The Green Inferno (2013)

A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Director:

Eli Roth

Writers:

Guillermo Amoedo (screenplay), Eli Roth (screenplay)

Stars:

Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lorenza Izzo	...	Justine
Ariel Levy	...	Alejandro
Daryl Sabara	...	Lars
Kirby Bliss Blanton	...	Amy
Magda Apanowicz	...	Samantha
Sky Ferreira	...	Kaycee
Nicolás Martínez	...	Daniel
Aaron Burns	...	Jonah
Ignacia Allamand	...	Kara
Ramón Llao	...	The Bald Headhunter
Richard Burgi	...	Charles
Matías López	...	Carlos
Antonieta Pari	...	The Village Elder
Tatiana Panaifo	...	Village Girl
Percy Chumbe	...	Guard Leader

Storyline

In New York, college student Justine joins a group of activists led by Alejandro and travels to Peru to protest against a timber industry that is destroying the Amazon rain forest. When the group is returning to civilization, the plane blows-up and crashes into the forest. Soon the survivors discover that they are not alone and they are abducted by a tribe of cannibals.

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Plot Keywords:

activist | amazon | environmentalist | color in title | brutality | 

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Taglines:

Justice will be served.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for aberrant violence and torture, grisly disturbing images, brief graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Chile Canada Spain

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

25 September 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Green Inferno

Filming Locations:

Santiago, Chile

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,520,626, 27 September 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$7,192,291, 5 November 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Worldview Entertainment, Dragonfly Entertainment, Sobras International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The third and final film of Eli Roth's trilogy entitled Travel & Punishment of unrelated horror films, beginning with Cabin Fever (2002 his directorial debut), continuing with Hostel I (2005) & II (2007 counted like Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill as one full length feature) and concluding with The Green Inferno (2013).

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Goofs

As Kara is walking away after helping Justine chain herself to a tree, her face mask is on her arm; seconds later it's hanging on her neck and she is proceeding to put it on. All the while Justine is calling her name because her lock isn't working, then Justine appears struggling, then back to Kara getting her cell phone out of her pocket, but the mask seems to have disappeared, then it goes back to Justine, again still struggling with her lock, then back to Kara holding her cell phone up and magically her mask is back on her face. All this in a matter of seconds.

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Quotes

Alejandro: Have you ever had fantasies of saving a tribe?

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Crazy Credits

"Made with the generous participation of the people of Callanayacu Peru. Thank you for welcoming us in your beautiful village. We look forward to dining with you again soon."

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Alternate Versions

In Singapore, the film was edited before it could be approved for release with an R21 rating. The distributor was made to remove an instance of strong graphic violence which the board felt was gratuitous; the scene in question occurs as the natives hold a man down and torture him cracking open his skull, removing his tongue and limbs, gouging his eyes out and severing his limbs. Without these cuts the film would have been refused classification.

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Connections

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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Soundtracks

I Will
Performed by Sky Ferreira
Written by Justin Raisen, Daniel Leonardo Nigro, Sky Ferreira and Ariel Rechtshaid
Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

"The Green Inferno" should please Eli Roth fans

A movie inspired by the ultra-violent 70's Italian cannibal movies seems perfect for a director like Eli Roth. If you're not a fan of his films already, this won't win you over, but if you his brutal, tongue-in-cheek horror, The Green Inferno is a perfectly serviceable gore-fest. The Green Inferno follows Justine, a freshman in college who joins a student activist group that plans to save the Amazon rain forest. But these guys aren't just all talk: they are going to go directly to a village in Peru to rescue it from impending bulldozers before the village is destroyed, and their mission is successful. They rejoice on the plane ride back home, but their celebration is short lived as the plane crashes somewhere in the vast sea of green. Soon enough, they are taken hostage by a cannibalistic tribe and must escape before they are turned into someone's next meal. Like Roth's previous films, The Green Inferno takes its time before unleashing hell on the victims. The crew doesn't actually encounter the cannibal tribe until about 45 minutes into the plot, so when the violence comes, it really packs a punch. You'll definitely want to finish your popcorn early. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't have much of a plot after the group gets captured, so a lot of it is focused on the gruesome death scenes. I have to give credit where it's due, though. There are some really hard to watch scenes in this, and that's exactly what this movie wants. However, what makes The Green Inferno not just your average torture porn flick is how stylish it is and some darkly funny writing. The humor does sometimes get a little unnecessary at times, but there are many times where I had a laugh with the movie. Mainstream audiences won't appreciate how it homages classic cannibal flicks, but Eli Roth fans should be satisfied with a suitably nasty descent into hell.