Love Hostel rests on an interesting idea. The combo of concept of a ‘love hostel’ for runaway couples, honour killing element and No Country For Old Men style treatment could have made for a great watch. A few scenes are well executed. Sadly, the subplots are poor and not well defined. A crucial character is conveniently forgotten in the last act. Bobby Deol’s menacing character also becomes laughable after a point as he’s only killing everyone. His character is such that if he would have called for a meal from Swiggy, he would have even killed the delivery boy for no reason! Speaking of performances, Bobby Deol tries his best to give his best but is letdown by the script and characterization. Vikrant Massey is not in top form. Sanya Malhotra is the best performer in the film. Raj Arjun is fine but disappears, shockingly, later on. Swaroopa Ghosh (MLA), Simran Rawal (Babli) and Aditi Vasudev (Nidhi Dahiya) are decent. All in all, Love Hostel fails to impress.
My rating – ** out of 5!