Severance (2006)

Director: Christopher Smith

Writer: James Moran, Christopher Smith

Tagline: Another bloody office outing.

Actors: Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay, Tim McInnerny, Laura Harris, Danny Dyer, David Gilliam, Juli Drajkó, Judit Viktor

Runtime: 1h 36m

Category: British, Comedy, Slasher

Synopsis: Palisade is an international arms dealer who has awarded six sales reps with a weekend retreat of “team building.” They find their “luxury accommodations,” which looks like an old war-time detention center. Unfortunately for them…it was! Now the war criminals that were put there by Palisade many years ago are out to get them. Can they escape the guerilla terrorists, or will they become the next notch in the long rope of Palisade liabilities?

Review: I came into this film without any knowledge of its story. I was actually very impressed with most of the movie; the blood use was well done, the acting was good and the plot was original. Those Brits can really make a horror comedy can’t they? I found it on my torrent site I use (Demonoid.com) and decided to give it a try. I really enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. It was well done and well executed…and funny as hell! Not as funny as Shaun of the Dead (2004) but most Brit movies aren’t. Anyway, I would suggest you go out and pick this one up…you won’t be sorry!

Rating: 22. I loved almost everything about this movie. I could have done with a little more torture of the terrorists but that’s just me. The revenge of Maggie and Steve against the terrorists was cool…but I wanted a bit more angry revenge. Don’t get me wrong, the big rock to the head was nice…but I would have liked to see one of the terrorists get gutted or something like that. Anyway…excellent movie! (22of25).