The Belko Experiment (2016)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 88 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Greg McLean
Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona and John Gallagher Jr.
IMDb score:
6,2 (66.525)
Releasedate: 17 March 2016
The Belko Experiment plot
"Office Space Meets Battle Royale."
For the employees of the company "Belko Industries" it seems to be an ordinary day. This changes when they discover that they are part of a large, sinister experiment. They are ordered to kill each other. If they refuse, they will be killed themselves. The brain behind the experiment gives the employees assignments through sound boxes.
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Actors and actresses
Mike Milch
Barry Norris
Leandra Flores
Wendell Dukes
Dany Wilkins
Bud Melks
Keith McLure
Terry Winters
Marty Espenscheid
Vince Agostino
Reviews & comments
JoeyKijktFilms
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- 121 messages
- 832 votes
brutal,
Saw a film by this director before and was quite curious about this film that is 18+ in Germany. Still often curious about 18+ films that are usually entertaining and can grab my attention.
Starts out pretty OK and doesn't take long for the action to kick in either. Once the action is there, the suspense kicks in and I kept this suspense throughout the movie. Number of very brutal kills and also very bloody. I also started hating some of the characters at some point and I really hoped they were going to get a brutal payback and they did!
Special ending too. Really an ending where you could make a second part, but I think it's wise to stick to one part.
I had fun with this, highly recommended for people who like a brutal and gory film. Possibly one of the bloodiest movies I've seen!
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Collins
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- 7350 messages
- 4348 votes
The Belko Experiment, about a massacre of colleagues in an office building, offers uncompromising action and gives the viewer exactly what you would expect. Barring a few surprises in the story, the film shows little more than a collection of bloody murders. The film does this very consistently without the viewer being distracted by a background story. The investment in the characters is also superficial and does not distract from the brutal action with which the film is packed.
The film wastes little time with foreplay. After a short introduction of the characters, who are nicely stereotypically portrayed, things immediately go wild. The film shows predictable behavior of people who use their survival instincts, with some going over corpses. Because of the stereotyping, it is clear to the viewer from the start how his empathic capacity should be used.
The camera does not build up subtle tensions, but simply registers murders with the clinging moans and begging of victims. That happens in high frequency and quite detailed, with few pauses for breath and a lot of hectic. It is. The film uses a simple formula that works well.
So gross entertainment. Yet. I can not resist. Wouldn't there still be a message hidden somewhere between all that senseless violence? Does the film perhaps serve as a metaphor for the ease with which people can be seduced into docility when a higher power tells them to do so? Is the film perhaps an indictment of the ruthless capitalist system? Or does the film only want to satisfy the appetite of the blood-hungry audience? After meditating on it for a while, I go for the exploitation variant.
Beautiful. Are we out of there again? The Belko Experiment is just pointless entertainment. Pointless, but pleasant. Yes.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
Superficial, hysterical variant of Battle Royale in which the employees of Belko Industries are locked up in their company premises and are told that within a certain time 30 people have to die. For one reason or another, all employees have had a tracker incorporated into their heads. The mysterious game master threatens to explode those trackers if the participants in his deadly game don't complete their task in time.
A lack of humor and an excess of hysteria ensure that the empty story quickly starts to bore. Lots of bloodshed, zero depth. The big reveal at the end probably leaves you cold. But you'll never guess who draws the lottery ticket first!
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