The Belko Experiment

2016 "Just another day at the office."
6.2| 1h29m| R| en
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A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown voice to participate in a twisted game.

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LouHomey From my favorite movies..
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
jackastrodude The pace of story was weak at first, the concept of the idea had great potential, but the outcome of the whole thing ended poorly. There was more whining than there was killing. When I heard about this movie, I was kind of picturing Would you rather meets Saw. In conclusion, the movie itself performed poorly
Mike Fitzgerald There's something vaguely 80's about this movie - a time when you could still get a fair bit of money to make a film with no purpose, and stand a decent chance of it making it in front of a few people. The violence, of which there is a staggering, ugly amount, is very of the moment, but not in any considerate or thoughtful way. This is a profoundly thoughtless movie, with a few good actors struggling to find something to cling onto - but in a movie with no point, and no message, nothing but brutality and a camera that lingers over pain, they never find it. This film made me feel really bad. I'm sad that I watched it. The trailer was cut like it was a dark comedy, and there's just...nothing even vaguely amusing about this. It's not even imaginative horrible violence and cruelty, you've seen it all before, and the direction flops between explicit, Raimi-esque fountains of blood and people dying because they got bopped in the head. It's miserable, and you can find something better to watch.
Scott LeBrun John Gallagher, Jr. ('The Newsroom', "10 Cloverfield Lane") stars in this attempted satire / bloodbath, referred to in one quote as "Office Space" meets "Battle Royale". He plays Mike Milch, just one of 80 employees working in an American corporate office in Bogota, Colombia. (Just what it it that this company actually does, nobody knows.) One day, the regular security detail is gone, and a disembodied voice (Gregg Henry) informs the people in this heavily isolated building that they have now been placed in a genuine do or die situation. The building is sealed off, and now these office drones are ordered to either start killing each other, or get the "tag" implanted in each persons' head to be detonated.This is nothing we haven't seen before, to be honest. Written and co-produced by James Gunn ("Slither", "Guardians of the Galaxy"), who was originally set to direct, it's yet another examination of human behaviour. More to the point, it's the portrayal of human beings under extreme stress. Who has what it takes to survive? Who's willing to murder other people non-stop in order to ensure their own survival? As Gunns' story plays out, some people naturally consider their lives more important, and panic is pretty much the order of the day. Mike is one of the few individuals who tries to keep a level head.Directed by Greg McLean of "Wolf Creek" and "Rogue" fame, "The Belko Experiment" may be patently unpleasant and ridiculous, but it's never, ever boring. One problem is that with so few characters for whom one can actually root, the viewer is likely to end up wanting to see EVERYBODY meet a glorious, hideous demise. But who, knows, that may have been the point. The movie is certainly good for some non-think, over the top, visceral mayhem with tons of digital splatter. It wastes little time, beginning the story proper with just a bare few introductions to characters.Say what you will about the characters involved: this viewer had to develop a grudging respect for the head honcho played by Tony Goldwyn ("Ghost"), who adopts an utterly ruthless attitude and racks up an impressive kill count.Other familiar faces include the always reliable John C. McGinley ('Stan Against Evil') and Michael Rooker (the latter a Gunn regular, as is Henry), as well as Rusty Schwimmer ("Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday") and Abraham Benrubi ('E.R.').Punctuated by some amusing black humour, "The Belko Experiment" managed to keep this viewer interested despite the familiar scenario.Six out of 10.
Thanos Karagioras "The Belko Experiment" is a thriller horror movie in which we watch a social experiment taking place in an American corporate office in Bogota of Colombia. This social experiment is very simple, you have to kill and not be killed by someone else. The winner would be the last survivor. I have to admit that I expected more from this movie and that's why I was disappointed by it. It's a bad copy of "Battle Royale" and "The Hunger Games" due to its low budget and an average cast. Of course, the main difference is that it takes place in an office and on an island. Despite that, I liked the interpretations of John C. McGinley who played Wendell Dukes and John Gallagher Jr. who played Mike Milch. The direction which was made by Greg McLean was average due to the lack of twists and a good plot. To sum up, I believe that "The Belko Experiment" is an average movie with a poor plot and not many good scenes. If you have high expectations from this movie it would be good to reconsider watching it if you want to watch a movie just to spend your time then this is your movie.