Over the top Torture Porn
Reviewed by ReelVideoMan for Hostel at 2009-07-04 14:39:30
Bases it's laurels on over the top violence. The plot of this movie has a pulse about as weak as the unfortunate characters in it. Tarantino would do well to remember what made the classic suspense movies classics...more imgaination and plot and less visual vomit. Do yourself a favor and watch a Hitchcock movie instead as your intelligence and your eyes won't be assulted with this junk.
I'm not gonna try to convince anyone that this is a "good" movie. But I like it, because they got one thing right: the car. The General Lee is definitely the star of this show (Shhh, no one tell Knoxville!). Anyone who loved the show loved it for the car...and Daisy, I suppose. But I'm with Bo on this one. That car is beautiful, and is lovingly shot throughout the movie. I can't think of a recent movie that better exemplifies the words 'car porn.' Sorry, "Gone in 60 Seconds" remake, if you'd have put a Charger in there for more than three seconds, you might have had a shot.