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Directed by Greg McLean. Starring John Gallagher Jr, Michael Rooker, John C. McGinley, Tony Goldwyn, Sean Gunn, Adria Arjona, David Dastmalchian, Owain Yeoman, Rusty Schwimmer, Melonie Diaz, Brent Sexton, and Gregg Henry. In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company’s intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed. You’re sitting at your normal office job when a voice comes from the intercom saying that you have 2 hours to kill 30 people in your office, if you don’t then 60 of you will die. What would you do? This is the premise of the delightfully twisted and darkly comic The Belko Experiment. Written by James Gunn (Slither, Guardians of the Galaxy) and directed by Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), The Belko Experiment doesn’t cover any new territory when it comes to plot but it is tons of fun and gory as hell. Our main “protagonist” is Mike...

Despite poor critic reviews and a not-so-spectacular Rotten Tomatoes score, “ The Belko Experiment ” was not a bad movie. The movie does not hold back the gore nor does it spare the viewer’s emotions — it is not for the faint of heart. Set in Bogota, Columbia, the movie follows 80 American workers who find themselves trapped in a corporate high-rise office. They are ordered to kill each other by an unknown voice through an intercom system. The employees were warned about the consequences of not complying with orders, which are explosively gory to say the least.   Though this movie does not have any A-list actors, there are some recognizable faces within the movie. The acting in this movie is better than most thriller movies, relying on the actors’ talents to drive emotional moments and bring home the comical ones. The movie’s plot is reminiscent of the Japanese film “Battle Royale” with its kill or be killed attitude. Both movies make it very clear from the beginning th...