Starring:
Jay Hernandez as Paxton Derek Richardson as Josh Eythor Gudjonsson as Oli Barbara Nedeljakova as Natalya Jana
Kaderabkova as Svetlana Jan
Vlasák as The Dutch Businessman
OK, we're going to get a couple of things straight right from the
beginning: I love horror movies. I also like mindless slasher movies. I
like zombie movies. I like movies about creepy and scary killers and
nubile lovelies that go wandering into the woods in their panties. I
like to be shocked, to be scared, be startled...even terrified. When I
heard about the new horror movie by Quentin Tarantino I couldn't WAIT
to see it. That said, I sat in my chair for a few minutes speechless
after watching Hostel with Wayne. Then, as I slowly
walked back to the car listening to Wayne go on and on about how AWESOME
this movie was, I could still hardly speak.
The story goes like this: Two
college guys decide to spend the summer backpacking across Europe
before going on to grad school. They end up, of course, in Amsterdam
sampling the "local flavor".
The boys stay out past the
curfew imposed by the youth hostel they are staying at and get locked
outside one night, only to be rescued from the chilly streets by a
benevolent young man who lets them crash at his apartment. This guy
tells them about a hostel in "Slovakia" where the women reportedly go
nuts for Americans...and he has pictures to prove how beautiful and
willing these Slovakian women are.
Well, as you can imagine, our
heroes jump at the chance to sample some Slovakian delights, and take a
train to a small town there.
Everything begins just fine,
but one by one the friends and acquaintances of our American duo begin
to disappear. As the story progresses we learn that the "hostel" is
really just a trap of sorts to find young people who are far from home,
so that they can be abducted and made available as victims in some kind
of "murder and torture fantasy land". Yes friends, you can live out
your murderous fantasies if you've got the cash - and American victims
demand a hefty 25k fee.
Quentin Tarantino is one of the
creators of this horror movie, and it is clear that he wanted to make a
splash of sorts. Hostel is graphic - perhaps the
most believably graphic movie ever produced. It is horrifying to say
the least. You will squirm and yell out in spite of yourself as you
witness torture and murder committed with zest and gusto by paying
customers.
What this movie does not have is
any suspense, wonder, intrigue or cleverness. Sure, the violence is
amazingly real and very well done, but graphic violence alone does not
an awesome new horror movie make.
Because of the hype, I am glad
that I went to see Hostel. I don't, however,
recommend it if you are the slightest bit sensitive, or if you are
hoping for a very scary and intriguing movie.
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Everything begins just fine,
but one by one the friends and acquaintances of our American duo begin
to disappear. As the story progresses we learn that the "hostel" is
really just a trap of sorts to find young people who are far from home,
so that they can be abducted and made available as victims in some kind
of "murder and torture fantasy land". Yes friends, you can live out
your murderous fantasies if you've got the cash - and American victims
demand a hefty 25k fee.
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