Hostel Movie Review
Two American backpackers in Amsterdam, Josh (Derek Richardson)
and Paxton (Jay Hernandez), along with their Icelandic friend,
Oli are lured into a hostel Slovakia where they are told the
woman are eagar to pleasure American men. They're travelling
Europe for a last trip before they graduate from college, so
there are no holds barred when it comes to sex, drugs and
anything else that comes their way. Once they reach Slovaki,
Josh and "Pax" hook up with 2 very accommodating and very
beautiful women, Natalya and Svetlana, and things go a bit weird.
This was definitely a whirlwind 1 hour and 35 minutes. Any
longer and things may have gone very, very wrong and very, very
long. I went to see this movie with my friend, who was
completely grossed out and freaked out...just as the hype said
she should be. I'm not sure if I was expecting more or have just
seen one too many horror films because I thought it was kind of
tame.
Jay Hernandez was great as Paxton, as far as performances
go...but my goodness, this guy made some pretty stupid
decisions. I won't go into them here because you'll kill me for
spoiling the movie. The movie was rather predictable, but in an
enjoyable way, if you know what I mean. You knew what was coming
up and it's kind of what you wanted to happen. Many people got
their just desserts and that's all I'll say!
Final comment: If these guys had put Canadian flag patches on
their backpacks, they may not have run into so many problems. It
seems that Americans are very valuable in this grotesque game.
Director: Eli Roth Producers: Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel, Quentin
Tarantino Starring: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Jan Vlas