The Green Inferno
The Green Inferno
R | 25 September 2015 (USA)
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A group of student activists travel from New York City to the Amazon to save the rainforest. However, once they arrive in this vast green landscape, they soon discover that they are not alone… and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Reviews
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
grantss A group of idealistic college students set head off to the Peruvian jungle. Their aim is to make an ecological statement by hindering the operations of a logging company, and streaming this live to YouTube. They succeed in this but on the way back their plane crashes. The survivors now have to deal with the cannibalistic tribe that lives in those parts...Pretty weak, and doesn't work as any sort of movie. Seeing as it is directed by Eli Roth, you figure it will be a gory horror-type movie. There is gore, but it is pretty conventional and not that shocking by modern standards.I thought this may be some of 70s-like cannibal-exploitation movie, in the vein of Cannibal Holocaust or Cannibal Ferox. No, it is far too tame for that, and quite unnaturally so (which is odd - Roth must have known this was going to get an MA or R rating, for the gore, yet he toned down the exploitation scenes. Once you've hit the top restrictions, no need to pull your punches).The movie had potential as a survival movie, but instead of developing that for a spell, Roth went straight to the captives-of- cannibals plot.There's also a greenie vibe, that Roth alternately extols and mocks, both equally half-heartedly.Just as a pure drama it's pretty bad: basic script, unimaginative direction, lacklustre performances.So, won't work for anyone, no matter what they are in to. Focusing on one theme, and turning it up to the max would at least kept one group happy. Instead we have a hodge-podge of half-baked, diluted themes and genres.
Bodo THE GREEN INFERNO follows a group of young activists who are held captive by a "savage" tribe of cannibals in the deep jungles of Peru. As we come to expect from an Eli Roth movie, there is a lot of gore and a lot of exploitation. Yes, the movie is at times indulging itself in torture porn. Yes, this movie—despite relatively high production values—has a cheesy feel to it with some pretty tacky dialogues and some pretty stereotypical characters. At the same time, this movie kept me entertained throughout. It had some smart ideas and a few twists towards the end that I genuinely didn't expect. And the suspense never faded away, which is what so often happens in gore flicks.Perhaps surprisingly, THE GREEN INFERNO explores some interesting political and social themes. Despite having a B-movie feel to it, the final moments of the movie actually ask some deep questions: What is cultural progress? Where and how do we intervene on humanitarian grounds with what looks like wrongdoing from our cultural perspective?Don't get me wrong: Just like its spiritual predecessor CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, this movie is thoroughly offensive and definitely not politically correct on most fronts, for example in its exoticization of seemingly "primitive" cultures. If you're an anthropologist, or basically anyone with a bit of cultural sensitivity, you'll be mad at how the "natives" are depicted. And the negative perspective on social activism is definitely over-the-top. Although it is good to raise the issue of whether social activism is hypocritical at times, I worry that people who already mock activism come away from this movie with their ideas vindicated. A lot of these social issues are dealt with in a tongue-and-cheek manner though, so you are free how to interpret them! And once you look beyond THE GREEN INFERNO's indulgence with shock and confrontation, you'll find a suspenseful movie with an interesting story arch and some relatable and interesting characters. Go for it, if you like gore and B-movies.
Amy Victoria Birchall I have to say, I was looking forward to seeing this movie when someone mentioned it on a horror forum saying how explicit it was and shocking. All in all, I was disappointed. With it having potential, I thought it would be an all out gore fest...I mean its a cannibal tribe for christs sake! But to be honest the gore wasn't well executed. Even though the first death did leave me feeling uneasy (nowhere near as uneasy as the film 'Cannibal holocaust' made me feel) because it was extremely gory and "kind of" well done, the rest just made me feel bored...Not only that but it came across like the gore was very cartoonish and more comedy based in some parts. I know that the film did have some comedy elements and I have nothing against that in horror but some of it was just darn right weird. I'm talking about the goddamn NOT NEEDED wanking scene by the annoying guy which I just found ridiculous. Within the situation they was all in why would he start doing that? unless he was aroused by it all or just plain psychotic...who knows? Also not forgetting to mention the diarrhea scene that one of the girls did randomly because she was feeling unwell. Even though the group had just witnessed one of their friends being dismembered, their friend having diarrhea was seeming to make them more disgusted then anything??? they seemed to show more disgust for that and the guy wanking more than they did anything else that happened in the movie? How does that make sense at all?! Even though they'd seen their friends die one by one...Okay then. Overall, the acting was terrible. I did find myself at times wanting them to escape but there was just a lack of character from all of them which just left you really not caring. I was also disappointed when the main character (notice how I don't remember any of the characters names? that's how unmemorable they are)got home and was talking about her experience and then was basically sticking up for the cannibal tribe even after everything they had done, killing all her group/friends in the most horrific way and eating them in front of her, she seemed to change her way of thought towards them. If you was personally in that situation would you be sticking up for the tribe? NO WAY. There was only one kid from the tribe who lead her to safety, hardly a reason to change your thoughts really after everything she'd been through. WEIRD. I would not like to forget to mention the AWFUL and only jump-scare at the end which was plain terrible and of poor taste. I think rating this 3 out of 10 was too good of a rating for it after me going over the film again. I'm being generous, don't bother seeing this unless you was a mind numbing kind of horror film to watch with friends and maybe criticise throughout.
magron2-65-792948 Watched this awful movie on Netflix, well half of it then turned it off. Should have had a warning re age suitability. Extremely disturbing and graphic who in their right minds wants to watch a human being being eaten by cannibals and then fed to their captives. Story line was extremely weak and lame. It was all about how to shock and get as many screams from the audience as possible which it most certainly did exactly that, scream, scream scream. Absolute rubbish film.