Prime Video has just added one of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years

A modern spin on Assault on Precinct 13, the film features a Peaky Blinders star in one of the lead roles.

The film stars the late and great Anton Yelchin (Fright Night) as Pat, the bassist in the young and struggling US punk band, the Ain't Rights.

Finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour of the Pacific Northwest, the group are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, run-down club deep in the backwoods of Oregon.

What initially seems to be a third-rate gig is revealed to be something much more sinister. This is when the Ain't Rights discover that the bar is run by white supremacists.

After playing their show, the punk band witness a shocking act of violence backstage that they were not meant to see.

"Now trapped backstage, the band must face off against the club’s depraved owner, Darcy Banker (a terrifying, cast against type Patrick Stewart, X-Men), a man who will do anything to protect the secrets of his nefarious enterprise," the plot synopsis reads.

The rest of the Ain't Rights are played by Alia Shawkat (Arrested Development), Callum Turner (The Capture) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders), while the cast also includes Imogen Poots (Vivarium) and Macon Blair (Oppenheimer).

Made on a budget of just $5 million, Green Room puts a modern and timely spin on classic claustrophobic survival thrillers such as Assault on Precinct 13 and Southern Comfort.

The movie also punches above its weight thanks to its twisty plot, its thunderous pacing, its extremely hard-hitting if thoughtful depiction of violence, and its subtle strain of dark humour.

Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, you can read a sample of some of the rave reviews for Green Room below:

The Atlantic: "Scrape off the scum, and you'll find Green Room full of visual artistry, dark humour, smart writing, and glints of humanity."

Daily Telegraph (UK): "A pulverising piece of 70s-style grindhouse exploitation, stitched together from the body parts of John Boorman's classic Deliverance and John Carpenter's siege thriller Assault on Precinct 13."

Esquire: "The most hardcore film of the year, Green Room, is 95 minutes of pure, unbridled Mosh Pit Cinema."

Globe and Mail: "It's a delightfully cruel work of high tension, perfect in just how quickly and easily it gets under your skin."

Toronto Star: "It doesn't take a big budget and loads of special effects to create a genuinely scary movie. It just takes - as writer/director Jeremy Saulnier ably demonstrates in Green Room - an intriguing premise, a taut, sinewy script and a solid cast."

How to watch Green Room

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Green Room is now streaming in Ireland and the UK via Prime Video.