Office Uprising is the latest in a spate of office themed horror movies, and you know what? It's kind of good.
It follows a young office employee having the worst shift of his life as overnight everyone in his building turns psychotic thanks to a mysterious new energy drink.
Starring Zachary "Shazam" Levi, Gregg Henry, Kurt Fuller, Karan "Dopinder from Deadpool" Soni and Alan "Former Aquaman" Ritchson the movies cast manage to deliver in this enjoyable comedy horror.
Hyper violent, frantic, yet with substance and a lot of well done comedy this was one of those unknown little gems I'm really glad I watched. Sure it's far from flawless but it managed to entertain and that's something most of it's ilk seem incapable of doing lately.
But something has to be addressed, this is advertised as a zombie movie! I know zombies are "In" but stop lying! Zombies are undead for crying out loud, stop claiming that every movie where people turn violent is a zombie film! I seem to have developed a real chip on my shoulder about that, it's just rampant and dishonest.
Office Uprising is an enjoyable take your brain out 90 minutes of violence and laughs, it does exactly what it says on the tin...................minus the zombies.
The Good:
Stylish
Some great comedy
Cast deliver (Especially Levi)
The Bad:
NOT a zombie film
Office Uprising
2018
Action / Comedy / Horror
Plot summary
Desmond is an underachiever working at Ammotech, a major weapons manufacturing firm. However, Desmond soon discovers Zolt, a popular energy drink created by the military, has turned his boss and coworkers into violent psychopaths. Now Desmond must finally rise to the challenge in order to survive a building full of psychotic coworkers armed with the newest weaponry.
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Office Uprising: Stop calling these things zombie movies
Nice try, shame about the script
OFFICE UPRISING is yet another juvenile zombie comedy in which a normal office becomes the battleground for a zombie outbreak caused by contaminated energy drinks. It's as ridiculous as it sounds, not helped by a script which focuses solely on the low brow and ends up becoming quickly tiresome as a result. Brendan Thwaites' cocky hero is an annoyance rather than an asset, and poor old Jane Levy is wasted in a one-note joke role dragged out endlessly. The film does boast a fast running time and plenty of zombie action and bloodshed, and you do notice that the action choreography is well designed with some great stunts thrown in; the FX aren't too shabby either. A pity the script couldn't equal them, then.
Accounting is my super power.
Desmond (Brenton Thwaites) works in accounting for Ammotech Weapons who are undergoing a merger. He is far from a model employee. His childhood friend Sammi (Jane Levy) also works there.
He comes to work, late as usual, and misses the passing out of the "Zolt" drink which increases aggression for soldiers. However things have escalated to the point it is an office free for all of killing. The bulk of the film is Desmond, Sammi and a friend or two trying to escape a building of "zombie mutant psychos"
The film was amusing, but not LOL funny. Jane Levy is an Emma Stone clone and it is great to see her in the horror/action.comedy B movie genre. If you like the genre, there is also "Bloodsucking Bosses" or "The Belko Experiment." Make it a triple feature.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity. multiple xenophobic slurs.