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The Green Inferno
2013 100 min Canada, Chile, United States of America R 18+
★5.1
Adventure, Horror
Director: Eli Roth
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Description
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.
Budget:
$5M
US Gross:
$7.19M
Worldwide:
$12.93M
Starring
Lorenza Izzo
Actor
Ariel Levy
Actor
Aaron Burns
Actor
Awards
1 win & 6 nominations total
Key opinion
Eli Roth's The Green Inferno is widely viewed as a polarizing homage to 80s Italian cannibal cinema that struggles to balance graphic shock with coherent storytelling. While it features striking visuals and production design, it is frequently criticized for its thin character development, uneven tone, and failure to generate genuine suspense.
| Production | The film utilizes a vibrant color palette and well-executed production design to create a visually striking atmosphere that honors its genre predecessors. | |
| Acting | Lorenza Izzo provides a solid and intense lead performance that stands out as one of the few highlights among an otherwise unremarkable ensemble cast. | |
| Screenplay | The script is criticized for being predictable and shallow, featuring hollow characters whose motivations are often unclear or inconsistently portrayed. | |
| Humor | Viewers are divided on the film's tonal shift, as the attempt to blend visceral horror with dark humor often undermines the tension and diminishes the impact of the violence. | |
| Pacing | Opinions on the pacing are split; some appreciate the deliberate setup, while others find the nearly hour-long lead-up to the cannibalism to be slow and tedious. |