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Thursday, 27 September 2007
Severance (DVD)
Starring: Danny Dyer (who looks kind of familiar), Laura Harris (the new girl from The Faculty) and Tim McInnerny (the thick one from Blackadder).Rated: 15
Story: A psycho gatecrashes a team-building weekend. Hilarity almost ensues.
Comments: This had potential but, as comedy slasher films go, it's neither that funny nor that scary. The characters are office comedy stereotypes - spineless manager, arrogant git, joking waster, unattainable female, frumpy female, officious sycophant and decent bloke - so it's difficult to take their peril seriously. Then again, having them squabble a lot and then die horribly isn't that funny.
Feels like some students' final year project.
Conclusion: A good idea that's spread too thin. Could do better.
Explosions: A couple.
Laughs: Occasional.
Scares: Few.
Stereotypes: Everyone.
Entertaining moments which aren't in the trailer: None.
Rating: 2/5.
Labels: comedy, film review (vol.3), horror, quick
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I agree that it could've beenbetter,but surely you should've mentioned the heat seeking missile scene and brought the rating up a point purely based on that?
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DadsDinner :
True, it has its moments, but not really enough of them. Maybe 2/5 is harsh but a 3/5 film I'd be prepared to watch again. I really couldn't be bothered to watch this again.
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:I agree that it could've beenbetter,but surely you should've mentioned the heat seeking missile scene and brought the rating up a point purely based on that?
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DadsDinner :True, it has its moments, but not really enough of them. Maybe 2/5 is harsh but a 3/5 film I'd be prepared to watch again. I really couldn't be bothered to watch this again.
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