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The film takes its name from a space defined by boundaries, but it doesn't even bother to colour inbetween the lines.

Though none of the young leads play a particularly personable character, it is a testament to the overall quality of the piece - writing, direction and performances alike - that one nevertheless feels for them.

The film is not dedicated to the NRA although it should have been.

This is far from traditional, neutral journalism, but it's effective.

The characterisation of this verdant terra incognito is decidedly old-fashioned, like a racist grandpa who insists on holding the door for ladies.

Hostel is, on one level, your standard slice-and-dice bloodbath... but it's also a startlingly brazen attack on America's sense of entitlement.

The scenario piles improbability upon improbability in an attempt to introduce fresh twists to an already exhausted premise.