The Green Room is
one of those movies that’s brutal, thrilling, and surprisingly captivating. It
features some fine acting, and the cinematography is both freaky and gruesome.
While I’m not usually a fan of movies with such graphic violence, I found
myself drawn to this one.
The movie is
written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier. I don’t know much about his other
work, but this was a solid addition to his portfolio. The story follows a
punk/rock band that, while on tour, makes some poor decisions about where to
perform and ends up in a life-or-death situation with neo-Nazi skinheads.
The plot
introduces us to the band, the Ain’t Rights, made up of Pat (the late Anton
Yelchin), Sam (Alia Shawkat), Reece (Joe Cole), and Tiger (Callum Turner). We
see their struggles as they live in their rundown tour bus, stealing fuel from
other cars and playing gigs that pay them next to nothing.
A friend tells
them about a gig at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar in the woods outside Portland,
promising $350. Desperate for money, they take the offer. After their
performance, which surprisingly goes well, they get paid. As the band packs up
to leave, Pat goes to retrieve Sam’s phone, which she left charging, and
stumbles upon the body of a girl named Emily, who has been stabbed in the head
by one of the neo-Nazis.
Pat panics,
calls the police, but the men at the bar overpower him, take his phone, and
force the entire band into a room called the green room. There, their phones
are confiscated, and they’re held captive with a massive neo-Nazi guarding the
door.
When the police
arrive, the neo-Nazis fabricate a story to send them away. Now, the band
becomes their next problem. The neo-Nazis decide to kill them, along with
Amber, a friend of Emily who’s also locked in the green room. They call their
leader and devise a plan to eliminate the band. However, things don’t go
smoothly when the band overpowers their guard and takes him hostage.
The movie earned a spot on many critics’ lists as one of the best films of 2016. Despite underperforming at the box office, I hope the critical acclaim made up for it. This is a movie you should definitely see. I do know if there are any streaming platforms showing this, so you may have to dig through the internet to find it to watch.
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