Hostile, Part II

This has been up for a few days but I'll still link to it: Movie City News majordomo David Poland waxing apoplectic over "Hostel II," the latest horror-porn frag-bomb from director Eli Roth, that nice boy from Newton. Poland also blogs about the film, which allows his readers to post comments, 264 of 'em at last count and many of them peeling the art/shock/free speech onion in interesting ways.

Wesley just handed in his review of the film -- it'll run in tomorrow's paper -- and I'd be hard-pressed to call him a fan. On some level, that's what Roth's counting on: Mainstream outrage that will raise him up as a hero to the hardcore horror fringe. Me, I haven't seen "Hostel II" and don't really care to see it -- call me a bad movie critic, but watching Heather Matarazzo hung upside down and gutted for my pleasure just ain't something I want to watch, and I don't wholly comprehend why someone would want to watch it. (Seriously, someone enlighten me and I'll post their response.) But I'll have to if I'm going to comment any further.