases her with a cockroach. He then sprays a chemical in and around her mouth that attracts cockroaches. He gets a jar full of cockroaches and dumps it on Nikki. All the cockroaches crawl into her mouth and suffocate her.After driving around, Scott, Carter, Justin, and Kendra get a text from "Mike" to meet him and Nikki in a hotel room. When they get there, everyone but Justin goes inside the room. When inside they get jumped by numerous men in black clothing and are gassed, and put in the back of a van. Justin hears the van and gets out to investigate. He ends up getting knocked out and put in the van by Travis.Scott, Carter, and Justin awake in individual cells along with Victor, the European man from the beginning. Kendra is still unconscious. The two guards take Justin away, and Carter reveals to the guards that he is a member of Elite Hunting Club by showing them his tattoo of a bloodhound dog which is the secret society's logo.Carter is brought to an office where he meets with Flemming, the European-accented leader of the Vegas branch of the murderous secret society. Flemming expresses a little disappointment to Carter for dragging his friends into this trap, because originally it was planned to only abduct Scott per Carter's request and the society only abducts people who will not be missed. However Flemming says, the two girls, Kendra and Nikki, that were accidentally taken to the facility (which is a huge abandoned factory surrounded by a barbed wire fence that sits on the outskirts of the city) will make up for the trouble. Carter assures Flemming that he will take care of the situation before any further mishaps occur. Flemming tells Carter that Justin has to become a collateral damage, and asks whether this will be a problem which has to be taken to the "home office" (implyed to be in Slovakia) and the heads of the society do not like problems. Carter says it isn't a problem.Justin gets strapped into a chair and a mist settles in the room with the members watching as usual. A woman client dressed in a costume comes out with a crossbow and shoots Justin multiple times, killing him while Carter, Travis, and another man, named Flemming, watch and place bets on the manner of death.Soon after, Scott gets taken into the room and is strapped into the chair. Carter comes in to the room, and Scott asks him why he's doing this. Carter reveals he wants Amy all for himself. Carter tells Scott about the secret society, Elite Hunting, and that this old building they are in is one of the many locations throughout the world (Slovakia, Macau, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Sao Paolo, and many others) where high paying clients can abduct and kill people as a form of 'torture-porn' for their own twisted enjoyment. Scott is shocked and doesn't know what to do. Carter tells Scott that once he kills him, he'll comfort Amy and she'll want to be with him. When Carter turns his back, Flemming orders Scott to be let go from the chair. Scott and Carter fight, and Scott ends up stabbing Carter multiple times. Scott breaks out of the room and runs away. Flemming tells Travis, his right hand man, to sound the alarm and lock down the facility.Back in the cell room, the Victor ends up killing one of the guards and gets the keys and frees himself. He kills another guard, but the guard simultaneously shoots Victor in the chest and kills him. Scott finds a cellphone and calls the police, and then frees Kendra. While running away, Kendra is shot by Travis. Scott and Travis fight, and Scott cuts his arm off and bludgeons Travis to death with Justin's crutch.Aware that the local police will be arriving, Flemming evacuates the building as the high-playing clients get into their limos and ride away, while he stays behind to set the building to explode (thus destroying the evidence and records about Elite Hunting) and attempts to drive away. However, Carter who is hiding in the back seat kills him and takes his car. Carter drives away from the building, but he sees Scott in his rearview mirror. Carter gets out and locks the front gate before Scott can get to him. Carter drives away while the building explodes with Scott still within the compound gates.Sometime later, Carter is comforting Amy, and she invites him to stay the night. He accepts. Amy goes to get champagne and when she returns, she tells Carter that Scott is still alive and suddenly stabs Carter in the hand with a corkscrew. A burned Scott comes behind Carter and drags him to the garage. Scott kills Carter with a huge electric gardening tool while Amy watches.

Tags: murder, violence, horror, plot twist, revenge, sadist

Review:
The disabled character was an interesting idea, but like most aspects of the movie, wasn't executed to its full potential.The movie itself has plenty of fake outs and twists that will catch you off-guard, and they don't feel thrown in for the sake of it - they're actually pretty clever and keep you invested in the story.
First get a pal of Sam Raimi's to direct, who had done a pretty wacky slasher some 15 years ago about a maniac in a supermarket and knows that a tongue may be pushed so firmly in cheek it bleeds, then recast the whole thing from the dingy basements of Eastern Europe to the dazzle of Las Vegas as a show that we have paid to watch.The idea is lifted right off the Wizard of Gore remake from '07, but remains a clever little way of addressing us from our position as viewers.
That's the first hint you get that this probably isn't exactly the sequel you are hoping for.The movie sets about the same story that was featured in the previous 2 parts only this time uses actors and actresses who aren't exactly gifted.
I've seen my fair share of horror, good and bad, and this definitely qualifies as a bad movie.The acting is poor, the story a quick rehash of the stuff we've already seen and once the gore hits its actually uninspired and with a total lack of anxiety for us as viewers.You'd be better off looking at "A Lonely Place To Die" or "Kill List".
I think the ending along with the second half of the movie was a let down gore wise and after all this is what Hostel is supposed to be about...
This, also, was a change that was noticed for all the wrong reasons.The film kicks off with a highly interesting opening scene with a twist in which our expectations are squashed and it is established that we are working with a totally new style of villain.
Gone is director Eli Roth, the desolate European location and a major theatrical release, but that didn't stop Sony Pictures from developing a third entry in the semi-successful but uber-popular Hostel series.Ingeniously titled Hostel Part III, the terror comes to America with a setting in none other than Sin City itself – Las Vegas, where a group of guys get together for a bachelor party only to have their week-end fun interrupted by events of torture and extreme misfortune at the hands of the Elite Hunting Club.The 'fun' begins when one of the four bachelor party friends is abducted from an out-of-control party.
A search that will land them in the same torture room subjected to the gruesome effects of the sadistic game.Directed by Scott Spiegel, Hostel III has no resemblance to the previous Eli Roth creations.
Couple that with some extremely unfunny lines ("Is this a joke?" one about to be tortured man screams answered by "Oh yea, and the punchline is a killer") and characters that as wooden as an Ikea bedroom furniture set and you get the gist of this unworthy third entry.Of course, billed as a horror film, it is the torture (or torture porn) and bloodletting that will make or break the film with franchise fans and Hostel III can't hold a candle to the two Roth installments.
Hostel franchise has carved a niche among a certain class of movie-goers and this one is definitely a Slap on all of our faces.Ridiculous story, poor cast, awful acting, funny CGI, cheap grade torture/execution and the list is on and on..
Looks like the new director simply never watched the previous movies and literally decided to direct one for his 6-7 years old kids..My advice: Save your penny and don't even think about renting it.
This movie was different from the rest of the Hostel movies, I felt like the emphasis was on the gore on the first two movies and coming from a special effects makeup artist, the effects weren't even that good or realistic.
Don't believe the haters they are just sad people who can't enjoy movies - if you are a fan of this type of movie then you must like it cause I've seen a lot of these types of movies & Hostel 3 stands out as one of the best .
The movie is set in Las Vagas which works really well for a Hostel movie & is a very very good direct to video movie & better than a lot of horrors released in cinema .
I am not a fan of this genre of film, but I like this franchise and "Hostel: Part III" is another good film.
The acting wasn't the greatest, of course straight to DVD movies acting is never the best.The best part about this one was the fact that it had a solid story with a compelling and complicated plot that kept you guessing about what would happen next from beginning to end.Yes, it is not as gory as the other two, but there is still a fair amount of blood and gore for it to be called Hostel.It starts out within the first ten minutes a whole hell of a lot of twists and turns and it keeps doing it until the very end.No, this movie is not perfect.
To be fairly honest, a Hostel movie will never be perfect, but they are getting there so be patient and for now enjoy the bloody gore.This installment is set in Las Vegas where it is Scotts bachelor party.
The second mistake is the lack of blood and gore and fairly tame violence up until the last 10 minutes of the movie.There were a few twists that gave me a few enjoyable surprises.
Case in point, today's entry in the direct-to-DVD horror sequel lottery, "Hostel: Part III." I will confess that I was not the biggest fan of the original "Hostel." I found the characters to be obnoxiously shallow and its 45 minutes of nudity mixed with 45 minutes of gore just didn't sit well with me.
Having not known what the movie was about the first time I saw it in theaters I remember clearly the experience of people leaving with disgusted faces as soon as the movie took it's dark and gruesome turn.I will also admit that I had a lot of doubts when I heard there would be a third installment to the Hostel series that WASN'T directed by Eli Roth.
I won't spoil anything because if you like the series you will by very surprised by constant twists and turns and scary, suspenseful scenes full of interesting (and very sexy characters.).
As much as I enjoy gore when I watch a movie I expect to see a FULL movie - meaning a script, good acting and so on.
The first two Hostels lacked script and were basically boring.This part, although has it's share of gore, it doesn't focus on violence as much as it does on the script and characters, which are for the first time in the series well written.The acting is pretty well too, perhaps the main character was miscast, but that's just my opinion.
"Hostel: Part III" is a mystery thriller movie and also the third movie of the "Hostel" franchise in which we watch four men attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas and seduced by two sexy escorts who invite them to a private party where they were kidnapped by the Elite Hunting Club.
There are a few problems here, mainly in the fact that like the rest of the films in the series its first half is dominated by the scenes outside the compound as it falls into endless scenes of them wandering around Vegas trying to find the missing people that it really doesn't even get to their society until the final half hour so the pacing to this is really off.
This time instead of taking place in a hostel, it's about a group of friends who are looking for a wild night in Las Vegas for there friends bachelor party.
I thought the movie was a fun time waster that was entertaining but do not watch the R-Rated version because you'll miss out on makes the Hostel trilogy a cut above the rest..
Now we have Hostel: Part III, which is unfortunately a tedious horror film which seems to have been made only in order squeeze money from the faithful fans of the saga.6 years ago, when Hostel was released, the "torture-porn" sub-genus looked like a demonstration of rebellion against the clichés of slasher cinema and the Asian ghosts; however, it ended up quickly becoming a new cliché, which was adopted by many movies with a lot of enthusiasm but few success, due to the fact of thinking that the blood, tortures and brutality would work as a replacement of a good story.
Hostel: Part III definitely came late to the party, and it did not go far enough in terms of screenplay in order to keep us interested.And besides of the mediocre special effects and poor screenplay, we also have the bad performances, which are the main reason why I found the characters completely antipathetic.
I'm a bit of a gore fan myself having watched many movies related to these kinds.I enjoyed the first Hostel, because it had a general idea in where the movie was heading.
It had a great plot and storyline and had very intense scenes and you really could understand and generally get to love the main characters (especially the party goer that turned hero towards the end).Part 2 was reasonable but this movie was horrible.
The performances are not as good as the previous Hostels, the torture methods are not interesting and the suspense and violence of this movie is nothing compared to previous parts.
Since Eli Roth wasn't directing or writing Hostel part III, I thought that it will not be as good as the original two.
This is nothing like the first two in the series but isn't as bad as I thought.Not as violent but had a few unexpected turns which I liked about the movie.Not really worth buying but rent it after you see the first two Hostel movies.~Joe. I think this is as good as the first.
They really did tone down nudity and gruesome scenes, , there were some descent nasty scene in this movie don't expect anything as gruesome as last two movies.The acting in the movie was much better then second movie and they were not any annoying people in this movie like hostel 2.There did have a lot of plot this movies then last two movies put together and there some decent turns in story, that did not see coming and i liked it!I did find some parts of the movie little dull.
The film opens promisingly, with a pre-credits sequence that is a neat reversal of viewers' expectations, after which it gradually settles into routine 'torture porn' mode, the highlights being the gruesome death scenes.Die-hard Hostel fans will probably take umbrage with the slightly less grim than usual atmosphere and the non-European setting (which does admittedly smack of 'taking the easy option'), but for most horror fans I imagine this will prove to be a satisfying enough effort, director Scott Spiegel keeping the action rattling along at a reasonable pace, with regular doses of female nudity and decent splatter.The use of some sub-Raimi POV shots (Spiegel just can't resist) and a few cheapo CGI effects did serve to irritate a little, but on the whole, I thought this was an acceptable little time-waster, with enough boobs, bums and blood to keep me happy for the duration.5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb..
There's no other way to describe this, it seems as though it has been made for TV, the acting is atrocious and the fact that it is set in America removes any type of dread from the film.The death scenes are OK i suppose, but they are cheap and badly executed, and the whole people playing a game to kill people is kinda lame, the plot of the first 2 where people pay to murder someone is far better.Kip Pardue was at one time one of my favorite actors, its a shame to see where his career has gone.
I'm sure that he will probably continue to get these crappy roles, it's a shame because at one stage he was great.If you are a fan of the first 2, you will more than likely be disappointed with this movie, there's just nothing good about it at all, Eli Roth is probably livid that his idea has been taken, tweaked and ruined by a different director.
That level is personal complications and development.I recently watched a modern horror film called Wolf Creek, and I spent the good majority of that review comparing it to Hostel, with Wolf Creek as the superior man.
Now here's Hostel: Part III, a decent, if flawed work of horror.The story focuses on a group of four men who embark to Vegas to enjoy a one night bachelor party for their friend who is about to put a ring on it.
It's a familiar formula which still works here.The gore value is quite high and in general once the movie gets going it never becomes boring.That said, it does feel as if you're definitely watching a straight to DVD film which of course this is.I gave it 6/10.
Most of the time we are waiting for the moment when they will be caught and Mr Scott Spiegel had this brilliant idea of giving some twists around the plot starting at the first ten minutes and finishing with this great finale, though we can say that it has something of a cliché.Not much of gory stuff (or maybe I've seen too much horror movies), the original essence of Hostel it's here but with many different things and a different place which changes a lot of the impact of the movie on people.You should definitely see this one.
I would say if you are a fan of the first 2 films just give it a watch but if you are expecting gore,good kills and not much story then you will be disappointed.
There are films that get bad reviews (and I've read some terrible ones about Hostel III), but what did people expect from a second sequel that's gone straight to DVD?
It has some fresh twists and surprises and the overall gore and film quality is surprisingly good for a direct to video sequel.
Hostel: Part III (2011) * 1/2 (out of 4)The third film in the series is just as bad as the first two but this one here is probably the weakest simply because it can't even offer any good gore scenes.
I'm not going to rehash what everyone said here, however I'm a very seasoned horror movie fanatic and I found myself immersed in Hostel III for a bit.More on that in a second...I'm a big fan of the first two and was really looking forward to this one.
I think the problem we once again see is how hard it is to keep a Good Movie Franchise going with new original ideas that don't bore the audience.
Well, just finished watching the film!I'll not delve into details really, just a few words what to expect.a) Storyline was interesting enough to keep you entertained the whole 1 hour and 27 minutes of the movie.b) Acting was alright - you've seen much worse, take my word.c) Gore fans might be disappointed but oh well...
Four friends Carter,Mike,Justin and Scott go to Las Vegas for the bachelor party.Sexy escorts,hazard and booze are on their minds.The guys meet up with two sexy girls and go to some underground party.Next day Mike is missing.It's seems that he was kidnapped by filthy rich torturers from 'Elite Hunting Club' who enjoy killing their hapless victims in front of decadent audience..."Hostel III" plays more like a spin off of "Hostel" series.The film is more tame than previous installments.There is a bit of gory violence and torture and some bad CGI effects.The acting is decent and the action takes place in Las Vegas rather than Europe.There are some well-thought surprises plus some silly ideas.If you are a fan of first two movies go ahead and check this one too.6 torture chambers out of 10..
The torture scenes are so plain and predictable and through the whole movie the writers are trying to let you know that you can't possibly know what is about to happen but it just doesn't work, the only thing you really don't know from the beginning is how boring the movie is going to be.Don't kill Hostel doing a fourth one.
The plot even placed this time in big city is actually interesting, from the preview it looks that there are no absolute extreme violence, but I think that there are enough gore and torture to suit fans.
However, I am not spoiling it by telling what it is or whom it is, you will just have to find out for yourself."Hostel III" is set in Las Vegas, which really didn't work out all that well for me, because there is no real suspense to the setting, and the whole theme plot of the movie turned out to be sort of shallow and I didn't really buy into it.
I also did not know there were any Hostels in Vegas, but I could be mistaken.Anyways, watch at your own risk but it isn't as bad as people are saying but it is not nearly as good as the first two..
This movie took place in Las Vegas and there were actually only two people that stayed at the "hostel." Also, the victims were well separated, not kept in cells facing one another.