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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   14,394 votes
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Director:
Writers:
James Moran (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
25 August 2006 (Ireland) more
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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
User Comments:
Funny, scary, clever and even moving more (165 total)

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)
Severance - Ein blutiger Betriebsausflug (Germany)
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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)
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Trivia:
The CRM-114 'Platoon Buster' land mine is a reference to the CRM-114 radio in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). more
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Continuity: When Gordon is being tortured, his missing leg changes from his left to his right one and back again between shots. more
Quotes:
Flamethrower Killer: [yelling at Jill in Hungarian than voice turns sarcastic] Palisade. more
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Soundtrack:
Summertimin' more

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66 out of 87 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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