One of the scenes near the end is downright painful to watch, especially for guys. Actually, there were several scenes that were painful to watch but that ONE scene was just brutal. Between the first film and the second, the plot flows better on the second one whereas the first one does a better job in terms of juxtapositioning various scenarios (ppl paying for sex vs. ppl paying for murder).
It definitely does NOT hold a candle to the "Saw" franchise. "Saw" franchise is absolutely brilliant (the ending of the first movie is still IMO one of the best twists in movies) and actually has a much deeper point to the story. However, "Hostel" is still pretty decent in comparison to some of the so-called horror movies out there (once again, "Hills Have Eyes 2" comes to mind).
I went in there since I was curious to see what Eli Roth is going to do with the sequel. It did explain the inner workings of "Elite Hunting Group" as well as showing us how things work from the "buyers" side. Aside from that, Roth didn't really show us anything new ... it just seems to be pointless gore and that was one of the things that's disappointing about this film.
