Green Room
The director of cult hit Blue Ruin casts Patrick Stewart as a ruthless neo-Nazi in this confined-space thriller, targeting an innocent indie punk band who saw something they can't unsee.
Down on their luck rockers The Ain’t Rights are finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour, and are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, run-down club deep in the backwoods of Oregon. What seems a third-rate gig escalates into something much more sinister when they witness an act of violence backstage that they weren’t meant to see.
Now trapped backstage, they must face off against the club’s depraved owner, Darcy (Stewart), a man who will do anything to protect the secrets of his nefarious enterprise. But while Darcy and his henchmen think the band will be easy to get rid of, The Ain’t Rights prove themselves much more cunning and capable than anyone expected, turning the tables on their unsuspecting captors and setting the stage for the ultimate life-or-death showdown.
- Director:
- Jeremy Saulnier ('Blue Ruin')
- Writer:
- Jeremy Saulnier
- Cast:
- Patrick StewartAnton YelchinImogen PootsAlia ShawkatJoe ColeCallum TurnerMark WebberEric Edelstein
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksPunk rock and horror should go hand-in-hand – both need to be loud, fast and resolutely NSFW – but often the results are embarrassing. Just as writer/director Jeremy Saulnier brought humanity back to the revenge flick in 2013's Blue Ruin, here he brings proper scares and smarts to the punk-horror subgenre.
The Green room turns Red
The Geets (greats): An interesting concept with an excellent execution for the most part. This movie becomes a reminder for why everyday human beings can become your worst nightmare. The concept is quite simplistic but this movie draws on more than just action and horror to elevate it to a worthy status. A punk rock band accidentally witnesses murder at...
Guitar Solo
Ok, maybe that's a not so subtle spoiler. This we gem is not for the squeamish, but I guess the beauty of cinema is you can always look away (then risk a look back). Its a simple story, tightly told and consistently great performances throughout, especially Macon Blair. If you're looking for the love child of the 'The Warriors' (1979), then I reckon...
Let Him Bleed Green Room is one of A24’s latest release and as much as it sounds like the sequel to their Oscar Nominated movie Room, it couldn’t be more different.
Driven by desperation, a punk rock band accepted a gig in a Neo-Nazi occupied bar. But when one of them accidentally witnessed a horrific crime, chaos ensued as the band tries to fight off a group of maniacal skinheads. Easily the best thing about this movie is Patrick Stewart. We often see him as the wheelchair riding leader of the Superhero group The...
Variety
pressCharacterization and emotional investment are in disappointingly short supply, while crucial tension is permitted to dissipate in an anti-climactic final third.
The Guardian
pressSaulnier’s ability to take a well-trodden road and fill it with grisly surprises is quite something.
Stuff
pressIf you like your movies – and your music – nasty, brutish and short, but never gratuitous, then Green Room is for you.
Rolling Stone
pressWay more than crass exploitation. It's a B movie with an art-house core.
Little White Lies
pressIt's all put together with great skill, but never quite manages to deliver more than its modest, stripped-back story will allow.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAs action, it's niftily executed, the suspense neatly built, and the shocks expectedly surprising.
Empire Magazine
pressA riotous, rough-hewn and rousing punk reinvention of ’70s-style grindhouse exploitation-with-a-brain-cinema.
Flicks, Matt Glasby
flicksPunk rock and horror should go hand-in-hand – both need to be loud, fast and resolutely NSFW – but often the results are embarrassing. Just as writer/director Jeremy Saulnier brought humanity back to the revenge flick in 2013's Blue Ruin, here he brings proper scares and smarts to the punk-horror subgenre.
Variety
pressCharacterization and emotional investment are in disappointingly short supply, while crucial tension is permitted to dissipate in an anti-climactic final third.
The Guardian
pressSaulnier’s ability to take a well-trodden road and fill it with grisly surprises is quite something.
Stuff
pressIf you like your movies – and your music – nasty, brutish and short, but never gratuitous, then Green Room is for you.
Rolling Stone
pressWay more than crass exploitation. It's a B movie with an art-house core.
Little White Lies
pressIt's all put together with great skill, but never quite manages to deliver more than its modest, stripped-back story will allow.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAs action, it's niftily executed, the suspense neatly built, and the shocks expectedly surprising.
Empire Magazine
pressA riotous, rough-hewn and rousing punk reinvention of ’70s-style grindhouse exploitation-with-a-brain-cinema.
The Green room turns Red
The Geets (greats): An interesting concept with an excellent execution for the most part. This movie becomes a reminder for why everyday human beings can become your worst nightmare. The concept is quite simplistic but this movie draws on more than just action and horror to elevate it to a worthy status. A punk rock band accidentally witnesses murder at...
Guitar Solo
Ok, maybe that's a not so subtle spoiler. This we gem is not for the squeamish, but I guess the beauty of cinema is you can always look away (then risk a look back). Its a simple story, tightly told and consistently great performances throughout, especially Macon Blair. If you're looking for the love child of the 'The Warriors' (1979), then I reckon...
Let Him Bleed Green Room is one of A24’s latest release and as much as it sounds like the sequel to their Oscar Nominated movie Room, it couldn’t be more different.
Driven by desperation, a punk rock band accepted a gig in a Neo-Nazi occupied bar. But when one of them accidentally witnessed a horrific crime, chaos ensued as the band tries to fight off a group of maniacal skinheads. Easily the best thing about this movie is Patrick Stewart. We often see him as the wheelchair riding leader of the Superhero group The...
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