Green Room rated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language, and some drug content ***spoilers***

I was curious about this movie but a little nervous because I'm not generally keen on torture porn movies and this looked like it might be a torture porn movie.  Then I was strongly urged to see this film by an acquaintance who has excellent taste in films for the most part.

This film opens with a punk rock band called the Ain't Rights who are on tour.  The Ain't Rights consists of Pat (played by Anton Yelchin), Reece (played by Joe Cole, Sam (played by Alia Shawkat) and Tiger (played by Callum Turner.   After a gig doesn't work out for them, their contact Tad (played by David W. Thompson)  recommends them to another gig where his cousin Daniel (played by Mark Webber) works in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest.  The catch of playing at this gig is that the show is at a neo-Nazi/skinhead bar.  The band is put off but willing to play because they need the money to get back home.

After their set, Pat witnesses a violent act that happened in the green room (hence the title).  A young woman named Emily (played by Taylor Tunes) from another band has been murdered by her bandmate  Werm (played by Brent Werzner).  Emily's friend Amber (played by Imogen Poots) urges Pat to call the police which gets the rest of the Ain't Rights involved.

The Ain't Rights are forced to go back into the green room with Amber while the owner of the establishment, a man named Darcy (played by Patrick Stewart) and his group decide what to do to "fix" the situation.

So a vicious bloody fight for survival ensues between the Ain't Rights and Amber versus the neo-Nazis.

The story and the characters were so well written that I can understand why anyone would recommend this film to anyone else.  The cinematography was well done as well.

While it is violent and gory, I wouldn't consider this a proper torture porn film only because it isn't as bad as true torture porn films that I have seen where the violence is more for the sake of violence and pushing the envelope so to speak.  The violence in this film is in your face but it is executed very well and within reason.

I liked that this film depicted people and a scene that most people aren't familiar with.  All of the characters in this film were multi-faceted, some perhaps more than others but none of them were caricatures which I would imagine is hard to do given the subject matter.

If you aren't keen on violence, you probably shouldn't watch this movie.  But, if you are the least bit curious, I would definitely recommend checking out this film sooner than later.