When I saw this movie, I was expecting extreme heart-stopping gore. Because, well, that's what I had heard this movie was basically all about. I rented it with my friend, because I didn't get a chance to go see it in theaters. Both my friend and I were excited, and expectant. We watched it, and were completely disappointed. This movie is just stupid. The first half of it is just a lot of sex, and when you're completely disgusted and tired of all the sex, it finally shows us some gore. There are such clichés as a severed head, a chainsaw, and cutting the scene just as something truly bone-chilling is about to happen. The ending is only kind of satisfying, what with Paxton (our protagonist, played by Jay Hernandez) killing our psychotic antagonist, known only as The Dutch Businessman (played by Jan Vlasák). But, I was still too confused as to why Yuki (a torture victim played by Keiko Seiko) threw herself in front of a train to really be glad. The only good element of this movie is that Jan Vlasák delivers a pretty good performance, compared to everyone else. I think that this is a movie only suitable to be played in the background.
Review of Hostel
