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[yo pusha]

Two adventurous American college buddies, Paxton and Josh, backpack through Europe eager to make quintessentially hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they've met along the way. Paxton and Josh are eventually lured by a fellow traveler to what's described as a nirvana for American backpackers--a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact, too easily. Initially distracted by the good time they're having, the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself--if they survive.

basically two hours of people getting tortured. shit looks scary as f**k. haha. whos going to watch this? i hope it actually has a storyline and is a "psychological thriller" instead of trying to be as gory as possible. i heard its been banned from certain cities and movie theatres because of the gore. the same person that made "Cabin Fever" made this, and Cabin Fever was terrible. who is going to watch it?

[*mipadi*]

I saw this a few days after it came out. I can certainly see the commentary on Amerocentrism, as well as the theme of hedonism. There really is a lot more to this movie than meets the eye. Of course, a lot of people will just see it for the blood and gore, and miss the message—but this isn't really the fault of the filmmakers.

Cinematographically, the movie was well executed, and I really thought the use of music was quite effective, too.

Would I care to see it again, though? Not really. It wasn't exactly my kind of movie. I think it was well worth it to see it once, but I wouldn't be interested in seeing it again.