Eli
Roth…yeah, here’s a name that you don’t normally think too good of. As a member
of “The Splat Pack,” a group of independent horror film makers who focus on ultra-violence,
Roth is one who is on the lower part of the chain. I mean, as an actor he’s
really good, but not so much when he’s writing and directing his own films.
Films like “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel” are prime examples of films that only
appeal to gore-hounds, but as a whole are fucking garbage.
Despite this, I grew some
interest in seeing “The Green Inferno,” a film that he finished for the 2013
Toronto International Film Festival that didn’t see the light of day until two
years afterwards. Reason for it was because it’s original distributers, Open
Road Films, had a falling out with Worldview Entertainment, and it wasn’t until
Universal and Blumhouse bought the distributing rights to publish the film.
So,
after a long overdue intrigue, how does “The Green Inferno” hold on its own?
Well…it’s an Eli Roth film, what do you expect to happen?
The
film is about Justine, a college student who finds interest in a protest group
on campus that plan to go to the Amazon rainforest to fight against the
corporations that are cutting the forest down and endangering the natives. Once
there, they stop one bulldozer session and head back celebrating, only for
their plane to crash into native territory. Then it becomes Eli Roth’s version
of “Cannibal Holocaust.”
If I
had to list any highlights, one would be the gore effects. As much as I dislike
Eli Roth’s movies, I will give props to his effects teams, as they do deliver
on practical gore effects that do get a reaction out of people. They’re
gruesome, they’re deadly, and they are believable, as opposed to when other
horror films use CGI. I also enjoyed Justine, played by Roth’s wife Lorenza
Izzo. She really gives the film her all, and she does make you care for this
character.
As
for the rest of the film, it’s typical Eli Roth schlock. I feel like one of the
biggest flaw with Roth’s films is his writing, because he writes up some of the
most stereotypical cliché assholes who you don’t care about. And then when they
do end up being killed, you don’t care about them getting out alive, you’re
just uncomfortable that you’re seeing such torment happen to anybody. That, and
the dialogue they say is just atrocious to listen to, making you care less
about what these characters do.
Because
of this film’s delay, it’s the first of two Eli Roth films that come out this
year, with the other being “Knock, Knock.” Will I be seeing that too? Hell if I
know. Oh, and did I mention that this film is getting a sequel? Yeah,
apparently back last year, it was already confirmed that this film was getting
a sequel, this time directed by Nicolas Lopez, one of the first film’s writers…yeah,
I think one’s enough for me.
Overall,
“The Green Inferno” is…it’s an Eli Roth film. I don’t think I need much else to
say.
Rating: 2/10
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