| Sunday, January 08, 2006 |
| Hostel |
 
Reviewer ; M. Furbush
I agree with several critics and a few people here on Amazon that this is not the film promised to audiences. For all the hype about pushing the envelope, "Hostel" is quite tame folks. There are a few good "gore" scenes, but I would say all the torture scenes put together would probably only add up to 10 or 15 minutes at the most. The rest of the film is all atmosphere and suggestion (i.e. sounds hinting at what is happening). Honestly, the way people were talking, I expected at least one gratuitously long, horrific, detailed torture scene that was almost difficult to watch. Nope. And during the rather brief scenes, we still see very little...again, suggestion. I still give the film 3 stars because of the excellent atmosphere, which somehow provides an increasing sense of dread before we ever see what happens inside the slaughterhouse. The film also makes you think a little...what if there WAS a place where people could pay to torture people for revenge, sick pleasures, etc? But overall the payoff is nothing like what we people were promised. I will wait for a director's cut (you just KNOW one is coming) and try this film again. That said, I would not reccomend the theatrical cut to anyone expecting an extreme horror film. "Kill Bill", which is an ACTION flick, is far and away more graphic than this "horror" film. There's something not right about this! |
posted by Unknown @ 7:36 PM  |
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