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Severance (2006)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 87
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 32

A twisted and bloody spoof on office life, Severance nicely balances comedy and nasty horror.

Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 10

A twisted and bloody spoof on office life, Severance nicely balances comedy and nasty horror.

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Movie Info

When the president of a high-profile international-arms supplier takes his six best employees to an Eastern European mountain retreat as a means of rewarding them for all of their hard work, their team-building getaway turns into a life-or-death game of kill or be killed in Creep director Christopher Smith's suspenseful comedy thriller. Palisade Defense isn't just the leading supplier of weaponry for the war on terror, it's a company that truly cares about its employees. When the Palisade

R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: Christopher Smith

Written By: James Moran, Christopher Smith

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Sep 18, 2007

Box Office:$66.7k

Magnolia Pictures

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Cast

Danny Dyer
Steve
Laura Harris
Maggie
Tim McInnerny
Richard
Toby Stephens
Harris
Claudie Blakley
Jill
Andy Nyman
Gordon
Babou Ceesay
Billy
David Gilliam
George Cinders
Juli Drajko
Olga
Judit Viktor
Nadia
S�ndor Boros
Coach Driver
Levente T�rk�ly
Lodge Killer
J�nos Ol�h
Flamethrower Killer
Attila Ferencz
Head-Squish Killer
B�la Kasi
Headbutt Killer
Roland Koll�rszky
Knife-In-Butt Killer
P�ter Katona
Stone Thrower Killer
Levente Lezs�k
Landmine Killer
Nick Greenall
Big Gun Killer
Matt Baker
Nose-Feratu
Steve Dawson
Guard 1 In Harris' Stor...
John Frankish
Dr John 'Victor' Franki...
Johnnie Schinas
Long-Haired Girl In Ric...
Leon Macpherson
Corporate Video Palisad...
Arnold Zarom
Corporate Video Palisad...
Laura Bushell
Corporate Video Office ...
John Cole
Corporate Video Office ...
Murray Golding
Corporate Video Office ...
Jamie Higgins
Corporate Video Office ...
Murray Higgins
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Leanne Lee
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Nerys Martin
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Stephanie Ratcliff
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Cindi Svensson
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Critic Reviews for Severance

All Critics (89) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (33) | DVD (8)

The cast shows spark and gusto, especially Laura Harris as a vulnerable yet intrepid survivor type and Danny Dyer as a bent druggie who straightens out long enough to fight back.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Bruce Westbrook

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

For the odd at heart, it will be worth the wait.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

It is wonderfully wry, and contains some great gags.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press

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Terry Lawson

Detroit Free Press

Top Critic

So there's still a smart office-horror movie left to be made. In the meantime, Severance is just another paycheck.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Denver Post

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Michael Booth

Denver Post

Top Critic

Like Shaun of the Dead, the movie enthusiastically embraces all the grotesque clich�s we love and have come to expect from the form -- turning several on their ear.

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Rob Salem

Toronto Star

Top Critic

You got your humour, you got your horror, simply ratchet up both and, voil�, Severance -- or, as the billing not inaccurately puts it, The Office Meets Deliverance.

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Bloody horror-comedy takes aim at office politics.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

Severance is a story of terrible things that couldn't have happened to funnier people.

March 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington City Paper

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Tricia Olszewski

Washington City Paper

Sitting through its increasingly sluggish pace feels like, well, work.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

Director/co-writer Christopher Smith puts an inventive spin on a familiar hunt-and-kill horror genre and fills the edges with sardonic humor and fantasy visions.

October 1, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

A comical cautionary tale which ought to trigger a little paranoia in the souls of any advocates of the Military-Industrial Complex.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

For the most part, the scary parts are the scary parts, the funny parts are the funny parts, and never the twain meet.

September 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

The result is a cathartic hoot, relishing its own carefully doled out carnage.

August 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Gianni Truzzi

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Will surely make you laugh, but the guffaws are few and far between. That's hardly a caveat when you consider the statement made here, though...

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Like a special episode of 'The Office,' scripted by Clive Barker.

June 19, 2007 Comment

John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Like the Britain of Tony Blair, it's neither bloody awful nor bloody great. Which isn't to say, rest assured, that there isn't plenty of blood.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

[Smith] paces the gore too unevenly, leaving the cast standing around and griping for vast chunks of time. And the jokes ... are either too broad or too underplayed.

June 8, 2007 Comment

Sean Means

Salt Lake Tribune

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Some employees of an international arms dealer go out into the Hungarian wildeness for a weekend company retreat, only to find themselves menaced by a group of militants who don't like having them around their territory in this modestly budgeted dark comedy/horror film from Christopher Smith, who also directed Black

November 4, 2011

Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

A wild and enjoyable slasher film. A group of office workers are in Europe for a meeting with arms dealers, when they come across a tree in the road, they get off the bus and the driver leaves them in the middle of no where, they think they will hike to a hostel, wrong, they start being eliminated one by one. My first 5 Star Slasher film.

May 11, 2010

Bruce Bruce

Super Reviewer

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