Green Room (2015)
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A punk band becomes trapped in a remote club after witnessing a murder, forced to survive a night against a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads.
The story
Pat, Sam, Reece and Tiger are members of the punk band, the Ain't Rights, traveling through the Pacific Northwest. After their gig is cancelled, a local radio host arranges a show for them at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar in the woods outside Portland. After the performance, Pat enters the green room to retrieve a phone and discovers the body of a woman who has been stabbed to death. When Pat attempts to call for help, the bar's employees seize the band's phones and hold them captive in the green room. The band must now find a way to survive the night while being held by the hostile skinhead group.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After being held captive in the green room, the band members—Pat, Sam, Reece, and Tiger—realize they are being held by a neo-Nazi skinhead group. They eventually overpower Big Justin to take his weapons. They discover an underground drug lab, but the exit is locked. They eventually escape into the club, where Tiger is killed by a skinhead's attack dog. Reece is later murdered by a skinhead while trying to escape through a window. The remaining members, Pat, Sam, and Amber, retreat back to the green room. A local man named Daniel, who was involved in the murder of Emily, tries to help them but is killed by the bartender. During a chaotic confrontation, Sam is killed by a dog. Pat and Amber eventually manage to outmaneuver the skinheads, killing several members including the leader, Darcy, and eventually making it to the side of the road to wait for the police.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 95
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Jeremy Saulnier
- Writers
- Jeremy Saulnier · writer
- Cast and characters
- Anton Yelchin; Imogen Poots; Alia Shawkat; Joe Cole; Callum Turner; Patrick Stewart · Darcy Banker
- Genres
- horror; thriller
- Themes
- survival; violence
- Premise and plot tags
- hostage_taking; musical_group; neo-nazism
- Content notes
- violence; gore
- Reception
- The film received generally favorable reviews, being included on several critics' top ten lists for 2016 and praised for its atmosphere and performances.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 90% · scale: percentage · review count: 250; Metacritic · score: 79 · scale: 100 · review count: 42; IGN · score: 9 · scale: 10
- Awards and nominations
- Empire Award · Best Horror · 2017 · nomination
- Production trivia
- This was Anton Yelchin's final film released during his lifetime.; The film was inspired by the director's obsession with the concept of a 'green room'.; The soundtrack features heavy metal and punk rock, not white nationalist music.
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