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Siege-and-splatter borefest - Green Room review by Alphaville

If you thought Jeremy Saulnier’s film Blue Ruin was sluggish, this boring mumblethon, best watched with subtitles, is worse. Even Patrick Stewart, here slumming it, is reduced to a muttering monotone. A band is trapped in a room and attacked by drug dealers. With poorly drawn characters, ugly lighting and a plot that has nowhere to go, it’s purgatory to be stuck in there with them. It’s like sitting through a lo-budget, drawn-out student film. Doses of gore are added to arouse those who find such things arousing, but they’re pure cliché. Worst of all, as in Blue Ruin, Saunier can’t direct actors, none of whom will be putting this on their résumé. It has received good reviews from obscure journals and gore geeks, but when Imogen Poots finally utters the line ‘Tell me those stupid fucking words are his last’ it’s a relief that her wish comes true. Assault on Precinct 13 this isn’t.

Violent And Great Thriller - Green Room review by GI

Jeremy Saulnier's brutal crime thriller is simply excellent. Perhaps influenced by Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) it is on the basic level a siege narrative but it's all done with such panache and a gritty tension with the addition of gruesome and at times shocking violence. It also boasts Anton Yelchin in his last role and a good British cast that includes Joe Cole and Imogen Poots. But of course this is a film that has Patrick Stewart in a sinister performance as the chief bad guy. Here he plays DArcy, the owner of a club situated in a remote wooded area of north west USA, he runs an ultra right wing movement of thugs from there too. He's a cold, frightening character portrayed as a calm, in control psychopath. The story centres around a punk rock band who are on the road looking for gigs and the chance of a record deal. They end up playing at Darcy's club but as they're about to leave they witness the murder of a young girl and find themselves trapped in a room inside the club. The narrative plays out in some unexpected ways as the young band hope to negotiate their way out but Darcy has evil intentions. You will gasp at the shocks that come but the film is nothing short of a great thriller. Here's a relatively small film that is a real gem.

Green Room. - Green Room review by porky

Very Entertaining but Violent Movie.

Neo-Nazi Skinhead /Punk Warehouse Gig turns Nasty for a Gigging US Punk Band on the road .

Caught up in Murder and Drugs. its Kill or Be Killed .

Effectively horrible - Green Room review by VG

A gripping, visceral and increasingly chilling folk horror of claustrophobic space, escalating violence and the breakdown of morality.

Punks vs skinheads - Green Room review by HW

This movie rocks. A thriller set in a punk rock setting feels almost too good to be true but this pulls it off. It feels like a realistic yet heartfelt portrayal of the punk scene (opening with the band travelling 90 miles to a cancelled gig and enthusiastic musical performances from the actors) while also being a high-quality thriller. The action and dialogue is genuinely gripping and tense, helped by the claustrophobic setting of the small, back-woods club where the young punks are besieged by the Neo-Nazis, often confined to one room. The violence is brutal and savage and you can’t help but feel for every fun-loving punk maimed and murdered by machetes and mutts: a rare feat in a horror film. This film is also worth seeing for Sir Patrick Stewart’s amazingly convincing performance as the menacing skinhead chief, trying to charm the punks with traits of Picard and Xavier mannerisms! 

Why did they bother? - Green Room review by IW

Before five minutes was up I was reaching for the FF button. Fast forwarded for a while and then switched off. What Patrick Stewart saw in the script is quite beyond me.