Hostel Part III is just as mediocre as you would expect. The whole thing is an obvious attempt to cash in on Eli Roth's success.

A group of guys lie to their significant others and head off to Vegas for a bachelor party. Once they get there, they do what every group of paper thin, cliched characters do: Drink, gamble, and have sex with prostitutes. It's pretty predictable from there what happens. The beautiful escorts lead them into the clutches of the Elite Hunting group where a most of the cast gets butchered in depraved ways.

The movie had a feel like at one point it was slated to be a Sci-Fi channel TV movie. Bad dialogue spoken by washed up actors caught up in a half baked plot.

It did have a couple twists in the plot that, while not totally amazing or unexpected, kept the film moving along at a decent pace.

The special effects were laughable in it's best places, and at worst could have been outdone by any given film school student out there.

The ending was just silly. Completely unrealistic and idiotic. I don't know why anyone involved with the film thought that it was a good idea at all. Easily the films biggest downfall.

To sum things up, I'd describe the film as being like an old whore. It's completely tired and unspectacular, and while it still has a couple tricks up its sleeve, it's not something you would tell your friends about.

* out of ****

I couldn't hardly stand Hostel II....doubt I'll catch this one until it's out on netflix or redbox....I loved the first one though....

For a DTV sequel, I didn't think it was half-bad. I actually LIKED the last third of the film. I liked the fact that they gave a few misdirections. But in doing the "I'm so clever!" mentality they leave a ton of plot holes. The other problem is the series itself. The first film worked because it was a 'gotcha!' film that worked in suspense and kept a viewer off guard.  But there's a reason why there's a backlash against the sequels and a general distaste for 'torture horror' as a main story backdrop.

And the reason is that it becomes boring. There's this kill in HOSTEL III where a fella is strapped to the chair and this hot leather woman in a Chinese mask with antlers struts in with her Kill Weapon of choice. You know the one. Elite clients 'gamble' on how many arrows it will take to kill off the victim (with Wheel Of Fortune graphics, no less) and ...

Yeah, folks.
There was a day which vics would buy the farm no doubt, but at least we got to see them run, or see the killer go after them and friggin' work for it.

Go ahead. Ask me which I liked more. HOSTEL III or WRONG TURN 4. Wrong Turn 4 (a prequel) had some gorefest maximum carnage but at least the hillbilly cannibal mutant killers posed a threat. Someone *could* get away. Sure, you know nobody's going to, but it sure beats a dude strapped to chair waiting for someone to shoot him dead. Beats seeing Fear Factor gone wrong, bugs poured down someone's throat.

Las Vegas setting wasn't that interesting. The one twist made it interesting, but it didn't live up to that potential. (also, why the error from EHC on the "#2 client" who didn't know about the Vegas operation? Wouldn't it make sense, given the true motivation, for a character to set up "a friend"?)

The ending is weak, it raises a question that shouldn't be raised. I can understand one character flipped out enough to finish a job, but not his assistant- unless the killer spirit, shall we say, was already in them.