Severance

2006 "The Company Is Making Cutbacks"
6.4| 1h36m| R| en| More Info
Released: 19 May 2006 Released
Producted By: Qwerty Films
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.severancefilm.com
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Members of the Palisades Defense Corp. sales group arrive in Europe for a team-building exercise. A fallen tree blocks the route, and they must hike to their destination. However, a psychotic killer lurks in the woods, and he has a horrible fate in mind for each of the co-workers.

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Christopher Smith

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Qwerty Films

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Severance Audience Reviews

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
dacksonflux It is violent. It is horror. It is comedy. With that being said, I think it's comical when people complain that the movie is what it claims to be.'It makes fun of scary things.' Why yes, it's a dark comedy.'The villains are too real to be properly made fun of.' Are you discouraging a film for having realistic antagonists? Your opinion is officially invalid.'The characters weren't very thoroughly developed.' Most of them die almost immediately, and I guess you've never had a job before.'I don't think it's funny when people get hurt.' My advice to you is, "Don't watch dark comedies."Did I personally find the movie funny? Of course, I did. I was actually hoping we'd see a hooker thrown into a wood-chipper, because I like dark humor.Did I think it was too scary? The movie had deliberately misplaced tension to mock its audience for getting scared. I found this to be cheeky, and well done.What of the rating? I think it would be higher if not for audience members too embarrassed to admit a comedy scared them."Shaun of the Dead" was a brighter, happier film despite it, in fact, being dark comedy.The movie in question here, "Severance," is at times, uncomfortable to watch. This is not due to poor execution or even bad writing (*cough cough* Suicide Squad *cough cough*), the discomfort stems from slightly more believable subject matter. Terrorists carving up vacationers in the forest is far more believable than mummy dearest taking on a zombie. I enjoyed the array of emotions I felt watching this film. Apparently, a few other audience members prefer a more 2-dimensional "rom-com" with a few zombies.*Bonus points for a truly entertaining heroine. I identified with that blonde bitch from the moment I saw her.
bradpmo Severance is a good example of what a film can be with low budget and brilliant directing and acting. From the first 5 minutes to the last you will be immersed in a laugh - out - loud horror comedy. The film is set in a grotty woodland area where a business team are having a team building weekend. After arriving at their temporary residence, strange things start to happen, and they start seeing things in amongst themselves. The funnier parts of the film only get more frequent towards the end, so make sure to keep watching. From paintballing to eating dinner, whatever this bunch of colleagues get up to, you will be rolling around on the floor. Very funny!
FlashCallahan A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of the multi-national weapons company Palisade Defence.They become the victims of a group of crazed killers who will stop at nothing to see them dead.....By any standards,this movie is a horror, but my gosh, its laugh out loud funny from beginning to end, and for all the right reasons.Smith has assembled a wonderful cast, and the characters they portray are the stereotypical people you see everyday at work. And this makes the movie all the more worthwhile.Half of the crew are abhorrent, and the other half you root for, so there's no prizes for guessing who survives, it's pretty clear from the beginning who is going to live.While its a funny movie, it's still pretty creepy in places, and the gore is brutal, but used sparingly, which comes as a refreshing surprise.Dyer is excellent, although he plays the same character in literally everything he does, his presence is wonderful in this, and complements the others skills.The rest of the cast are good also, McInnery is wonderful as the jobs worth team leader, and Harris as the girl power stereotype shines to.Its a wonderful alternative to all the gorenography that was released around the same time, and proves that Smith was no one hit wonder with Creep.
Neil Welch Good old team building exercises. The sales team gets sent to do some paintballing in a forest setting and after some amusing fallings out, inter-personal problems, and displays of dysfunctionality, that thing happens which is the worst thing which can happen on team building jaunts. Yes, you've got it - a man trap cuts off the leg of one of the members. And, as if that wasn't bad enough, someone kills their driver, chops the head off another team member, sets fire to... you get the picture.Severance, like From Dusk To Dawn, starts off in one genre and switches to another half way through. In both cases, the part-films work: the first half is genuinely funny and the second half (last man standing slasher movie) is violent, bloody and suspenseful.Weird but, of its odd kind, not at all bad.