Mayhem

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Mayhem

2017

1h 26m

Horror

Action

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58 Reviews

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Derek Cho is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm's building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the executives on the top floor and settle the score once and for all.

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Critics Consensus

Mayhem delivers stylish violence by the bloody bucketful -- and grounds all the titular chaos in sharp humor and surprisingly effective real-world economic angst.

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Daniel Gallant

Time Out

12/30/2018

3/5

Mayhem is an energetic genre flick that moves at a ferocious pace. But contrived dialogue and a bewildering narrative tarnish this otherwise enjoyable pulp effort.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

11/10/2017

3/4

Mayhem channels rage at an unfair society and the bullshit that trickles down from the Powers That Be into a paean to uncontrolled anger.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

11/10/2017

A

"Mayhem" is a frantic, blood-splattered, rock 'n' roll action-horror-comedy that plays like a killer cross between "Crank" and "Office Space."

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

05/12/2023

4/5

Joe Lynch has fully embraced his enthusiasm and passion for genre cinema while also flexing his comedic chops, all thanks to the tour-de-force performance of his new muse, Steven Yeun.

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

04/17/2020

5/5

Mayhem is one of those films that live up to their title. Here the mayhem and insanity is push up as much as it can without going overboard too much ...

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Joey Keogh

Wicked Horror

10/04/2019

9/10

Mayhem is an absolute joy, not least because it finally, and definitively, marks Joe Lynch out as the filmmaker we always knew he was.

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Andikan E

@RT49364053 1d

FUCKING AWESOME!!!! from me Andikan all the way from Nigeria 🇳🇬, this is so HARDCORE, the lines by Steven and Samara Weaving are so batshit funny sadistic, and downright sarcastic, there's so much bloodshed in such a cool, 'i don't give two f*cks attitude', I can't believe people hype shit movies like Oppenheimer and Dune ahead of this, I mean c'mon PEOPLE, go watch MAYHEM!!!

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Bruce M

@BruceMc Apr 19

Very smart, funny, violent and angry, with good performances and good direction. Only 90 or so minutes, but feels longer as, after a while, the mayhem becomes monotonous. Still, quite entertaining.

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Fynn P.

@lotsoflove4404 Feb 15

Full of energy and anger, super exciting!

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Allan C

@RT15713161 Jan 5

THE PURGE meets THE OFFICE Mayhem (2017) *** Mayhem is a bloody, darkly satirical office thriller—The Purge by way of The Office—with terrific leads in Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving and stylish, energetic direction from Joe Lynch. While the script isn’t as sharp or subversive as it thinks it is (and pales next to The Belko Experiment), the film’s brisk runtime, strong performances, and cathartic workplace revenge make it an entertaining ride. FULL REVIEW HERE: https://letterboxd.com/film/mayhem-2017/

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Kashgar A

@AllFunAndGames Dec 15

God I love this movie.

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Ryan H

@RyGuy Oct 21

A fired lawyer and a mistreated client team up to "talk" with the executives at the top floor while the red eye virus which invokes extreme impulses and grants impunity to the affected infects the law firm. It's a good plot with a couple solid actors, but the director ruined this movie.

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Synopsis

Derek Cho is having a really bad day. After being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law firm's building is under quarantine for a mysterious and dangerous virus. Chaos erupts throughout the office as the victims of the disease begin acting out their wildest impulses. Joining forces with a former client who has a grudge of her own, Derek savagely fights tooth and nail to get to the executives on the top floor and settle the score once and for all.

Director: Joe Lynch
Producer: Parisa Caviani, Mehrdad Elie, Lawrence Mattis, Matt Smith, Sean Sorensen
Screenwriter: Matias Caruso
Distributor: RLJE Films
Production Co: Circle of Confusion
Genre: Horror, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 10, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 26m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)