Bypassing a theatrical release completely, and answering the sequel requests of pretty much nobody, Hostel: Part III has arrived, albeit with some decent horror movie credentials, as it's directed by Scott Spiegel (who, along with Sam Raimi, wrote Evil Dead 2.) But is it worth the effort?
Whilst at a bachelor party in Las Vegas, four friends find themselves seduced by some attractive ladies who take them to a club off the Sunset Strip, where things get bad when they find themselves participants in a sick form of gambling and torture, hosted by the Elite Hunting Club, which you may remember from the original film.
That's where the connections to the original films cease, however. This is a very, very loose sequel, and you don't even see a Hostel till almost an hour in. It feels more like someone decided to make a torture porn film after seeing The Hangover.
The cast (Kip Pardue, Brian Hallisay, John Hensley and Chris Coy star) are all pretty bland, with Thomas Kretschmann continuing to take any film that is offered to him, as the club boss Flemming.
But, in the films defense, when it finally starts with the gore, it's pretty good. It takes almost a third of the film for that to happen, but there are some gruesome scenes, and the gambling aspect of it is a nice little twist. One guy loses everything he's bet, when one poor sap being tortured wets himself. It seems a bit more than just the usual stuff in this respect.
There's nothing else of note about the film really. It's watchable, although the ending is absolutely ludicrous, but it's no worse than the awful second film in the series. If you're a fan of the Hostel films, it could be worth a rent, but can't really recommend it for anyone else.
**
Aside from a couple of cool grue scenes, and the whole gambling on torture element of the plot, there's not much to the third Hostel installment at all. Not surprising it went straight to video, but it's not 1 star bad.
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