Green Room (2016)

Stars	User	Rating
9	Barthalen	80 _81st
Great buildup, ratcheting up of tensions and suitably gruesome resolutions. And having a bunch of Nazi assholes get their comeuppance at this point in time felt like a very welcome scrub treatment for the soul.
9	eCitizen	60 _59th
Extremely tense & scary. Patrick Stewart is charismatic, even when portraying a Nazi cult leader. There are a few strange plot turns & not everything is entirely convincing. Their situation gets more desperate as they their numbers dwindle. The survivors must use all their strength, cunning & wit to find a way to survive. It has a satisfying ending with good special effects that sell it well. Good quality production & music. A very horrific story with lots of violence & gore.
7	Suture Self	7 _67th
I was sold the minute the band covered "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" in front of a crowd of white supremacists.
7	natebarrios	80 _86th
It goes hard in the motherfucking paint. Despite subtly adhering to some survival horror tropes, GREEN ROOM never lets up on its brutality and should be commended for it. Definitely up there in the list of great "siege movies." Grisly, claustrophobic, and intense. Like a real rock concert, for the moments it has you, it REALLY has you.
7	Paxton	87 _95th
Rough year. I mourned the losses of Bowie, Prince and Ali. As a movie guy I was equally effected by Scrimm and of course, Rickman. This one just feels rougher. Obviously it's a different reveal of the fragility of life, but also it seems like such a premature end to a cinematic talent. Maybe not an icon, but someone who had a nice long career ahead of him. This one hurts. tl:dr Great movie! Tense! Add Saulnier to your watchlist. Listen to punk!
6	TheDenizen	75 _74th
A bunch of punk rockers accidentally see the aftermath of a murder and find themselves beseiged by a gang of neo-Nazis led by a sinister Patrick Stewart. Gritty and appropriately brutal, it offers up plenty of suspense and nasty gore. Some of the music is really good too, though a band of wimpy teenagers playing the Dead Kennedys song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" to a room full of militant skinheads would've been strung up before their set ended. Just saying.
6	Alex Watkins	5 _91st
Combines the two best genres--punk rock and horror, naturally--into a vicious and ultraviolent bottle film. Saulnier keeps tensions high by recognizing that violence is not only rarely clean, but also chaotic: when twitchy amateurs raise arms against each other, there's bound to be some brutal casualties for which neither side has planned nor prepared. P.S. I request--nay, demand--that Imogen Poots star in all future films with the same punk chic haircut she rocks here.
6	FrederikA	75 _77th
One of the more tense movie experience in a long, long while, mostly due to the uncomfortably slow and realistic build up and nuanced portrail of both pro- and antagonists. Between this and Blue Ruin Jeremy Saulnier is most definitely a director to keep an eye out for.
5	AFlickering	3 _38th
the trouble begins when our protagonists sell out to the other side for some quick bucks, and it's that great capitalist totem--the iphone--which truly lands them in shit, crying for punk's oldest antagonist: the cops. they're poseurs, see, and so is the typical cinephile eating up the screen's adolescent fantasies; both are punished by saulnier and his thudding, offhand violence. it works to a point, but it's a bit uneven and cute in its attempts to transcend formula and posturing itself.
5	BillyShears	80 _77th
"Uhh pull Picard out of there" Played with my expectations like a sweet Clash bass riff. Some clerk at Payless Shoes ringing up all the packs of red shoe laces: "Hey you punks be careful with this stuff your docs are gonna pop"
5	Leonardis	92 _71st
Really good stuff. The movie has great tension and violence that doesn't at all feel unnecessary or gratuitous. Poots, Yelchin, Blair, and Stewart were my favorite performers, but everyone did their parts considerably well. It's also really well shot, with some beautiful cinematography. The decision-making is vital to the story and I like the directors approach in those regards (although I think it's silly that they're here because someone didn't lock a door). Very entertaining.
5	DougieD	90 _81st
With Blue Ruin, Saulnier showed a knack for using suspense and shocking violence to make a nuanced thriller. Green Room takes that even further, taking a situation and using no-holds barred intensity and gore to keep you on the edge of the seat. It mixes up the violence with dark humour, but that doesn't offer any relief to the dread that never lets up.
4	Kojiless	78 _82nd
Oh boy! I love Green Day! What was that song about masturbation again? Green Day was the bestest movie about punk rock, redneck Nazis, killer Nazi hounds, and and a racist starship captain EVAR.
4	theficionado	75 _74th
If Blue Ruin is the pared-down, rustic facsimile of the revenge film, then Green Room is the same treatment for the siege film, a backwoods Assault on Precinct 13. One thing I like about both of Saulnier's films is that the instances of violence land with weight (slit throats, faces blown off), and they're filled with characters who are scared, reluctant to enter the battlefield, cognizant of the terribleness of violence -- which keeps that terribleness front and center for the audience as well
4	Luna6ix	72 _41st
Relatively solid and straightforward thriller where the bad guys are bad because they're Nazis and the good guys are good because they're not. There's not much here under the surface, but what it lacks in depth and characterization, it makes up for with a satisfying ending.
4	Boxcars	8 _71st
'Green Room' is a seizing, kick-ass experience. The heroes are believable, the villains are intimidating, and the setting is appropriately claustrophobic and filthy. From the moment the shit hits the fan, the movie takes you on an unrelenting roller-coaster that both subverts and pulls off the genre's most familiar tropes.
3	INDYATMN	84 _70th
The filmmakers have crafted a riveting thriller with plenty of well-staged action scenes you won't be able to take your eyes off. If not for one too many plotholes with the protagonists occasionally behaving like the teen idiots in a horror film (e.g. what they do with the gun, not killing people who want to murder them) and the bad guys sometimes none too smart either (why doesn't the leader pretend he's a cop? why give their targets so much time to rest?), this could've been great.
3	begoniabol	80 _79th
A nasty and thrilling movie, with chilling scenes and creepy Stewart. People making smart decisions felt refreshing, the movie has some unexpected moments too. A rather intense movie that I quite enjoyed.
3	hellboy76	69 _73rd
Mean-spirited, visceral, claustrophobic thriller. You won't be bored that's for sure. NEVER stick your hand out a door to Patrick Stewart.
3	guy piranha	85 _95th
this is all sorts of fucked up and masterfully put together. i consider myself pretty numb, but saulnier definitely knows how to create impact. can't remember the last time i felt this tense watching a movie. of course there's your occasional conveniences, some choices were weird and obviously just for the sake of plot advancement, but man...what a ride. should be a plain 100 for saulnier's desert island band.
2	schnofel	15 _3rd
So disgustingly obsessed with the minutiae of real violence that to sell this airless butcher shop as a thriller is akin to what Haneke pulled with Funny Games: you'll choke on your quest for entertainment. Only Saulnier never breaks the fourth wall while following the blueprint; he really is on a death trip.
2	Ytadel	7 _83rd
Tough, gripping, violent little "bottle episode" of a thriller. Keeps the pulse racing almost start to finish, definitely worth checking out.
2	Nathan S	4 _74th
Resist fascism with art, destroy it with violence if necessary.
2	twincinema	80 _75th
A small-scale film about a group trapped in a room that becomes increasingly violent. I think I am conditioned for films to move away from the action at the moment of violent impact. I was not ready for this film to show someone...sorry, no spoilers. Patrick Stewart is chilling (may only be because he plays against type). My only complaint is that I didn't care about any of the characters. I was feeling tense about the situation, but didn't really allow that feeling to extend to the characters.
2	caiman	89 _89th
An exhilarating, brutally visceral experience. I think what makes this movie so effectively intense is how both sides are simply caught in a shitty situation and they have to do what they need to do. The motive of the villains isn't "pure evil" or senseless sadism or other typical horror stuff, it's survival, just like the protagonists. The result is an extraordinarily realistic sense of danger and fear. A great movie.
2	frederic_g54	8 _77th
Unpredictability as to the outcome of a character's fate seems to be Saulnier's forte, as he lets things unfold slowly and methodically, always one step ahead of its audience; I was literally yelling obscenities at the screen every time I realized I let my guard down. Unlike Blue Ruin though, the film's nail-biting tension does fizzle out a bit towards the end, but as far as thrillers go, Green Room is right up there with the rest.
2	WWallce4prez	90 _95th
Holy shit. I said that, out loud, multiple times while watching this blue print for suspense films. Everything is dirty, the villains are terrifying, and our heroes are convincing. After Blue Ruin and this, Saulnier is a force to be reckoned with.
2	mwgerb	61 _69th
Hardcore horror, in a non-supernatural form. Patrick Stewart is harrowing, and the intensity never lets up.
2	deaddilly	65 _37th
Saulnier knows how to make his violence count. That arm scene. Christ.
2	DavidBlast	65 _59th
A nasty stream of well executed actions and reactions, signifying nothing.
2	Sweekoden	77 _77th
Not my favorite type of film, but this might be my favorite of its kind.
2	Kingjohnbbq	94 _79th
This movie was executed so well, the premise is great and sets up the carnage that ensues perfectly. Its intense and scary. Patrick stewart does his part and is very believable. Update I rewatched this movie with a group of people and its so much fun to see everyones reactions. All of that suspense puts so much anxiety in the air. Awesome feeling to experience with movies. Jeremy Saulnier has made at least 2 very visually pleasing and intense thrillers. Check out his other film Blue Ruin!
2	axleblaze	92 _86th
Punk as all fuck.
2	misterlizard	85 _92nd
This was great. It up-ends a lot of the tropes of the slasher genre by having a cast of victims that generally act like rational people instead of horror movie archetypes. It never lets up on the tension and sense of danger and the plot/pacing remain solid throughout. It's also boosted by Patrick Stewart playing against type as a neo-Nazi leader. It's a tired genre that has so many bad entries, so it's refreshing to see a movie that does it really really well.
2	doughbaron	77 _71st
Intense, viscerally violent film that shows how situations spiral out of control in an instant.
2	Superargo	89 _92nd
As this was wrapping up I was like "well, that was gut-squeezingly tense and all but it wasn't quite as masterful as BLUE RUIN, huh?" Then that dog went and laid its head in that dead guy's lap and I was like "oh." And now I can't stop thinking about this goddamn thing. Saulnier needs to keep doing more stuff exactly like this. He makes unsettling art out of the junk we'd have rented at Blockbuster and made fun of on a slow Friday night in the 80's. Anyway this movie's fucking awesome.
2	Seethruskin	4 _52nd
I hate how whenever a movie has a punk band their name is always something stupid that no self respecting band in our age would call themselves. Good movie tho. That first show they played was basically how touring is when you're an unknown band, except you're lucky to get 40 bucks and a meal.
2	ratedargh	90 _85th
Really good. Funny, violent, intense, and overall well made. It's a step up from the already impressive Blue Ruin.
2	bof	80 _83rd
If the setup sounds like comedy - and it does have a nice sense of humour - that just makes it hit all the harder once the violence starts. And boy, does it start; gripping, graphic, unfair, playing off the Precinct 13 setup while never getting predictable. Nazi punks fuck off.
2	Groovy_Souls	85 _82nd
Very similar in style and tone to last year's masterpiece It Follows, Green Room is brutal, demented, and badass. With a great cast led by Stewart and Yelchin, the story is tight enough that there isn't too many places to slip. But honestly, some great visuals and direction is what really made Green Room awesome. Try not to miss this one.
2	Mr.Olivier	89 _91st
The only part I didn't like was when they duck-taped his wrecked arm I mean holy jesus wrap a piece of shirt or something around it first! duck tape directly on sliced up skin, you know what that's gonna be like peeling off? Gonna have to just amputate the whole fucking arm now.
2	Hawkins	54 _16th
Surely it's saying something about two sides of racism via Stewart's more closeted bigot controlling the obvious skinhead goons. Unfortunately, beyond getting me riled up about white supremacists I didn't find much here worth revisiting.
1	Moribunny	80 _91st
Saulnier's rawest, most perfect work to date and a masterclass on all that a horror thriller should be. While pretty light on graphic gruesomeness, it is brutal and nerve-racking thanks to a realistic premise, claustrophobic setting, and a fast-paced, somewhat opaque script that forces you to stay alert or you miss a beat. Against genre convention, the protagonists are quite sharp. Good cast. One of its decade's finest.
1	TheDiceman	60 _62nd
Not bad.
1	legstump	75 _80th
Green Room is movie of streamlined brutal efficiency, like a German engineered machine designed to repeatedly kick you in the crotch. And it is fantastic.
1	Carlospro	75 _64th
Divertido. Yelchin podia ser o novo Bruce Campbell
1	Bojangles	80 _91st
In a climate replete with flippant, soul-killing, body count spectacles like Purge, along comes the panic-inducing Green Room, which is as nauseating a movie as one of such ultra-violence should be. It presents a hateful continuum of characters in which Imogen Poots is the standout player. She has grit.
1	Anomaly	72 _53rd
Excellent premise, good execution, terrible ending. Creates an incredibly tense atmosphere that occasionally boils over into violence, and makes you fear for what will happen next, until it disappointingly loses its way in the third act and starts resorting to cliches. Some of the violence felt fake, too. But Patrick Stewart is excellent and quietly menacing as the amoral white supremacist owner, and it's nice to see him playing against type.
1	Duder	55 _23rd
This was an interesting one. Directed well and the acting was fine with an interesting and never exactly letting you know what's going atmosphere like our characters. A great one-room film with a balanced amount of gore and violence. A decent watch, not to be expected. My desert island band: Mono (Japan)
1	KasperL	55 _39th
Solid craftmanship, but not really something that I enjoyed or got a kick out of.
1	lumpnboy	45 _45th
Contemporary punk-ish musicians get stuck in white power bonehead-land. I've seen much worse portrayals of the sensibilities of all 'types' involved and it is fairly tense and effective from the moment when the protagonists on stage, not without courage, cover "Nazi Punks Fuck Off'.
1	Obdurate	80 _66th
It's got a lot of gritty style and wonderful cinematography. The violence is graphic but feels right. The acting is fine, with Stewart being the highlight as the menacing but understated neo-Nazi. It's rather intelligent and ends up being a pretty satisfying siege movie.
1	TheRealJ-Ro	65 _31st
I don't feel any connection with any of the characters heading into the event that sparks things. That does dull the impact a bit. And the "dumb idea" when it first happens... that kind of doubles as a dumb plot device, too. This has an undeniable style and definitely stays faithful to it throughout, but I'm left feeling a bit ambivalent to it. It's definitely not a bad movie, not at all. It's worth checking out, especially for the style-seekers among us. Just didn't resonate strongly with me.
1	Neonman	63 _21st
Eh
1	Stewball	70 _54th
Not really "horror", more crime-thriller given the lack of supernatural monsters and other schlock associated with horror. Pretty realistic except you'd probably have to scour this whole segment of the galaxy to find people more over-the-top Nazi-skinhead.
1	astrakhan	82 _85th
Starting off quite terse and shouty, both in style and content, Green Room eventually segues its way into a full-on horror film - a genre Saulnier clearly relishes. He takes his sweet time as his defenceless protagonists are stalked through a dark and smoky labyrinth populated by man-eating dogs and monstruous figures with shotguns. Perhaps he's played a lot of Doom? Great suspense and just enough characterisation to make it all hold together (the baddies just needed a touch more nasty).
1	ABUNCHOFCATS	80 _52nd
Extremely violent with a fantastically sinister Patrick Stewart. Note to self: do not perform at a white supremacist club house.
1	fenixdown	83 _86th
Extremely tense, with lots of surprises for such a simple concept.
1	wetwillies	85 _59th
Viewed April 25, 2016. There's something so exciting about watching Jeremy Saulnier take the sensitivity, focus and specificity of vision that made Blue Ruin so superb and use it to create the pure, breathless terror that fills Green Room. I think I'd be fine with him making these kinds of smart, subtle social-commentary-thrillers for the rest of his career. They're that good.
1	CarsonWid	77 _81st
Saulnier does a great job of presenting well rounded characters who remain grounded when put in extraordinary situations. For that reason you feel every bit of horror and fear. A great follow up to Blue Ruin.
1	achman	79 _51st
Didn't care much for the ending and the displayed stupidity of the otherwise brilliant antagonist. I guess it would be too much if the bad guys won?
1	Syntheseizur	79 _56th
Visceral, restless, and oppressive in a way that suits the subject matter, but in a way that also makes the movie fatiguing to endure. Normally the slow tightening of the wire is exactly what you want from a thriller, but at a certain point, you want the tension alleviated, even if the wire violently snaps. It's hard to make a movie with harmless, innocent heroes pushing back against relentlessly vile antagonists feel totally satisfying, but Green Room's utilitarian thrills account for a lot.
1	Noblet	78 _65th
Make more movies like this please.
1	closedmouth	80 _67th
Liked it without loving it for most of its length (felt kinda schematic and had some goofy moments, like the almost comical way Yelchin's arm injury is handled) but I really dug the third act. Once the dust has settled and the characters start expressing through their actions the trauma they've experienced, that's when it really grabbed me in the guts.
1	Jerky	60 _72nd
Was there supposed to be a character that I was supposed to root for? Ended up rooting for the dog.
1	Darren	72 _59th
A nice tense little thriller. Could go without the gore moments tho that stuff always gets me. Sequence when they roll up to the white power compound reminded me of being on tour, showing up to a venue in Tuscon, Arizona and there being just a guy sitting alone with a big dog outside. Also big lol to the band scoffing at 35 bux and lunch while on tour.
1	thegreyfox	50 _20th
This mess is the result of too much control in the hands of one person. Whilst it has excitement, the real tension is hoping that someone, somewhere will eventually explain, clearly, what the hell is going on. I say clearly because the audio is frankly appalling. Muffled, shouty, but rarely clear. The actions of just about everyone are either completely stupid, opaque, or ludicrous. Stewart is terrible with zero threat. Not without it's fun, but could have been so much better with some clarity.
1	TrixRabbi	91 _98th
You ain't hardcore cause you spike your hair when a jock still lives inside your head.
1	damil	75 _81st
A tight, exciting thriller with a simple set-up & a lot of great tension. The way it dealt with violence was both exhilarating & disturbing. The confidence in directing is really evident. It wasn't a perfect movie - I did feel like some of the dialogue wasn't great (though I did love the last lines of the film), and some elements of the plot weren't very clear. Still, it absolutely nails it where it counts, and I highly recommend it. RIP Anton Yelchin, who gives a strong performance here.
1	ericambler	75 _61st
A chilling against-type turn for Patrick Stewart is maybe the only genuine surprise in GREEN ROOM, director Jeremy Saulnier's gorier and more blunt follow-up to his modern revenge classic BLUE RUIN. The film masterfully builds tension as the situation escalates, though the violent release is often more chaotic or confounding than cathartic. The suspense and horror are on point, but the themes don't cut quite so deep.
1	SpikyCactus	75 _64th
Top badass moment? Playing the Dead Kennedys's “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” to a room full of racist skinheads; and getting away with it. Subtle. Captain Picard goes undercover as a white supremacist, to catch the fake Star Trek’s fake Chekov, who’s posing as a bassist in a very mediocre punk band. Aggro ensues and only a very ordinary door with very ordinary locks keeps this film from becoming a short. I liked Imogen Poots’s skinhead girl haircut though. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
1	Gnalkhere	85 _81st
Holy christ
1	mattorama12	71 _64th
Really simple set-up, and Saulnier executes it well. I found the scene-by-scene direction and editing really outstanding. The only real problem is with pacing, as the action seems to peak too early and it loses steam to get to the end. And also Patrick Stewart is one of those guys who is always on point. I had no idea he was in this, so it was pretty exciting when he showed up.
1	DesertPunk	83 _81st
Relentlessly brutal, balanced with a dose of self-awareness similar to a film like You're Next. Scarier than any new horror movie I've seen in years.
1	SirSass	75 _83rd
The trailer for this looked corny as hell with all those terrible quotes, but I do enjoy myself some Nazi Patrick Stewart.
1	PUNQ	50 _78th
What's with the incredible hype of Green Room (2015)? Is it a tribute to Anton Yelchin's bizarre death? Found it entertaining, and I get that it's a little bit more polished then the average "We're trapped" films, but it still turns out the same....
1	P u l p	67 _65th
Watch it with a crowd.
1	DaxV	80 _60th
Great atmosphere and concept. Thought the acting was pretty strong, I enjoyed the psychology of this movie. One of those situations that could very well be possible at least in the terms of, yeah we're playing a show and end up stuck in a shit-bag nazi hell. That's a nightmare scenario. It delivered, loved that they added the Dead Kennedy's song, how could you not?!
1	QuinlanLJ	80 _80th
A gruesome and suspensful thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, with some dark humour that never feels out of place and one of the final great performances from the late Anton Yelchin. A seriously good film about punk rock, drugs and Nazi skinheads.
1	Lonewolf2003	70 _42nd
it's suspenseful and it's refreshing that the victims aren't complete morons.
1	le mami	50 _39th
I have to rewatch
1	whatisjason	86 _51st
Extremely gripping and well executed, but ultimately somewhat empty. Absolutely worth watching for any thriller fan, just don't expect much depth.
1	roblarrick	80 _79th
It's violent without being gratuitous, and the way the characters speak and act made them seem genuine.

Average Percentile 57.58% from 1866 Ratings