I Own This, Too
I had seen HOSTEL and enjoyed it (and still do), and so I decided to finally check out Eli Roth’s debut movie, which had gotten a lot of positive buzz, from even such luminaries as Peter Jackson.
I should have known something was up when the movie only cost me ten bucks. There are aspects of Roth’s later skill to be be found here in their infant state, but the movie is altogether terrible. Poorly plotted, filled with amateurish acting, and hampered by stupid character decisions that make absolutely no sense, it’s a hard movie to convince yourself to sit through.
I’ve watched it once, and then a second time to make sure I hated it.
I don’t know why it’s still in my collection.
