This regular comedy works -at times- on multiple levels , the action scenes are pretty well and adequately mounted , but resulting in an average film. It belongs to a peculiar sub-genre : the horror office comedy . Desmond -Brenton Thwaites- is an underachiever working at Ammotech , a major weapons manufacturing firm with a lot of hard-working labourers . Desmond is an employee of a company whose employers don't appreciate him enough . Things go wrong when the corporate office clerk at a weapons factory discovers that an energy drink turns the co-workers into violent attackers , almost-zombies. Desmond finds himself in the verge of losing his job and also probably his life as supernatural forces begin to influence the company . As Desmond soon discovers Zolt, a popular energy drink created by the military , has turned his boss and coworkers into ominous killer beings . They are quarantined after a dangerous drink makes the infected lose their quietness or serenity . And Desmond and some colleagues must battle their way before time runs out. Desmond savagely fights nails and tooth to escape from zombies-alike and settle the score once and for all . However , little by little the bodies start piling up and lazy coworkers become paler , and more aggressive . Now Desmond must defeat his violent workplace pals before his life and career go from dead-end - to just dead .Work. It sucks the life out of you.
This terror comedy concerns a drink turning the employees into quasi zombies , containing thrills , chills , gory scenes and gallons of corny bloody spectacle . This film has enough comedic and acting bite to entertain enough and some sympathetic scenes have worthwhile watch. The plot is plain and simple , a mysterious and dangerous energetic drink causes chaos and mayhem , as the victims erupting throughout the office begin acting out their wildest impulses , and our starring must finally rise to the challenge in order to survive a building full of psychotic coworkers armed with the newest weaponry . The storyline is completely predictable but that doesn't flop at all , as there are enough lightweight laughs and zombies antics , to keep the story rolling along . Combining this with passable acting and you will have some diverting moments here and there . While it may not open with much glee , the unworldly struggle towards the end proves to be ludicrously fun . Provided , of course, you accept credentials of a "B" movie and associated a limited budget. Stars Brenton Thwaites giving a likable performance as a down on his luck worker who discovers a drink turning his coworkers into violent living dead , breaking the office stillness . There're some known faces in the cast , some of them newcomers , or veterans or with promising future , such as : Zachary Levi, Jane Levy , Karan Soni, Kurt Fuller and Gregg Henry . If you're in the mood for some zombie fun you could do a lot worse than this title . My advice watch it alongside other polished comedic zombie flicks for a evening chuckle worthy zombie fun.
The movie makes amusement of its characters in highly self-deprecating manner , definitely not your usual troupe to fight the undead . The entertainment begins as these mostly incompetent characters have to face not only their dreadful job, but the titular violent foes . It produces a hectic cynical parody that gets better as more blood is spilled . Script is middlingly written enough to be identifiable and the delivery from actors is often openly mocking both real as well as office life. There are lots of visual cues involved , which may be over-the-top yet strangely effectively humorous. The film is marketed as a mix between "Office Space" and "Shaun of the Dead" . As its pace and editing slightly resembles ¨Shaun of the Dead¨, both have dead-pan sarcastic delivery of dreadful events and following the style of the recent films as ¨Bloodsucking Bosses¨ (2015) by Brian James O'Connell are ¨Mayhem¨(2017) by Joe Lynch. The comparison is fair, "Office Space" definitely seems to have been an influence as well as¨Mayhem¨. And while this may not become the cult classic of either of those two , this Office Uprising (2018) is entertaining enough but far from those superior horror comedies . "Horror comedy" as a genre or subgenre is more challenging than it sounds . Some in recent years have been really nice , including "Tucker and Dale Versus Evil" and the aforementioned "Shaun", but many of them fail to deliver the goods . "Brutal Massacre", for example, was chock full of horror icons and tried to be an enjoyable comedy, but ends up rather flat, eventually failing in both horror and comedy categories. "Office uprising" gets an uneven balance , some of it is downright funny , and there is more blood, gore, slitting and beheading here than other movies . The motion picture was regularly directed by Lin Oedin . He made his feature directorial debut with the action-thriller "Braven" starring Jason Momoa, and Stephen Lang, and making various episodes of notorious series , such as : NCIS: Hawai'i , Magnum , SWAT , Warrior , Colony , Chicago Fire , Chicago Meds , Chicago P. D. , Blindspot , Blood Drive , among others . Rating : 4.5/10 . So-so and mediocre zombie horror comedy.
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