Review of Hostel (2006) by M.escher — 14 Jan 2006

I am not generally opposed to violence and gore in films, but Hostel has very little else going for it. If you are going to make a movie with such extreme violence as this, I think that you ought to have a strong plot, interesting characters, or at least some point to the movie.

Take any of Quentin Tarantino's films, for example: plenty of violence, but they are all well made and extremely entertaining. Hostel, on the other hand, seemed like a whole lot of sadistic violence with no real justification, and no redeeming qualities.

Why a brilliant filmmaker such as Tarantino would put his name and money behind this dog of a film is beyond me.