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Hostel
the one line review:
this shit is all fucked up
the overview
I watched this film on a recommendation of a film. The recommendation being that it was totally sick and all wrong and very scary. In many respects, he wasn't wrong. Or right. Hang on.
the plot:
3 guys are hitchhiking across Europe looking for drugs and sex. When they meet some random kid in Amsterdam who tells them about a hostel in Slovakia which is full of sex-starved hotties, they get on a train and go there. Only it turns out to be a bit of a mistake.
the verdict:
For starters, the film isn't actually very scary, but it certainly is a bit fucked up. There's all sorts of gruesome death going on including a wide array of interesting and different implements.
Secondly, the film does start with a bunch of very fit birds getting all kinds of naked.
Other than that, this film doesn't offer a lot. The plot is basically missing, but then that's not hugely surprising. It's an interesting premise - that is, people get lured to the town in Slovakia, get kidnapped and then rich fucked up people pay lots of money to kill them in sick ways. Each of our heroes, such as they are, are victims of the evil plot, even they do get sex with some fitties.
Like I said, it's not much else. Worth a watch, if there's really nowt else on for rent.
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