Jan 11 2009
Hostel 2 is Too Gory
Hostel 2 that the same problem as the first edition of Hostel had which was a good story line but too much gore. Hostel 2 had more gore than the first. I don’t care to see a penis being cut off. I don’t care to see someone’s eye being yanked or cut out and I certainly don’t care to watch a man get his leg chopped off bit by bit. This is not my entertainment. What I did like about the film was that it had a decent plot. Three American girls go to Slovakia to study. Too much drinking and celebrating leads them to a hostel nearby becoming victims of torture. Just like the first version of the film, the second edition allowed one of the victims to survive. The only problem is this time around they spent more time on the torture scenes rather than developing more of a story about the characters.
Hostel 2 was released in 2007 and not as popular as the first. I watched it on cable. I was able to change the station when the outrageously gory scenes came. I became intrigued in watching it since I saw that two guys that were a part of Desperate Housewives were in it. I was curious to see what kind of characters they portrayed. The funny thing is that the crazy guy that portrayed the pharmacist and found an attraction towards Brie in the show was also crazy in the film as he lost control of himself and killed one of the girls and tried killing another. The other guy basically turned out to be the nice guy and tried to walk out of the place once he realized he couldn’t kill one of the girls.
The three main girls were portrayed by Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo, Lauren German. Lauren was the strong one and the most sensible one. She was also the least annoying. I cannot recommend this movie for those with a weak stomach. There are a number of people that actually enjoy watching people getting chopped up, but that is not for me. I also don’t care to see naked women hanging upside down while getting tortured. Too much grossness for me. It’s a shame they couldn’t do two versions of this film and allow audiences to choose which one was better.
