#18 - Severance
Still got the headache-migraine thing.
So, last year I reviewed Creep as part of the Blogathon, and this year I'm reviewing the director's second film.
A group of employees for a munitions/weapons manufacturing company are travelling round Europe on what seems to be a combination of travelling sales conference and reward for good sales. Unfortunatly, they end up lost in the woods of some Eastern European country and end up mistaking a deserted house for the hotel they're meant to be staying at. Only the house isn't deserted - it's home to a group of rather deranged former Special Forces men, who dislike unexpected visitors so much that they have human-hand pie in the freezer, sniper platforms in the trees and a whole clearing full of bear traps, among other things.
This is actually quite an amusing film, in an utterly black sort of way. It's not as viscerally disturbing as Creep was, although it does have its moments - the bear trap scene being one of them - and it does do its best to protray the characters as realistically as possible when you consider that most o them are also supposed to be stereotypes of the types of co-workers you might love to hate. On the other hand, it also tries to have too much backstory which neither seems to pay off or even seem to be necessary in the end...
So, last year I reviewed Creep as part of the Blogathon, and this year I'm reviewing the director's second film.
A group of employees for a munitions/weapons manufacturing company are travelling round Europe on what seems to be a combination of travelling sales conference and reward for good sales. Unfortunatly, they end up lost in the woods of some Eastern European country and end up mistaking a deserted house for the hotel they're meant to be staying at. Only the house isn't deserted - it's home to a group of rather deranged former Special Forces men, who dislike unexpected visitors so much that they have human-hand pie in the freezer, sniper platforms in the trees and a whole clearing full of bear traps, among other things.
This is actually quite an amusing film, in an utterly black sort of way. It's not as viscerally disturbing as Creep was, although it does have its moments - the bear trap scene being one of them - and it does do its best to protray the characters as realistically as possible when you consider that most o them are also supposed to be stereotypes of the types of co-workers you might love to hate. On the other hand, it also tries to have too much backstory which neither seems to pay off or even seem to be necessary in the end...