April 26, 2017

The Belko Experiment. A short review.


Ever worked in an office? Ever dealt with office politics? Ever wanted to break a keyboard off a co-workers head? This is the film for you.

An office full of workers in Bogota Colombia find themselves locked in and told that they must kill their co-workers or die themselves. That's it. That's the plot. Nice and simple and brutally effective.

If you look for subtlety and nuance in your films, look elsewhere but if you want blacker than black comedy and savage violence after a long day at work this is your only man. One thing this film does very well though is it takes its time to introduce the large cast of characters, so we know who's who and actually give a damn when the red stuff begins to flow copiously. John C. McGinley steals the show as a frightenly recognisable office loop de loop.

A mix of Battle Royale and The Purge, this is fun, nasty stuff that moves like a ferrari. Avoid if you are anyway squeamish.






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