Review of Hostel: Part III (2011) by Kimberly F — 25 Nov 2013
The Hostel franchise has done a great job of making a name for itself since the relatively low budget original hit us 7 years ago. Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Thanksgiving) helmed both the original, as well as its sequel. Scott Spiegel (Attack of the Helping Hand, Intruder, The Nutt House, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money) now has the reins. So I'm sure we're all very keen to find out what he's done with the series.
And honestly; it's not a lot. He's managed to spin the franchise in a new (but still thematic) direction, without really giving us anything new or even unexpected. There's extra costumes, new (as Jigsaw would put it) "games" and a different cast, but it is essentially the same set up and (no pun intended) execution. The "misdirects" are painfully obvious, and the characters are two-dimensional at best.
The couple of new things brought to the table are intriguing to be fair. The change of setting to America doesn't necessarily improve the film, but at least it freshens the thing a tiny amount. It also implies that the Elite Hunters (who run the seedy murderous underworld of the Hostel franchise) reach much further than we're originally shown, which, once again doesn't technically make the film better, at least it's a mildly interesting point to jump from.
No actor stands out, no "game" stuck in my mind. What we have here is a moderately intriguing, but not strictly speaking "good" addition to the old horror series, that may have scraped up just enough points to not completely kill the franchise.
43%.
-Gimly.
This review of Hostel: Part III (2011) was written by Kimberly F on 25 Nov 2013.
Hostel: Part III has generally received negative reviews.
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