Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Green Room’

Written by Scott Edwards 

Being in a place where you should have never been in the first place is easy to look back on, but when you are there, do you know it for sure. With different cultures and beliefs all over the place, you may find that your favorite restaurant may be backing someone or something that you do not believe in. While many people will turn a blind eye to this, since they have been going there for years, or just don’t care, there are people that will stop going out of principal. There may not be a correct way to view this, but people are going to do what they are going to do regardless of what is being directed towards them. It may be better to examine some of these beliefs before judging them as there is always more than one side to every belief.

Being on the road from Washington to Oregon has not been an easy trip for the Ain’t Rights as they are out of money and have to syphon gas from parked cars. With the promise of a show and an interview from Tad who works on a college radio station to get their name out there, they think that things are starting to look up. But when Tad comes clean about making a mistake and losing the gig, the group plays in a bowling alley and leaves with only a couple dollars in their pockets.  Feeling bad about the break, Tad is able to get the band a better gig at his brother’s favorite bar, but the group will have to play in front of Skinheads.

With promise of money, the group has to jump at the opportunity since they need money to eat and get back home. The bar is out in the back woods with only one road leading in and when seeing the patrons outside, the group comes up with a plan to start bashing Nazi’s, but this may not be the place. As the Neo-Nazi’s show their hatred towards the band, the group sees how different things can really be. When their set ends, Gabe is ready in the hallway to get them loaded out, but when Samantha forgets her cellphone in the room, everything starts to change. When picking up the phone and seeing a girl lying dead on the floor, the group is forced back into the room, but their trouble does not start until the owner of the club makes it down.

When Darcy is informed of the situation, he starts to formulate a plan of his own on how to get the group out of his club and make them disappear. Knowing that the cops are on their way down since a call was placed to them about a stabbing, the leader is able to get a couple of his boys to do it to themselves to keep the cops from checking out the building. While talking to the barricaded band in his building, Darcy offers the promise that everything will be ok, but everything is not as they quickly find out. With members of the band being injured on a minor attack, the Ain’t Rights know that they will be killed for what they have seen and have to get out before time runs out. 

This is a tough movie to review since there is so much going on after the band is able to lock themselves in their room. With the terror that is waiting for them on the other side of the door, the group has no idea how far Darcy and his men will go to make them disappear. I really liked the discussions that the band have about how to survive and the addition of Amber to the group is a savior for them since she knows all about the building and who they are dealing with. I also liked how Darcy was looking into the future and making plans of what to do next as his club will surely be riddled with bullet holes and fire damage, it really seemed to catch me the right way. A nice and dark film that will keep you guessing if the band is doing the right thing by staying hidden or if they should listen to the man on the other side of the door and possibly make it out alive, on his word of course.

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