GREEN ROOM no stars

Dreadful. This so-called thriller about a punk band who witness a murder and then have to fight for their survival is irredeemably awful. It has a plot that makes absolutely no sense and bewilderingly bad performances from an otherwise decent cast. What's worse is that it generates no suspense but a fair amount of gore and a lot of noise and if that isn't bad enough it wastes whatever talent the late Anton Yelchin might have had, (he's totally miscast as a young punk), while Patrick Stewart should be thoroughly ashamed of himself for agreeing to appear in such trash. What's surprising is that writer/director Jeremy Saulnier had already shown his abilities with the excellent "Blue Ruin" so this marks a considerable come-down. We can only hope his new film "Hold the Dark" is an improvement or Saulnier's career is over before it's really begun.