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- 2015
- R
- BH Tilt
- 1 h 40 m
- 2015
- R
- BH Tilt
- 1 h 40 m
Summary A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save a dying tribe but when they crash in the jungle, they are taken hostage by the very natives they planned to protect.
Directed By: Eli Roth
Written By: Guillermo Amoedo, Eli Roth
- 2015
- R
- BH Tilt
- 1 h 40 m
- 2015
- R
- BH Tilt
- 1 h 40 m
The Green Inferno
38
4.8
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Summary A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save a dying tribe but when they crash in the jungle, they are taken hostage by the very natives they planned to protect.
Directed By: Eli Roth
Written By: Guillermo Amoedo, Eli Roth
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
38
11% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
38
11% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
47% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
The Green Inferno is not exactly a feel-good film, but it gets a very particular job done.
The Green Inferno is less a riff on spaghetti splatter flicks like Cannibal Holocaust than a desperate-to-shock pastiche of guts and gore served with a wink to audiences with strong stomachs. You know who you are.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 118 User Ratings
4.8
30% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
38% Mixed
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
32% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 118 User Ratings
4.8
30% Positive
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
38% Mixed
45 Ratings
45 Ratings
32% Negative
38 Ratings
38 Ratings
Obviously not as gory,shocking and good as they promised us but, it's still a damn good movie.Lorenza Izzo was pretty good in the leading role and Alejandro was definitely a memorable **** though the end was disappointing and the rest of the movie is not as good as everybody thought it would be, it's still a damn fine movie.
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The blood-soaked “Inferno” practically ends up a promotional snuff film for deforestation.
Unfortunately, the unbridled shock value isn't matched by a similar investment in other ingredients that might have made this low rent B-movie worthwhile.
At best, The Green Inferno is a reliable shock and disgust-delivery system. At worst — and it certainly veers toward the worst — it’s a racially reprehensible work that exploits one of the world’s most powerless peoples. And no number of movie-geek references to “Cannibal Holocaust” is going to change that.
Roth amplifies that exploitation flick's least interesting components (gore, cruelty) at the expense of all others.
Empty cynicism isn’t a substitute for well-reasoned critique, and Roth winds up looking more clueless than the so-called “social justice warriors” he’s trying to satirize.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Nasty and mean, The Green Inferno shoves a few moments in your face that are going to require a strong stomach. In the end though this throwback to 70's era exploitation flicks isn't as hard to watch as you might have heard. At least not in any way related to the gore.
No, the hardest part of the movie to watch is the plot. There aren't really any likable characters in this bunch. The story centers around main character Justine and a group of social activists she meets on her college campus. These characters are little more than a club of **** and idiots, most of whom think way too highly of themselves. Justine however isn't totally like them. Don't get me wrong, she's definitely an idiot. Just in a different way than the others. Justine actually doesn't care about any sort of cause. She's just there to get the attention of the group's leader "Alejandro," who turns out to be a total scumbag.
You are able to root for a few of these numbskulls, but there's no way to support their motivations. The plot toys around with a handful of themes, morals, and messages but is too scattershot with them to end up actually saying anything. Well, I shouldn't say that. It's clearly making fun of social activist warriors. With the exception of Lorenza Izzo as Justine, the cast is largely mediocre. Not everyone here can act all that well.
With the plot and characters falling so very short, the movie is left relying on whether or not it can deliver satisfying gore. In this department it does alright. It's actually not as bad as you might have heard. With the exception of the shocking and downright horrifying first kill by the cannibals, this isn't that gruesome of a movie. The rest of the violence you'll see here isn't any worse than your average zombie flick. Granted, this has the extra screwed up angle of it being actual people eating other people, but this is far from the stomach-churning, barf fest many have called it.
There are moments where you can tell that director and writer Eli Roth pulled his punches. He could have taken things into some seriously disturbing areas, but mercifully spared us viewers from what could have been serious torture porn.
Now at this point it may be sounding like I'm saying that this actually a pretty tame movie. Let me be perfectly clear and say that's NOT what I'm saying at all. This is still an incredibly sadistic and gruesome film. I'm just saying that you don't need an iron constitution to make it through the entire movie, but rather just for a few scenes. This is still a movie only for the most hardcore of gore loving horror enthusiasts because it is still a very brutal movie.
I've referenced and singled out the first kill the cannibals commit a couple of times already. That's because it's the movie at it's most shocking. Roth shows no restraint in this scene, allowing the blood and mutilation to occur in one horrifying and shocking display. One so graphic and disturbing that it's intentions feel vile. After that though, yeah, we get into the zombie movie level of gore I was talking about.
While gore is the main focus, there are other kinds of gross out horror on display. However, these moments are where Roth delivers some weird moments of immaturity that I assume are meant to add in humor to the mix, but just end up clashing gaudily and oddly with the rest of the madness onscreen. Diarrhea, ****, and barf the rest of the attempts made to get us to say "ew" and maybe have a laugh. These moments are super juvenile, but not un-amusing.
The Green Inferno gets off to a rather slow start, ramps up with an unbelievable display of violence, and then turns into a rather standard, but still brutal cannibal flick that never manages to capture that same level of shock and, well, horror it started off the madness with. Mix in the **** characters and bland plot, and you're left with a not so satisfying horror movie that isn't actually scary, but definitely manages to horrify.
Eli Roth does successfully manage to pay homage to the cannibal exploitation flicks of the 70's. It's the just that the writing and pacing are so off that even when it's firing on all cylinders the movie still falls short. For hardcore horror and gore lovers there are still some thrills to be had here. It's a throwback that emulates it's influences well. The result is a type of horror film they just don't make anymore and is definitely not for mainstream audiences. The execution just isn't completely up to snuff so even The Green Inferno's intended audience is likely to be left a little disappointed.
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That's one ridiculous movie indeed. Eli Roth, known for Hostel, Grindhouse & Cabin Fever, as always tries his best in his own movie genre, which can only be described as splatter parody.
Be prepared for a few crazy splatter scenes, along with some utterly ludicrous ones. This movie will probably be remembered in the future as a B' movie, but I have to tell you that the script is well worked (ecological thoughts mixed with critisism on western life, but at the same time a dose of racism is necessary for Eli Roth's parodies) and the cinematography is perfect. Needless to say do NOT choose this movie for your first date (unless you want to troll her). Choose your most immature buddy instead. The Green Inferno will have you rolling on the floor laughing a few times.
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I'm not sure what to say about this movie. The Green Inferno is a interesting movie and could have became one of the better horror films in years . But it's not. It seems Eli Roth lost his way in this film . There are two scenes in this horror flick that really ruin the whole entire movie. And the ending ruins what was left of the Green Inferno. If this movie was handled by another director , it would have been a classic.
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Eli Roth's newest gorno flick has some intense moments. But, The terrible acting and even worse jokes can make this movie unbearable at times. If you've come for the blood only skip to the last half of the movie because when the characters are just talking the movie is boring. It's offbeat pacing doesn't work at all even without the slow build up.
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Production Company
Worldview Entertainment,
Dragonfly Entertainment,
Sobras International Pictures,
Open Road Films (II)
Release Date Sep 25, 2015
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline No good deed goes unpunished.
Awards
BloodGuts UK Horror Awards
• 3 Nominations
iHorror Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
