Most of these 'Battle Royale' tributes aren't contained to a single location - they take place outside, so there are opportunities for suspense and individual confrontations that truly draw out the essential, intimate nature of this terrible exercise.

McLean takes 'splat' to a whole new level, and soon every surface is slick with blood. The sadism enacted on screen is directed at the audience, battering us with horrific, deadening images. His actions unleash a torrent of violent chaos in the building, as the employees descend into savage barbarism.ĭespite cutesy Spanish-language covers of American songs playing on the radio, the proceedings are relentlessly grim and violent. His boss, Barry (Tony Goldwyn), insists on following the instructions, out of some deference to authority or hope that the ominous voice might actually let them survive. Mike (John Gallagher Jr.) is the first to pick up on that. The 'game,' if you will, involves impossible ethical questions about whether or not to kill a certain number of innocent people in order to save a larger group of innocent people. There are the standard office friendships, tensions and romances, which are all thrown into stark relief when impenetrable metal shutters come down and an ominous voice comes over a loudspeaker, instructing the group to kill each other or be killed themselves. The film finds a group of 80 employees, mostly American, working at a Colombian recruiting firm.

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