Green Room
★★½ · 2.5/5 · 2015
Watched on October 31, 2026
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Cinematography: Sean Porter
Writers: Jeremy Saulnier
Editor: Julia Bloch
Composers: Brooke Blair, Will Blair
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Mostly watched this because of Sir Patrick Stewart's passing, but it's also one I've had my eye on for quite a while. I was a little underwhelmed by Green Room. It's a really cool concept, and I will never get tired of Nazis getting their just deserts, but I had some issues.
It's not often that Patrick Stewart plays a villainous role, so that was cool to see. He's one of those characters where his looks are deceiving, and it's clear that nobody wants to get on his bad side. I could have used a lot more of him in the middle of the movie. Giving most of the screen time to the underlings and morons that are throughout this movie made me long for his on-screen presence.
The late Anton Yelchin does a great job. The dialogue across the board was very cheesy, unrealistic, and left a lot to be desired, but he was the only actor who delivered it in a way that was convincing. The other actors sounded like they were reading off a script instead of actually living out the intense events.
There's some good gory action here and there. Some early moments in the chaos got a reaction out of me, but there's a repetitive nature to the film that became tiring after a while. The characters say they're going out, gear up, fight some Nazis, something happens, and they run back to the room. Repeat that a few times and you've pretty much got the movie.
I just said in my review for Evil Dead (2013) that it had some of the most idiotic characters I've ever seen. Green Room might have surpassed the idiocy in that movie. Our protagonists in this movie make more stupid decisions than the Nazis, I swear. At every turn, they do something that unnecessarily puts everyone in danger instead of doing what anyone with a brain between their ears would do. It took me out of the film and became frustrating, despite the film communicating that they aren't the brightest crayons in the box in the very beginning. Truly astounding levels of dimwittedness.
It's also a good-looking film with a great score/soundtrack and some intense moments, but I expected a lot more.
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