"‘The Belko Experiment’ Review: A Bad Day at the Office" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Mar 2017 3:45 p.m. PST |
"The best and only good thing I can say about Greg McLean's The Belko Experiment is that it provides a greater appreciation for Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale. Both films deal with innocent people being forced to kill their peers or be killed themselves, but whereas Battle Royale works valiantly to make sure you care about its ensemble cast and provides just enough of a sci-fi barrier to make the violence bearable, The Belko Experiment is a nonstop parade of ugliness masquerading as insight. Working from a script by James Gunn, McLean wants a film that can both horrify and titillate his audience, but all he can do is churn our stomachs with nihilistic violence. The employees at Belko Industries in Bogota, Columbia are about to be subject to an experiment. A voice over the loudspeaker informs them that they must kill their fellow employees or face the consequences. The consequences are tiny explosives in the back of their heads that were placed there under the pretense of being tracking devices to protect employees from kidnapping. At first, the employees wonder if this is a sick prank, but once people's heads start exploding, they realize they've been stuck in a utilitarian nightmare where 30 people must die or the experimenters will kill 60 at random…"
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| nazrat | 15 Mar 2017 4:39 p.m. PST |
No surprise there-- the trailers on TV gave me adequate warning that this one was a blood soaked sadistic stinker of a movie. |
| The G Dog | 17 Mar 2017 5:26 a.m. PST |
Why watch this. I already have a day job. |
| Tango01 | 17 Mar 2017 11:01 a.m. PST |
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| Mithmee | 17 Mar 2017 4:47 p.m. PST |
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