BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

renee-844-417622 When Nicholas Hope appeared on the big screen with a demonic smile that would rival Jack Nicholson in The Shining, the audience went nuts.And so does the image of a Glad-Wrapped cat. That dead feline co-starred with Hope in the award-winning in Rolf de Heer's 1993 brilliant shock flick Bad Boy Bubby which won AFI Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor and Best Director.So it's great to see Hope return to a black comedic horror - again with something to say and this time it's about the everyday slavery happening right across the modern world.He plays Thomas Reddman – the Regional Manager of Redd Inc and he's the star of this next cult film set to be a future hit. It puts a whole new macabre slant on Groundhog Day and provides great social commentary on what it means to work in order to stay alive. Redd is a convicted serial killer known as The Headhunter who hacks to death bad CEOS, corporate pigs and fat cats that probably should be Glad-Wrapped. He breaks out of the asylum that imprisons him, kidnaps the people whose contribution in court got him convicted and forces them to find the real killer and thus, clear his name. He chains them to desks in front of computers in a cube farm, welcomes with a creepy 'hello workers… ' then orders them to 'get back to work!'Never have these words been so insidious, formidable and funny.First world countries claim to have abolished slavery. That is not true. Go to any corporate office and check out the cube farms – cramped conditions, mindless repetitive movement and the endless processing of red tape. The reality is first world countries just changed the word 'slavery' to other words such as 'mortgage'. Timed dunny breaks, clocking on, clocking off, that feeling of being chained to a desk doing pointless, menial tasks designed to keep unnecessarily complicated workflows in perpetual motion – this work 'ethic' is forced on many people who need money to afford the basics of food and shelter in the affluent world.Welcome to capitalism - a term that is a reminder of the sign over Auschwitz 'Work Makes One Free' – as long as you work yourself to death.Tom Savini is a US makeup and SFX artist as well as an actor and has a great history dating back to (and beyond) the greatest social comment on modern life at the time – Romero's Dawn Of The Dead (1978). It was a great joy to see no CGI but real, physical special effects like the way Romero does them. And this is why Redd Inc is best seen in a cinema first. Horror movie buffs like seeing their genre of choice on a big screen first and at least once. In the olden days, people went to church to worship gods, they broke bread and connected with other like-minded folk in the local community.Horror buffs do the same. They congregate at the altar of the silver screen, they share popcorn and absorb the sermon coming from on high. Complete strangers connect with groans and screams and the hiding of the eyes behind the hands. It's exciting and thrilling and scary and a divine experience all rolled into one.Redd Inc delivers this divinity.While abiding by certain horror conventions – it also breaks new ground with story twists and turns that elevate this film into the highest echelon of the genre.The soundtrack is superb, the editing seamless, the direction sublime. Dan Krige is the director who took the script by Anthony O'Connor and Jonathon Green and gave it a modern visual style that feels like it has moved the genre forward. The script itself is laugh-out-loud and suitably gruesome as office life often is.When Romero's Dawn Of The Dead was released in 1978, it predicted a time when people would work for money on weekdays then be drawn to giant shopping malls on weekends to spend that money as a form of entertainment and relaxation – and he accurately depicted this prophecy with zombies.Around that same era, the Ozploitation genre was in full swing with classics such as Turkey Shoot and Dead End Drive In with Mad Max being the most famous and successful of all Aussie genre films. And when filmmaking special effects surged ahead with the explosion of technology in the 90s, the horror and sci-fi genres enjoyed a renaissance. Stories were easier to tell because improbable worlds became fully realistic on the big screen. And Ozploitation has enjoyed its own evolutionary leap. Since 2003 the Saw franchise has racked up several films making Jigsaw a very successful and sought-after villain who has generated millions of dollars. But here's the difference – Redd Inc is funny.Redd Inc is one of the smartest films of its genre and worth seeing on big and small screens everywhere. It'll sure give you a different view of modern human resources and a disturbingly accurate one too.

politehere I just finished watching the movie. It wasn't one of those serious slasher films. Even though I've seen innumerable horror movies, the movie still made me cringe. It is sure to make some of the audience want to cover their eyes during some killing scenes, which is not necessarily a bad thing. The movie was explicit about showing minor yet disturbing enough torture scenes, but seemed to deliberately censor the major ones, which is understandable given the fact that it wasn't meant to be a torture movie. The gore is not over the top and it is only there to contribute to the story progression. It is more of a detective movie, mixed with some joker-type madness, which slightly takes away from the seriousness of the violent scenes, and somehow makes you keep watching even if it makes you uncomfortable. You're going to watch a bunch of people trapped in a single location trying to work their way out. This means much of your time will be spent watching the characters have lengthy conversations with one another in order to solve a murder case. The movie is a mix of detective, torture, and comedy genres. I'm not into comedy movies, but it kind of made this movie more appealing. If it didn't have that funny feeling to it, I might have got bored due to it resembling many other movies of this type. I must say the story is very original and that alone makes this movie worth watching, although I'm pretty sure for most of you out there it's going to be a one-time watch only.

Michael 'Hallows Eve' Smillie This film was quite well done and with great special effects by Tom Savini, the movie is really good. The story has some similarities to some of the SAW movies with its kidnap/torture scenes, but thats where the similarities stop as it gets you guessing and thinking that maybe Redd is not the killer. But you can never rule him out after the things he does to his kidnapped victims. Nicholas Hope (who also starred in BAD BOY BUBBY) plays the role of the disgruntled boss very well, you want to hate him but with the underlying fact that he may be innocent, you also want to believe him. So you are torn between what looks like the truth and what could be the a lie. There is a bit of a twist to it but if you look for the clues you can almost work it out before you get to it. But apart from that this is a great little movie. I give it a solid 8 out of 10. Recommended.

chrismurphys I was invited to a preview of Redd Inc intending to leave early. I held both arms of the seat throughout. It's grisly but it's also very well written. I've been a Criminal Lawyer 40yrs and seen much of psychopaths and cruelty. This movie nails it. Surprised at negative reviews. My favorite movie of this genre since Cape Fear! See it. The movie dwells on the allegedly wrongful conviction of Nicholas Hope for a murder in an elevator.I truly was taken by surprise and won't spoil the ending. Suffice to say that it has been my long experience in many homicide cases,more than 300, that there is nothing more wronged than a criminal who is falsely accused of even the slightest crime amongst all their evil deeds merrily committed. Nicholas Hope embarks on revenge and the examination of all those that contributed to the errors that had him locked away for a crime he says he didn't commit. Hey, I'm used to horrible people but this guy is something else!