On a tour of the US in a beat-up van, down-on-their-luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights agree to a last-minute gig in a backwoods Oregon roadhouse. After finishing their set in the no-name skinhead club, the band members stumble on a murder scene and are targeted by the club owner determined to eliminate all witnesses. The terrified musicians barricade themselves backstage to buy time for an escape attempt.
The rising star of American cinema Jeremy Saulnier’s new movie about punk rockers who lock horns with a violent white-supremacist gang takes us on a vertiginous roller coaster of violence and dark humour.
"This is blunt-force narrative, meant to be experienced viscerally, in your guts, and the clash between the out-of-town punks and the local neo-Nazis was merely a jumping-off point. As the plot develops and the situation spirals out of control, the ideology and affiliations that set the stage for conflict are completely stripped away. I didn't want it to be about politics, I wanted it to be about momentum." (Jeremy Saulnier)
Jeremy Saulnier
Born in Alexandria (Virginia, USA), Saulnier studied at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He directed the award-winning short Crabwalk, and Murder Party, his debut feature. His second film, Blue Ruin, won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Directors’ Fortnight section at Cannes. Saulnier also shoots and directs spots for clients such as Kraft Foods, IBM, Viacom and the NHL.
filmography
1998 Goldfarb (short)
2004 Crabwalk (short)
2007 Murder Party
2013 Blue Ruin
2015 Green Room