Severance (2006)
Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastToby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman, Babou Ceesay, Tim McInnerny, Laura Harris, Danny Dyer, David Gilliam, Juli Drajkó, Judit Viktor
Review
"A tidy mixture of old and new horror motifs, the British-German thriller "Severance" is sometimes scary, often silly and occasionally jaw-droppingly daring. While it initially invokes such German silent classics as "Nosferatu" and "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," it quickly introduces a modern bogeyman: war criminals who were unleashed during the Soviet breakup... "Severance" can be taken as a political satire aimed at the military-industrial complex and its promoters, but despite its pretensions, it's no "Lord of War." At heart, it's a sophisticated variation on "Friday the 13th," a splatter film with a slightly more interesting collection of targets." - John Hartl, Seattle Times
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