Cert 18
98 mins
BBFC advice: Strong gory violence
Having scanned through social media, I have a clear impression that there are people who really enjoy Eli Roth's torture porn. It prompts me to fear for both their morals and their sanity.
There have been so many films of its ilk that its fans can hardly be shocked by them so this leads to the presumption that they find them funny.
Really? Young people being killed and eaten by cannibals? Surely, the joke ends after the first bite.
I watched The Green Inferno on my own, knowing that it would be well beyond the pale for Mrs W.
Frankly, it is little more than Hostel transplanted to a rain forest.
Lorenza Izzo plays Justine, a student who falls for a green activist (Ariel Levy) who wants to lead a team into direct action against those who are threatening tribelands.
However, almost as soon as she catches a plane out to Peru she begins to regret joining her crush's band of misfits.
First of all, their operation becomes a fiasco when they confront the loggers and, worse still, they soon become marooned in a remote area inhabited by people who eat human flesh.
The Green Inferno follows one grotesque death with another while simultaneously building an anticipation that Izzo will eventually take her clothes off as is her big screen habit.
There are plenty of reprehensible aspects but worst is the manner in which it portrays indigenous people as savages.
To be fair, Izzo makes an engaging heroine and Levy is a pretty despicable villain but quality acting is not an attribute which is needed in a Roth movie. More important is the crew member who provides the tomato sauce.
Reasons to watch: if you are into very bloody horror
Reasons to avoid: so many reasons but especially if you have a weak stomach
Laughs: none
Jumps: one
Vomit: yes
Nudity: yes
Overall rating: 2/10
Star tweet
Stephen King THE GREEN INFERNO is like a glorious throwback to the drive-in movies of my youth: bloody, gripping, hard to watch, but you can't look away.