A cheesy, indie slice of horror from Bollywood of all places, although shot in London. The story is lacking and stretched out to the max, involving a cruel boss who fires all of his staff and then finds himself menaced in his own office by a sinister female spirit. That's the entire film - just one weird happening/haunting after another. If this was well-made it might get by, but it's cheap and cheesy throughout, with laughable CGI effects and silly jump scares; amateur hour all round.
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At the H.W.L.S HEAD OFFICE in LONDON, the egotistical maniac Joy Mittal the CEO of the company, decides to repair his scandal-ridden work record and prove to himself and his partners that he can, indeed, care for his family and be an able leader in an economic meltdown that effects everyone. He is responsible of firing almost half the employees in London and implement major cut-downs. In the turmoil that follows he decides to sack the manager RUBY, a 29-year-old seductress with whom he has been having an affair that affects his personal as well as his professional life. After a day of ultimate stress Joy finally decides to finish off all his paperwork and stand proud in front of his partners for a board meeting that will definitely change his life. Almost after 5 hours of the firing incident, the final two hours in the office is a stressful event. The real time depiction of the horrific time spent by JOY at the empty office filled with the curse of people who have been recently fired is the crux of the film FIRED. It's a supernatural influence that keeps JOY haunted in his own empty office, and also the twin demons of PROZAC and insecurity that turn a happy go lucky man into a stark-raving suicidal guy. In a matter of couple of hours the strong man Joy turns into a pleading mad guy seeing ghosts of his lover and her kid at every nook and corner. Everything around in the seemingly nondescript office become the targets of his paranoia, fed by the crazy hallucinatory effects of his anti depressant pills. FIRED is a real time depiction of the last two hours in the life of a CEO who has recently fired almost half his employees, set in an empty office space, which also acts as a major character, enhancing the suspense of the film
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Don't waste your time. It's a piece of garbage
Absolutely horrible movie. Not scary at all. You don't root for the main character. In fact you don't develop any kind of emotion towards the movie and there is zero character development. If this is a horror movie then I'm lost with words. If you like quality movies stay away from this movie. If you are into cheap B rated movies then feel free to splurge your time on this.
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A waste of time.
The movie was 83 minutes of absolute non-sense. A stupid story with ripped-off horror.
The first question which arose in my tiny little mind was why in the heck would some employees who are fired would start to haunt their employer?? I mean firing someone may have its atrocities but death cant possibly be a punishment for such an action!!
2ndly, It wasn't clear till the end of the movie that if the guy was really being hunted by ghosts (why would fired personnel become ghosts anyway?) or was he hallucinating all along??
3rdly, their was no horror in the movie whatsoever. Neither the sound effects nor the atmosphere managed to scare me even for a single second.
4thly, I was sourly bemused at the way the character of Joy Mital was carried in the movie. At first, he is shown as the ego-maniac who would gamble with his life for his ambitions. Firing of 121 employees testifies the character's presentation as a "tough guy". 30 minutes later, he is seen sobbing like a school girl. I mean C'mon! being scared is one thing, but a character such as that of Joy Mital should've gone down with a little more dignity. Watching him put his head between his legs and whining... was disappointing.
And don't even get me started on the acting of Rahul Bose. I've seen him in quite a few movies.. the guy is much better than this. A disappointing performance.
In a nutshell, the movie was a poor rip off from Japanese and American horror, the acting was bad, the story was horrible and the direction proceeds the notion that it was Sajit Warrier's first movie as a director.
Had I rated it on originality, the rating would have been in negative.