Completed in 2013, The Green Inferno originally had a 2014 theatrical release planned before the production company's financial woes caused it to be pushed another year. It finally got a release in September of this year, where it opened to a lot of mixed reviews. I finally got a chance to see the film myself and found it to be a little overhyped, but enjoyable nonetheless. 

This is basically Eli Roth's homage to classic Italian cannibal films like Cannibal Holocaust, which is reportedly one of his favorite flicks. The title, The Green Inferno, is actually an alternate title to the sequel (in name only), which confused some fans into thinking this may be a remake of some sort. Despite the similarities, this is Roth's own take on the forgotten sub-genre.

The story follows a group of young student activists from the city looking to make a difference by traveling to a remote area in the Amazon, where they hope to protest the destruction of the rain forest. Instead, their private plane crashes and they find themselves imprisoned and individually killed by a local tribe with a taste for human flesh (uh-oh). The movie sees our leads stuck in a wooden cage, where the remaining survivors have to find a way out before the tribe gets hungry again.

The flick is a little slow-going for the first 30 minutes while we're introduced to all the characters that we learn to hate (there are almost no likable people here). After that point the group gets to the rain forest and things move at a steady pace, especially when the pesky locals get a hold of them.

Aside from some gory deaths during the crash, the best and most memorable deaths would be at the hands of the tribe, specifically early on where one person gets it REALLY bad. It was a well done scene that offered some great practical effects and proved to be one of the goriest deaths I've seen in a while. Unfortunately that's pretty much where the sensational gore ends. Yes there's another scene later where someone gets torn apart, but it's nowhere near as gory or last quite as long, which is a little disappointing since I was expecting this to be a gorefest.

Going into more negative territory, the acting is pretty bad at times, specifically from one actress who looked like a strung out zombie the entire time (luckily she isn't in the movie much). There's also a few instances where some terrible CG is used, but next to those few moments it was mostly practical. Also, as standard with Eli Roth sometimes, we got some quick random bits of humor (whether intentional or not) which wasn't necessarily bad, but kind of took me out of the movie. Regardless of all the little issues I had, the pic kept my interest and I enjoyed the gore it did offer, even if it wasn't as much as I was expecting.

Though a little overhyped (especially in the gore department) I found The Green Inferno to be a fairly entertaining flick. Sure it has its share of flaws, but if you go in expecting nothing more than a simple story and some solid gore then you won't be disappointed.