Josh Brooks

Josh Brooks is one of the main protagonists of 2005 horror film Hostel, he's an American backpacker who is traveling to Europe with his best friend and meet an Icelandic. 
He is portrayed by Derek Richardson who also portrayed young Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber: When Harry Met Lloyd. 
== Hostel ==
=== Paris ===
After breaking up with his girlfriend in college, Josh gets heartbroken and his best friend Paxton decides that they should go backpacking around Europe in search of sexual pleasures and smoking marijuana. The first visit is in Paris, there they meet an Icelandic backpacker named Oli and make friends with him, Oli accompanies them on their trip and they go to the Netherlands. 
=== Amsterdam ===
The three boys will smoke pot in a pub, Josh and Paxton receive a photo of Oli having sex with a girl in the bathroom later they go to a nightclub, Josh goes to talk to a girl and bumps into her unintentionally, and ends up fighting with a Dutchman. Josh, Paxton and Oli are kicked out of the club and return to the hostel, they find out already passed the curfew, they try in every way enter the hostel, Oli starts singing and annoys the neighbors until a Russian boy named Alexei offers his room for them to spend the night, cause the next day the trio goes to Barcelona.
Alexei tells them about a hostel in a town of Slovakia named Bratislava that is full of beautiful women waiting for tourists and ends up interesting Paxton, Josh and Oli who decide to know this place. 
=== Slovakia ===
The trio takes a train departing to Slovakia. They meet a Dutch businessman who starts acting strangely like eating with his hands, suddenly he touches Josh's legs, Josh yells at him and the Dutchman leaves. They arrive at the hostel and meet two hot girls, Natalya and Svetlana.
Josh, Paxton and Oli meet at the SPA and start talking, Natalya says she is Russian and Oli starts singing in Russian and she sings along with him. At the disco party, Josh, Natalya, Paxton and Svetlana all dance together while Oli dances with receptionist Vala, Natalya lights a cigarette and bothers Josh and he goes outside to get some air, Josh is approached by a gang of kids, the gang leader asks for a dollar and Josh doesn't have it, they're about to attack him, luckily the Dutch businessman saves him, Josh and the manager have a beer and Josh apologizes to him for the rudeness on the train, Josh sees a tattoo of a dog on his arm, Natalya calls him to dance. Josh and Paxton have sex with Natalya and Svetlana in the bedroom. 
The next morning Oli disappears worrying Josh and Paxton. They go out looking for him, Josh and Paxton are approached by the gum gang, they ask for a chewing gum, Paxton laughs and Josh says to give them the dollar, they follow a man in Oli's jacket and think it's him, they end up entering a museum and approaching the man, Paxton asks why he's wearing Oli's jacket, the man says it belongs to him and leaves. 
Josh and Paxton get a message from Oli with a photo taken by him saying 'I go home', in fact Oli was beheaded, they return to the hostel and discover by Kana a tourist that Oli was last night with her friend Yuki, she also disappeared and left a message on her cell phone with a picture of her and Oli together. Josh and Paxton meet again with Natalya and Svetlana, they invite them to a party, Josh is rude to them and Paxton scolds him. 
Later at the party, Natalya is with Josh while Paxton and Svetlana are dancing, Josh sees Oli in a mirage and begins to feel bad and goes to the room, a mysterious person takes him from there. 
=== Death ===
Josh wakes up in a dark and dirty room, his body is injured and bleeding, he sees a surgeon go in there and discovers he is the Dutch Businessman, the businessman reveals that he always wanted to be a surgeon but that he never succeeded due to the fact that his hands tremble dwell, he pierces Josh's body with a drill, until he lets Josh go, Josh gets up and his Achilles heel tears, Josh starts screaming and crying in pain. 
Later Natalya takes Paxton to the factory and accompanies him inside, Paxton sees Josh dead with his body exposed and is horrified. 
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