If you never saw the previous Hostel movies you would probably say, it's entertaining with a decent pace. The overall acting is good, camera-work is nice and the sets are equal to that.
However, compared to the original Hostel this is more an action-getaway movie than the torturehorror it was supposed to be. There's no eery atmosphere like the first one had, the setting is too clean and bright and the 'torture' is mostly ruined by the CGI.
As for the killscenes, they didn't make me cringe at all. There are still tools used, weapons and even bugs but none gets close to that dark torture from the original (slicing achilles tendon anyone?). In my opinion they took a wrong turn in making the 'torture performances' into a social gathering instead of the devious maniacs who tortured for their own pleasure.
I give it a 5 for the otherwise well-made movie (the intro is pretty surprising) but it didn't bring what I hoped for plus the ending is a bit over the top.
However, compared to the original Hostel this is more an action-getaway movie than the torturehorror it was supposed to be. There's no eery atmosphere like the first one had, the setting is too clean and bright and the 'torture' is mostly ruined by the CGI.
As for the killscenes, they didn't make me cringe at all. There are still tools used, weapons and even bugs but none gets close to that dark torture from the original (slicing achilles tendon anyone?). In my opinion they took a wrong turn in making the 'torture performances' into a social gathering instead of the devious maniacs who tortured for their own pleasure.
I give it a 5 for the otherwise well-made movie (the intro is pretty surprising) but it didn't bring what I hoped for plus the ending is a bit over the top.