Green Room FILM REVIEW
They thought playing for a room full of white supremacists would be the worst part of their day. They were wrong.
Down on their luck punk 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 merely to be 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 Banker (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.
***1/2 Stars
Green Room
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Screenplay by: Jeremy Saulnier
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Mark Webber, Macon Blair
Rated R strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language and some drug content
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Rating Scale:
***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2 = Above Average
*** = Good **1/2 = Mediocre ** = Fair *1/2 = Poor * = Bad 1/2* = Abysmal
