Tuesday, May 09, 2006

HOSTEL (2005)


Director :
Eli Roth
Cast :
Jay Hernandez
Derek Richardson
Eythor Gudjonsson
Barbara Nedeljakova
Anda mahukan percutian yg exciting dikelilingi oleh babes2 yg cantik…?? Well, Thailand mungkin salah satu destinasi but cuba try pergi Slovakia yg dipenuhi dgn European2 babes yg seksi and mengghairahkan. Somemore, you don’t have to pay them for sex…!!! Just buy them a drink in pub then u get sex!

Ha, ha…itulah yg ditonjolkan dlm filem Hostel ni. But itu cuma permulaan aje. 2 org backpacker, Josh and Paxton, membuat trip around the Europe just for fun dan dlm masa yg sama mencari babes2 yg cun2. On the way, mereka berjumpa dgn Oli, and Icelandic guys yg mempunyai tujuan yg sama. Sampai di Amsterdam, mereka berjumpa Alex, yg mengesyorkan tempat yg paling hebat utk have fun and sex ialah di Slovakia. Awek mmg cun2 & seksi ala2 telenovela punya awek…!

So, dgn harapan yg tinggi, mereka bertiga pun berangkatlah ke Slovakia. Thing went on smoothly there and this film seems like a teen comedy yg bnyk nude and sex scene. They even get to know these 2 wonderful girl, entah siapa nama diaorg ntah, yg bnyk menemani diaorg (+ sex) during their stay in Slovakia. Teringat pulak aku filem2 seperti Road Trip or Eurotrip pulak.

Things get a little weird bila suddenly Oli hilang. Just when the two nak cabut balik, keluar dr negara tu, suddenly mereka diberi some kind of drugs, and Josh pulak hilang. Tiba2 kita dibawa ke scene dlm bilik, dimana Josh diikat di atas kerusi dan ditorture oleh org tua yg mereka pernah jumpa dlm train waktu perjalanan ke Slovakia. Josh di drill, di kerat di bhgn tumitnya dan mcm2 penyeksaan lagilah!

Dlm keadaan cemas, Paxton mencari Josh dan akhirnya membawa ke some kind of Art House / Art Show di sebuah bangunan lama. Di sini all those pelancong2 yg malancong ke Slovakia di torture, oleh a few middle age guys dgn kejamnya including Oli! It seems like itulah punca pendapatan sesetgh twisted guys or girl di sana! The local guys who slash and torture will get paid for doing it and the local girl yg seduce pelancong2 lelaki to go to this Art Show also got commission for doing it! Tak tau apa yg penganjur for this torturing things nak! They slash and burn all the body parts!!

Cerita ni betul2 takde motif and logic. Just utk entertain the twisted fantasi director dan pembuat cerita ni aje! Honestly, I think filem ni sama aje dgn cerita slasher yg lain cuma maybe ada advance sikit la. But for me, yg dah biasa tgk tons of slasher film, tak lah ngeri sgt seperti yg member2 aku cerita. There are a few scene yg ada masa rasa mcm nak tutp mata mcm drill scene, potong jari, mata tersembul keluar, potong mata, potong tumit etc.

Ada sesetengah scene yg membuatkan aku teringat pada filem pertama Eli Roth, iaitu Cabin Fever. So far dia ni baru buat dua cerita and I know inilah cara dia, even for his upcoming movie nanti. But one thing for sure, this film is more interesting than Cabin Fever. The cast for this film, semuanya aku tak kenal and lakonan mereka average aje.

Producer film ni adalah Quentin Tarantino, this guys dah start interested in horror movie nampak gayanya. There is a scene in the hostel yg ada menampilkan clip filem Pulp Fiction di TV! Upcoming project of Quentin will be a horror flick Grind House. Can’t wait for it!

Ada a few impression of Slovakia bila tgk filem ni :

1) Awek2 kat sana memang cun2 and seksi2 and senang dapat…!!!

2) Pihak berkuasa yg lembab dan sambil lewa aje.
3) Kanak2 kat sana very brutal… peras ugut pelancong and aggressive bila tak dpt apa yg mereka nak! Tapi bila diberi ganjaran duit or chewing gum, mereka akan jadi the nicest kids you’ve ever seen…he, he…

4) Mangsa slash di rate pada kadar yg berlainan, depend on the country. American is the most expensive.

Pengajaran utk filem ni :

· Jgn melancong ke Slovakia!

This film is for guys with twisted minds aje! I give : *** / *****

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