Severely Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2019)

The Green Room is not a horror movie. It's more of a drama thriller with blood and flashes of gore. I was told this movie was going to be intense but I never really felt it because the pacing was as slow as a M. Night Shyamalan movie and there is no build-up of suspense for each death as they all happen very quickly (and they happen in bunches) so you never have the time to process them. One thing that did not escape my attention was the lack of background music which would have help create suspense and a better sense of dread. While some of the characters do critical thinking in the movie, often times I'm puzzled by their decisions as well, like at the very end when the remaining survivors were traveling with a hostage who they then let go so he can look for cops--the same hostage who was before helping his fellow bad guys clean up and cover their tracks.
I don't know how this movie received such high scores on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm an Asian American and I'm the biggest advocate against racism so it was neat seeing skinheads get the tables turned on them but that is not enough to make a good movie.