Review of The Green Inferno (2013) by Johnny T — 16 Oct 2015

The Green Inferno will be gleefully offensive and unpalatable to mainstream audiences, who may be more similar to The Green Inferno's victims than they'd like to think. No one could accuse Roth of lacking guts - even if he hasn't found the perfect recipe for them. The Green Inferno is the gruesome cannibalistic spectacle that Roth promises, in the basest, most palatable (pun not intended) form. The plot may sound fairly simplistic but underneath the blood and guts there's a biting satire about rich cosseted students signing up to causes they hardly understand. Green Inferno's scenes of gore and repulsion make up for its lackadaisical plot and lackluster characters, who you will ultimately actually enjoy seeing ripped to shreds. Apart from a couple of rubbery corpses and some shoddy CGI ants The Green Inferno features some great gross-out gore. Special effects team Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger prove they are some of the best in the business with some highly detailed butchery, enucleation, evisceration and dismemberment. It's pretty strong stuff, and the cannibalism scenes are claustrophobic, gruesome and suitably disgusting. The Green Inferno may not win writer-director Eli Roth many new converts, but fans of his flair for gory spectacle should find it a suitably gruesome diversion.

VERDICT: "In The Zone" - [Mixed Reaction] These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own. If you consider cinema, ask for people's opinion on the film. (Films that are rated 2.5 or 3 stars).