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Hostel: Part III (V)
“Other than some direct-to-video acting, budgetary constraints, and a few lackluster kills, Hostel: Part 3 stands on its own. It’s that perfect late night, last minute decision of a film that will entertain you and your friends as you down Taco Bell and gallons of Mountain Dew.”
After two pretty great Hostel films from horror icon Eli Roth, it’s a bit saddening to see the franchise dive (basically) straight to video without even a second of hesitation. It was such a swift and quiet production that it was almost concerning. What would Sony do with this Scott Spiegel-directed sequel? It sounds as if they are rolling the dice on a fall release…
Without any involvement by creator Eli Roth, my expectations were so low that hitting the “play button” was like lifting a 500 pounds rock. Yet, without even thinking twice, the end credits were crawling across my screen. While not a home run, Hostel: Part III is quite ambitious, loaded with unique twists and turns that will engage you until the very last frame.
The new sequel flips the scenario by taking the fish-out-of-water gorefest to home turf. A group of bachelors hit Las Vegas for a sexy time before one of their buds gets married. In the land of sin, it doesn’t take much to get these guys alone, and soon part of the big show. You see, the new Hostel makes an evolutionary leap as not only can you pay to kill a human being, but now you can join an elite group of members in some high stakes betting. Maybe you want to guess how the victim will be killed? Or maybe you just want to bet on how the victim pleads for his life. It’s an enthralling and unique spin that takes the franchise to a new level.
And while the first kill sets the tone beautifully, two of the following death scenes were less than acceptable. Budget constraints? Your guess is as good as mine. Still, the action picks up and an exciting third act brings all the twists and turns together. While poor decisions are trickled throughout, overall the Spiegel and company have delivered an acceptable entry into the Hostel collection.
Other than some direct-to-video acting, budgetary constraints, and a few lackluster kills, Hostel: Part 3 stands on its own. It’s that perfect late night, last minute decision of a film that will entertain you and your friends as you down Taco Bell and gallons of Mountain Dew.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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