Finally managed to find a decent copy of The Green Inferno online (I would have paid to see it, but hey, it's not on general release over here).
Was it worth the wait? Yes and no. Won't go into details here, obviously. Suffice to say it's a good homage to what influenced Roth, but not quite up there with them. It doesn't disappoint on gore (the first death is particularly gory), and what the girls experience, I also found congruent with elements of the originals. That said, strangely, I didn't feel as much tenseness as I'd expected to i.e. what I experienced watching Roth's Hostel, and it also felt a bit too short - could have done with another half hour.
Nevertheless, a very good film: 8/10
|