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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   13,474 votes
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Director:
Christopher Smith
Writers:
James Moran (screenplay) and
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Contact:
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Release Date:
25 August 2006 (Ireland) more
Genre:
Comedy | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Another bloody office outing. more
Plot:
A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(40 articles)
News: James Moran on Screenwriting
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User Comments:
Funny, scary, clever and even moving more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Toby Stephens ... Harris
Claudie Blakley ... Jill

Andy Nyman ... Gordon
Babou Ceesay ... Billy

Tim McInnerny ... Richard
Laura Harris ... Maggie
Danny Dyer ... Steve
David Gilliam ... George
Juli Drajkó ... Olga
Judit Viktor ... Nadia
Sándor Boros ... Coach Driver
Levente Törköly ... Lodge Killer
János Oláh ... Flamethrower Killer
Attila Ferencz ... Head-squish Killer
Bela Kasi ... Headbutt Killer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
P45 (UK) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language, drug content and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
96 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
UK | Germany
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX
Filming Locations:
Hungary more
Company:
Dan Films more

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Trivia:
The actor who plays the irate bus driver, Sándor Boros is a Hungarian stunt driver, and it is he who drives the bus during the crash scene. In the DVD featurette Crashing a Coach (2007) (V), director Christopher Smith goes into detail about how the crash scene was staged, and in it, he points out how the Hungarian stunt team were "less concerned with health and safety issues" than British stunt teams. Smith explains that for the crash scene, the stunt coordinator told Boros to drive at 35mph, but Boros felt this wouldn't produce a good enough scene, so he hit the stunt ramp at 50mph, producing a much more spectacular crash than Smith wanted. As it was a one-time only shot, this newly spectacular crash forced a hasty rewriting of the screenplay, as due to the severity of the crash, the characters now needed to be substantially more injured than was originally planned. Smith was also amazed that the only safety equipment Boros used during the scene was a seat belt and a motorcycle helmet. Indeed, during the stunt, Boros was knocked completely unconscious. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Gordon is being tortured, his missing leg changes from his left to his right one and back again between shots. more
Quotes:
Gordon: [after he's lost half his leg and been in a bus crash] I think I've broken my arm more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Breakfast: (2006-08-22)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
We'll Meet Again more

FAQ

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59 out of 78 people found the following comment useful:-
Funny, scary, clever and even moving, 24 August 2006
9/10
Author: glennondaniel from United Kingdom

I was a big fan of Chris Smith's previous film Creep and had heard this was even better so I had high expectations going in. They were completely surpassed by this superlative slice of hilarious horror action.

The way the film combines humour and horror is skilled and the script is smarter than average for the genre. The film works better as a comedy and there are some absolutely precious comedy moments that I won't detail here as I don't want to spoil any of them. Suffice to say that the audience were busily quoting them and some of the better of the fantastic lines of dialogue after the screening. I feel people will be quoting some of these lines for years!

On a more serious note, there are some seriously scary scenes in the picture and even a couple of deaths of some of the more sympathetic characters that are actually quite moving.

The cast is also perfect, none of them put a foot wrong. Laura Harris completely kicks ass as the heroine.

I sorta want to see a sequel but heaven knows where they'd go with it.

Overall, I loved the film - it's made by a writer and director who are genuine horror fans and it shows. They're also both very talented.

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