Hostel [UMD for PSP]
Actor: Jay Hernandez , Derek Richardson , Eythor Gudjonsson , Barbara Nedeljakova , Jan Vlasák
Director: Eli Roth
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Films
Customer Rating:
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Editorial Review:
Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.Paxton and Josh two college friends are lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact too easily...Initially distracted by the good time they're having the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest sickest recess of human nature itself if they survive.System Requirements:Run Time: 94 minutesFormat: UMD Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 043396141834 Manufacturer No: 14183
so, i guess you could say that the concept is based on true events. This film gives the audience a walk-threw of several young adults, living their lives as carelessly as most usually do...when something happens that (if they live) changes their lives forever. It was an awesome horror movie experience, terrifyingly graphic, and the somewhat passive attitude that suggests "it's JUST a severed limb...or its JUST an eyeball on her cheek...or it's JUST another humans life" made the film very darkly entertaining and at the same time, all the more difficult to sit threw. After watching this, i had a similar vibe as to the one i got from watching the original Blair Witch Project. Not really scary, just really creepy atmosphere...and above average acting.
The sequel, however, is a different story...
I purposefully avoided all media related to hostel till I was able to catch it in theaters(on opening day.) It made it an absolutely amazing experience. The sold out theater i was in gave a standing ovation when the credits rolled.
Avoiding this movie is like avoiding sex, sure you can do it, but you're a worse person for doing so.
Again, like its sequel, the video and audio quality on the blu disc is amazing. And the directors ending is very much different than the original ending. Disc contains both versions of the movie (Unrated cut, and Directors cut.) If you're a fan of the film, pick this disc up.
There is nothing scary, just disgusting torture and violence (that you know is completely fake), so the movie just looks gross, nothing more.
Presented by genre master Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2) and directed by Eli Roth (Cabin Fever) Hostel is a shocking and relentless film in the tradition of Saw about two American backpackers (Jay Hernandez Friday Night Lights and Derek Richardson Dumb and Dumberer) in Europe who find themselves lured in as victims of a murder-for-profit business.Paxton and Josh two college friends are lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact too easily...Initially distracted by the good time they're having the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest sickest recess of human nature itself if they survive.System Requirements:Run Time: 94 minutesFormat: UMD Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 043396141834 Manufacturer No: 14183
Customer Reviews:
Haters don't get it...
There are documented cases of these "hostels" existing.
so, i guess you could say that the concept is based on true events. This film gives the audience a walk-threw of several young adults, living their lives as carelessly as most usually do...when something happens that (if they live) changes their lives forever. It was an awesome horror movie experience, terrifyingly graphic, and the somewhat passive attitude that suggests "it's JUST a severed limb...or its JUST an eyeball on her cheek...or it's JUST another humans life" made the film very darkly entertaining and at the same time, all the more difficult to sit threw. After watching this, i had a similar vibe as to the one i got from watching the original Blair Witch Project. Not really scary, just really creepy atmosphere...and above average acting.
The sequel, however, is a different story...
2008-09-15
The sold out theater i was in gave a standing ovation when the credits rolled.
I dont care what the haters say, This is good film making.
I purposefully avoided all media related to hostel till I was able to catch it in theaters(on opening day.) It made it an absolutely amazing experience. The sold out theater i was in gave a standing ovation when the credits rolled.
Avoiding this movie is like avoiding sex, sure you can do it, but you're a worse person for doing so.
Again, like its sequel, the video and audio quality on the blu disc is amazing. And the directors ending is very much different than the original ending. Disc contains both versions of the movie (Unrated cut, and Directors cut.) If you're a fan of the film, pick this disc up.
2008-09-08
oh my!!!!
i didn't like this movie its so kadiri!!!!!!.... people killing people just for fun??? ewh!!!!!!! but if you dont have any choice this movie would be your last option....its so panget!!!!! 2008-09-05
Ghastly
I really enjoyed Cabin Fever, which is partially what made Hostel such a letdown. Hostel is a movie that revels in pure sadism. It's not the first movie to do that sort of thing, but it does so in a way that is gratuitous and rather pointless, as though the writers and producers had lost interest in the plot and were trying to one-up each other to see who could come up with the grossest torture and nastiest injuries. Atmosphere is not a problem in the movie, but the gore-for-the-sake-of-gore element that drives the movie renders it unfulfilling as a viewing experience. The ending is also somewhat silly. Overall, a ghastly movie full of rather grotesque tortures that really don't aim towards any greater contextual purpose except to show off the crew's vivid imaginations. The film is not for those lacking strong constitutions. 2008-07-13
So bad it's bad.
I saw this movie hoping it might be like the first Saw (i.e. have some orginality and true scariness - unlike the sequels), but was highly disappointed.
There is nothing scary, just disgusting torture and violence (that you know is completely fake), so the movie just looks gross, nothing more.
2008-06-15
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