The Green Inferno

the amount of perfect grills on these tribals is astounding. i didn't realize they captured an orthodontist who fixed all of their teeth in exchange for self preservation. read more

you can't just go invade a country because you see them as doing something immoral. ~ charles there's something wonky about this film in the way that many of eli roth's films are. here is a filmmaker that shows great intelligence with some interesting, if not unique, things to say and some really interesting visual and narrative techniques to show it but keeps getting dragged down by his tendencies to play to the less effective tropes of the genre he works in. the green inferno exemplifies his tendency to do this and it really muddles up what could have been an excellent film. roth revives... read more

i get what this film was supposed to be; it was an homage to the grindhouse/exploitation horror films. unfortunately, eli roth has shown in the past that he doesn't have a handle on how to honor the film genres that he loves. green inferno is no different. roth wants to recreate the elements of the cannibal classics that he loves, but he doesn't seem to understand how to effectively mix it with modern sensibilities; all his attempts to do so fall vastly short. the problems start with the fact that the opening half of the film is an absolute slog to get through. roth can't write likable read more