The Green Inferno

I don't know, Eli Roth misses more than hits with me. Roth loves to dive headfirst into torture porn, and, after a while, it ceases to be shocking and is just annoying, and this film is no exception to that pattern. The sheer brutality of the violence here wasn't necessary to get the viewer to feel afraid and trapped. If anything, I became so disengaged by the violence that I started to tune out. The plot is so full of holes it's ridiculous and very hard to take seriously. However, I will say that the direction of the film is solid and the acting surprisingly good for this kind of film. Overall, I found this shock flick engaging but not really good per se. 3/5

The Green Inferno on Netflix

Knock Knock

I think Eli Roth lost it some years back. I can't remember the last time he made a movie with a coherent plot and a meaningful story line. This movie falls apart when the change occurs a half hour in. Without saying much, Keanu Reeve's character simply wouldn't do what he did. It's not in the character that we meet a the beginning of the film. Furthermore, even had he done what he did, what happens over the last half hour of the film makes anything he did pale in comparison. I'm sorry, but I'm not buying what Roth is selling here. Yeah, maybe people eat free pizza, but it's not really the same thing, is it? Add to this that Keanu did his usually terrible acting job, and this was over before it started. 2.5/5

Knock Knock on Netflix