Punk Version of 'Straw Dogs'

Rating: 7/10 (1 May 2016)

I saw "Green Room", starring Anton Yelchin-Chekov in the new Star Trek movies, Fright Night_2011; Imogen Poots-Need For Speed, Fright Night_2011; Alia Shawkat-Arrested Development_tv, The Runaways and Patrick Stewart-Professor X in the X-Men movies, Robin Hood:Men in Tights.
This is a nice little thriller, although it is ultra violent & bloody. It kind of reminded me of a punk version of 'Straw Dogs'. Anton is in a punk band that is on the road with his band mates, just trying to make a buck. They end up at a drinking establishment that is run by Patrick and almost all of his customers look like neo-nazi skin heads that are getting all liquored up and about ready to go do some damage. After a person gets killed by one of the regulars in the green room, Anton and his band-including Alia-get trapped in the green room, AKA: the dressing room. Imogen is already in the green room-she was a witness to the murder-and she and Anton's band mates have to try to survive getting out of the bar alive, because Patrick wants to blame the death on them, a new band that is just passing through, and eliminate all the evidence. Patrick uses his nazi drinking buddies to try to get at Anton & company and one of them even has attack dogs. It's the old saying of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It does get pretty graphic in the violence department, what with a lot of stabbing and shooting and, oh yeah, the dogs tearing people to pieces. It's rated "R" for violence, gory images, language and drug use and has a running time of 1 hour & 35 minutes. I enjoyed it and would buy it on DVD.