Film Review: Belko Experiment
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Cert: 18
Cert: 18
Director: Greg McLean
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Starring: John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, Melonie Diaz, Owain Yeoman, Sean Gunn, Brent Sexton, Josh Brener, David Dastmalchian, David Del Rio, Gregg Henry , Michael Rooker, Rusty Schwimmer, Gail Bean
Running time: 1h 29min
Parents advised reading before viewing a film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A woman unbuttons her blouse, showing her bra and offering sex to a man in exchange for her life. He declines and breaks her neck. No nudity is shown.
Violence & Gore: Pervasive bloody violence and gore throughout the film.
Numerous characters have their heads exploded from the inside out by remotely detonated trackers. Blood splatters and their open head wounds are visible.
A man cuts into the back of his own head with a box cutter to try to remove the tracker. The wound bleeds all over his shirt.
A room full of people are forced to line up in front of a wall and a man begins shooting them one by one, execution style.
A man traps several people in a room and stabs them all to death with a meat cleaver. Very bloody and brutal.
A woman kills a man by hacking into his head with an axe. Lots of blood and several shots of his mutilated face.
A man has part of his skull caved in by a wrench. The disturbing wound is very visible. He stands in a daze for a moment before falling down dead.
A woman kicks off from a wall while fighting an attacker on her back. The attacker's head is impaled on three protruding nails and he falls over dead.
A man is crushed by an elevator. We hear his bones crunching and his body twitches violently before death.
A man twists a woman's head around, breaking her neck instantly.
A woman slashes a man's leg and hands with a paper slicer she uses like a machete.
A man is stabbed in the abdomen and left to bleed out in a stairwell.
A woman is instantly shot in the forehead after an elevator door opens.
A woman burns to death after a Molotov cocktail explodes at her feet.
Two men are shot to death while trying to kill another man.
A man is shot in the chest three times, dying instantly.
A woman slowly bleeds out after being shot in the chest.
Several characters are shot to death, either after being targeted or hit by happenstance.
A man is shot in the hand and the wound is visible for the rest of the film.
An anxious man tries to rinse blood out of his hair after a woman is brutally killed in front of him.
A woman helps a man stitch a wound in his head.
Corpses are seen on the floor in many shots.
The final two men alive fight to the death with their fists and various weapons until one is finally bludgeoned to death with a tape dispenser.
Mike hides explosives in the pockets of everyone he meets after "winning" the game. The explosions killed several people. He shoots and kills everyone who does not die instantly.
Mike hides explosives in the pockets of everyone he meets after "winning" the game. The explosions killed several people. He shoots and kills everyone who does not die instantly.
Profanity: Strong language is present in the entire film, including terms like "f*ck" and "shit".
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A man smokes a joint and blows the smoke into a vent to hide it. Later, he shares a joint with two other characters. At least one character is high for the entirety of the film.
Lots of burnt out cigarettes are visible in a woman's car.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Several killings happen out of the blue and intentionally take the audience by surprise.
Characters' heads explode from the inside out with little to no warning. It's tense, bloody, and very disturbing.
Story: In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed
Likes : Went into this film not expecting much from the film and know this was written by guardian of the galaxy director I expected something good out of this film, from the general direction of this film is one of those idea films that people come up with that been put to script which is pretty messed up.
The main plot is pretty simple to follow it doesn't take a lot of thinking of whats going, as the film pretty much explains itself. 90 people on a routine day of work in an office building in the middle of now where to find them self in the middle of some sick twist experiment in human behaviour, the ruthlessness of the guy give the orders make this a very brutal and bloodthirsty film.
One thing this film does is gets away without having the main villain as it a free for all battle royal, saw and purge role in to one film as the office staff are forced to do the unthinkable, this is where you see the true nature of the human race when force in a corner its everyone for themselves.
It a film that most everyone has seen before but with Guns writing this film had a bit more edge, give the audience an entertaining film throughout even though it was messed up Gunn's script establishes a firm balance between action, horror and organic comedy.
The body count is extremely high throughout this film, what it doesn't do is reveal who gonna die as it just throw's the death's unexpected in your face which gives the shock value of the film -- most of them on screen -- and the blood and gore is the plentiful and extremely well-crafted area.
It wisely doesn't linger on and there are no off-putting moments although a few brutal scenes that don't these drawn-out torture scenes. Bear in mind, a few of the most audience-pleasing kills are exceptionally squishy, as you see blood splatter the walls.
There isn't really much I could say about this film as the film pretty much explains itself, but a question to the audience have you seen this film, what did you think of it? Do you think the film could have done better or do you think it was ok?
Dislikes : There are a few missed opportunities missed where the film could've been done in a certain direction, it does feel a little short in places special with the ending which is a blatant sequel set up, so maybe with the next film, if there is one the writing on the script would be a little better.
Overall: Bloodthirsty idea script film that pushes the boundary to the max, great acting.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.6 out of 10 for the concept.
Screenwriter: James Gunn
Starring: John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley, Melonie Diaz, Owain Yeoman, Sean Gunn, Brent Sexton, Josh Brener, David Dastmalchian, David Del Rio, Gregg Henry , Michael Rooker, Rusty Schwimmer, Gail Bean
Running time: 1h 29min
Parents advised reading before viewing a film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity: A woman unbuttons her blouse, showing her bra and offering sex to a man in exchange for her life. He declines and breaks her neck. No nudity is shown.
Violence & Gore: Pervasive bloody violence and gore throughout the film.
Numerous characters have their heads exploded from the inside out by remotely detonated trackers. Blood splatters and their open head wounds are visible.
A man cuts into the back of his own head with a box cutter to try to remove the tracker. The wound bleeds all over his shirt.
A room full of people are forced to line up in front of a wall and a man begins shooting them one by one, execution style.
A man traps several people in a room and stabs them all to death with a meat cleaver. Very bloody and brutal.
A woman kills a man by hacking into his head with an axe. Lots of blood and several shots of his mutilated face.
A man has part of his skull caved in by a wrench. The disturbing wound is very visible. He stands in a daze for a moment before falling down dead.
A woman kicks off from a wall while fighting an attacker on her back. The attacker's head is impaled on three protruding nails and he falls over dead.
A man is crushed by an elevator. We hear his bones crunching and his body twitches violently before death.
A man twists a woman's head around, breaking her neck instantly.
A woman slashes a man's leg and hands with a paper slicer she uses like a machete.
A man is stabbed in the abdomen and left to bleed out in a stairwell.
A woman is instantly shot in the forehead after an elevator door opens.
A woman burns to death after a Molotov cocktail explodes at her feet.
Two men are shot to death while trying to kill another man.
A man is shot in the chest three times, dying instantly.
A woman slowly bleeds out after being shot in the chest.
Several characters are shot to death, either after being targeted or hit by happenstance.
A man is shot in the hand and the wound is visible for the rest of the film.
An anxious man tries to rinse blood out of his hair after a woman is brutally killed in front of him.
A woman helps a man stitch a wound in his head.
Corpses are seen on the floor in many shots.
The final two men alive fight to the death with their fists and various weapons until one is finally bludgeoned to death with a tape dispenser.
Mike hides explosives in the pockets of everyone he meets after "winning" the game. The explosions killed several people. He shoots and kills everyone who does not die instantly.
Mike hides explosives in the pockets of everyone he meets after "winning" the game. The explosions killed several people. He shoots and kills everyone who does not die instantly.
Profanity: Strong language is present in the entire film, including terms like "f*ck" and "shit".
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A man smokes a joint and blows the smoke into a vent to hide it. Later, he shares a joint with two other characters. At least one character is high for the entirety of the film.
Lots of burnt out cigarettes are visible in a woman's car.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: Several killings happen out of the blue and intentionally take the audience by surprise.
Characters' heads explode from the inside out with little to no warning. It's tense, bloody, and very disturbing.
Story: In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed
Likes : Went into this film not expecting much from the film and know this was written by guardian of the galaxy director I expected something good out of this film, from the general direction of this film is one of those idea films that people come up with that been put to script which is pretty messed up.
The main plot is pretty simple to follow it doesn't take a lot of thinking of whats going, as the film pretty much explains itself. 90 people on a routine day of work in an office building in the middle of now where to find them self in the middle of some sick twist experiment in human behaviour, the ruthlessness of the guy give the orders make this a very brutal and bloodthirsty film.
One thing this film does is gets away without having the main villain as it a free for all battle royal, saw and purge role in to one film as the office staff are forced to do the unthinkable, this is where you see the true nature of the human race when force in a corner its everyone for themselves.
It a film that most everyone has seen before but with Guns writing this film had a bit more edge, give the audience an entertaining film throughout even though it was messed up Gunn's script establishes a firm balance between action, horror and organic comedy.
The body count is extremely high throughout this film, what it doesn't do is reveal who gonna die as it just throw's the death's unexpected in your face which gives the shock value of the film -- most of them on screen -- and the blood and gore is the plentiful and extremely well-crafted area.
It wisely doesn't linger on and there are no off-putting moments although a few brutal scenes that don't these drawn-out torture scenes. Bear in mind, a few of the most audience-pleasing kills are exceptionally squishy, as you see blood splatter the walls.
There isn't really much I could say about this film as the film pretty much explains itself, but a question to the audience have you seen this film, what did you think of it? Do you think the film could have done better or do you think it was ok?
Dislikes : There are a few missed opportunities missed where the film could've been done in a certain direction, it does feel a little short in places special with the ending which is a blatant sequel set up, so maybe with the next film, if there is one the writing on the script would be a little better.
Overall: Bloodthirsty idea script film that pushes the boundary to the max, great acting.
Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.6 out of 10 for the concept.
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