Mayhem

This is the story of a busy little worker bee in a corner office with no mug, stuck in a building hit with the ID-7 red eye virus. They should have called this movie Carnage instead of Mayhem. Even though it is labeled a comedy, the ‘humor’ is sarcastic with nary a laugh to be had. I can appreciate how snide this movie is but that’s about it. As for the ‘mayhem’ aspect…it came far too late. I was expecting more but it only gave me “not enough of anything.” Still, I did enjoy parts of it to justify the number of stars I gave it.

I thought this movie was great and a lot of fun to watch.

Mayhem is a movie that is very honest about the chaos humans create in the world whether in a primal or sophisticated manner. Derek may be a speck of the population used and abused by companies and how money and power may often be a goal, no matter the blood spilled. In a clear way, this is another movie of an underdog having the chance to kill off those who have wronged him and the end shows connection even in the ugliest of beginnings. Concept-wise, it was very riveting and the mental and physical tactics to fight within a corporation had some unique approaches. I loved the narration and characterization of some 'bosses'; the gore and special make up effects are amazing.There are some predictable moments and a few moments between clear thinking and primal rage. The virus trend itself felt like a natural selection approach as well as a 'get out of jail card as the conversation between the virus influencing the individuals or whether they wanted to do it and had the chance to.Also, for a virus that is fast acting and easily spreadable- how do you avoid it and why weren't there precautions? Granted after the past few years, the world learned a lot about human reactions to a pandemic. If only the issue only lasted a few hours.

The background action.

This film spends more time trying to be brutal than it does actually being brutal…and it spends too much time explaining itself. But, that said, I was entertained even if unimpressed.Director Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Chillerama, Knights of Badassdom) has an interesting background. He’s helmed a brutal and thematically over-the-top gorefest (i.e., incestuous cannibal hillbillies), a tremendously raunchy horror-comedy (complete with a giant monster sperm), and a geekcentric comedy (i.e., LARPing). During the opening sequence Mayhem’s tone deviates from The Belko Experiment (2016) with a more jocular tone as it introduces us to what is essentially a 28 Days Later (2002) rage virus—only this one has a time limit.From bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to a cold suit, Derek (Steven Yuen; The Walking Dead) narrates his climb up the corporate ladder along with a brief history of this red-eye virus which leads to, you guessed it, uncontrollable murderous rage. And guess what? The virus sneaks its way into this cut-throat corporate office building to melt away moral boundaries and edify what remains with rage during its 8-hour life (which makes no sense at all unless everyone is a genetic clone and has the exact same immune response after being infected/exposed at the exact same time). This odd time component creates a “Purge effect”—a time window during which mayhem is legally forgiven, and people behave accordingly to their incentives and desires.After the introductory scenes, the exposition of the dialogue becomes overkill. At times this is sort of funny, but most of the times it’s just plain annoying. I don’t recall thinking The Belko Experiment (2016) was particularly “tactful” in its storytelling. But, by comparison, Belko feels quite eloquent.Now infected and resenting his superiors, Derek teams up with Melanie (Samara Weaving; The Babysitter, Ash vs Evil Dead) to kill his way up the corporate ladder to the top floor. On their way they dispatch seven-figure suits nicknamed The Boss (Steven Brand; Demons, Teen Wolf), The Siren (Caroline Chikezie; Aeon Flux) and The Reaper (Dallas Roberts; The Grey, Shadow People, Tell Tale). The violence and blood are abundant. You can tell this film really wanted to be brutal… but it just wasn’t. Violent? Yes, very. But brutal? Not when compared to the likes of The Belko Experiment (2016) or The Purge (2013). Not even close. Not that it won’t be entertaining for fans of ultraviolent movies. People are beaten to death as their assailants cackle with blood dripping down their face. It just never made me wince.The major flaw in this film—what most kept it from being as fun as it could have been (for me, at least)—was that this movie couldn’t seem to decide exactly how this virus affects people. Not everyone’s morals break down as the scientist on TV dryly overexplains—at least, not consistently. Some infected people seem to have total control, some have odd temper tantrums, and some go zompacalyptically berserk with bloodlust. It’s almost like The Signal (2007) in how madness overtakes the infected. One minute someone is calculating and rationale, the next they are mindlessly rabid.Overall, I was left feeling many things. I was happy to see Steven Yuen step outside The Walking Dead while staying near horror; I was largely disappointed by the storytelling and dialogue while pleasantly surprised by the opening sequence and some of the general blood-lusted hysteria; and, I guess although I was not at all impressed, I was definitely entertained. Take from that what you will.

Fairly entertaining, but weak story, moderate action, and fun to watch.

THERE WASN'T ANY FUNNY SCENES OR GOOD DIALOGUE, JUST A STRAIGHT UP "WE HAVE TO AVOID THE CRAZIES AND GET REVENGE ON OUR BOSS. EVEN THE BABE WASN'T UTILIZED VERY WELL AND SHE'S GORGEOUS. THE ACTION HERO WAS WEAK AND LACKLUSTER.

When I get to five minutes of the movie, majority of the time I stop watching and leave. This way when I want to watch a good movie or try something new I don't watch GARBAGE!. A Resume at five minutes means the movie was GARBAGE, like MOST movies on Prime and Shudder. When I get to twenty minutes and leave the movie, it's because it's an excellent movie and I want to watch the movie with my wife. This is one of those movies, the kind of movie you would want to watch with your spouse or a friend, the kind you would recommend to someone! I call this movie a "20-Minute Preview."BTW - Other movies, movies that I've seen before and would watch again, or just enjoy watching on my own, become jumping points to movies suggested by others. What is wrong with that scenario that MOST of those movies you have to pay $4.00 to watch. These movies I call the great movies; they are the 9-star or10-star movies.9-star or 10-star movies are not included with Prime, nor Shudder. So, when it comes down to it, a Prime/Shudder member spends time/money to find a good 5-star movie, past the old schlock movies you can see for free on YouTube, past the Asian/Italian/Russian/Spanish movies you need subtitles to watch and were purchased by Hollywood for a dime... but you paid for as a proud member of Prime or Shudder.Bare all this in mind when you want to watch a movie series, when II and !V is included with Prime, and the rest you have to pay for... see Phantasm and Exorcist for example.

Remember now. to always smile when going to work. you never know what kind of day it’s going to be.this is office space from the Mayhem department.if you’ve seen Assault on Wall Street you’ll love this one too. has a very good story too.and always take your industrial Nail Gun with you cause you never know you might need the crownmolding fix.

Joe Lynch qui commença sa carrière par le 2eme volet de "détour mortel" (un des meilleurs) nous offre cette fois une comédie horrifique. Un virus s'attaque à la population et, outre le fait de donner un oeil rouge, décuple déchaine la violence des personnes atteintes. Gros manque de bol pour une multinationale du coin, un salarié du bas de l'échelle va se voir infecté le jour ou il est viré de son job. Ca aurait pu etre très bon car c'est relativement gore mais justement ça ne l'est pas assez. Quand on propose un délire on va au bout du sujet, incompréhensible de voir certains meurtres hors champ ou suggérés dans un film de ce type. Un peu trop tiède sur le coup le camarade Lynch. Sentence 2.5 / 5

This movie is a load of rubbish full of unnecessary violence virtually no story only gave 2 stars because glenn from walking dead was in it don't waste your money buying it

人間の理性や羞恥心を吹っ飛ばしてしまうという新種のウィルスがオフィスビルに蔓延！CDCによりビルは除染終了まで封鎖が決まりますが、ウィルスの感染爆発で阿鼻叫喚の地獄絵図に…。新種ウィルスの恐怖を描いたホラーコメディーです。何故かアルバトロス社は日本版Blu-rayを出していません。権利を買って、出せば売れそうなネタなのに、残念です。高画質、高音質で楽しみたいので、海外版Blu-rayを買いました(^_^;)特典はメイキングを収録しています。

Think a cross between Belko Experiment and Rec with some You're Next thrown in. It's got plenty of action, violence and humour and was way better than I thought it would be. A definite re-watch film.