Not Safe for Work (2014)

An office worker is trapped inside the building where a killer is on the loose.

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Adam Mason, Simon Boyes

Stars:

Michael Gladis, Dan Bakkedahl, Max Minghella

Cast

Cast overview:
Michael Gladis	...	Whistle Blower
Dan Bakkedahl	...	Random Denning Employee
Max Minghella	...	Thomas Miller
Frankie J. Allison	...	Barney the Security Guard (as Frankie Jay Allison)
Molly Hagan	...	Janine
Alejandro Patiño	...	Fernando the Janitor (as Alejandro Patino)
Christian Clemenson	...	Alan Z. Emmerich
Tom Gallop	...	Roger Crawford
Eloise Mumford	...	Anna Newton
Brandon Keener	...	Moyers
Marina Black	...	Lorraine Gambizzi
JJ Feild	...	Killer
Eme Ikwuakor	...	Accomplice / Cop
Shashawnee Hall	...	Ray the Lobby Guard
Tim Griffin	...	Hitman

Storyline

The ambitious legal assistant Tom Miller works at the Rosen, Byres and Emmerich Attorneys at Law and secretly dates the gorgeous clerk Anna. His company has presently two major cases: Hartcourt vs. Denning Pharmaceutical, against a powerful corporation, and Gambizzi Case, against a mafia family. On the eve of the judgment of the Hartcourt case, Alan Emmerich releases all the employees early in the afternoon and he also fires Tom for snooping around the Gambizzi case. When Tom is leaving the building with Anna, he sees a man leaving a suitcase on the floor and another man wearing a suit taking the suitcase and going to the 34th floor of the building. Tom decides to follow him and soon he discovers that he man is actually a hit-man. Soon Tom is trapped on the floor with the killer since his access card is deactivated. Who hired the hit-man?

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Plot Keywords:

killer | office worker | fire | office | briefcase | 

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Taglines:

No protection, no help, no escape.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was originally supposed to be released in 2012.

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Goofs

When the killer 1st enter the file room,the lamp and binder book on the table is placed deeper in on the table, but later during the fire and fist fight, these items are at the table edge.

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Quotes

Thomas Miller: Gotcha!

User Reviews

Remarkably effective film

Visibly low budget & minus wham-bam special effects, Not Safe For Work relies instead on acting and story. This is a very effective film.

Have you noticed how there is a new generation of worry, fear, threat concerning the power of corporations and big business in our collective lives? Most effectively, in Margin Call (10+), but elsewhere across a broad spectrum of movies US & otherwise. Not Safe For Work is a significant contribution to this contemporary genre: Don't Trust Business.

The two key male leads in this story are specially strong, most significantly the villain -- aka "The Killer" -- played by J. J. Feild, who exhibits a powerfully creepy calmness in voice and body language. His evil -- the banality of evil -- signifies the rot at work in the world of business itself. Max Minghella, playing the key office worker, has a true Jack Lemmon charm as the wily office schmo who's not such a looser after all.

This story happens to be about US business. But corporations & capitalism being what they are nowadays in our global, post-Cold War world; this business tale could be about China, Brazil, Germany, or Whathaveyou. Like a fine police procedural by Ed McBain, this plot is easily transferable to most other modern cultures.

Finally the fact that the heroes escape and yet do not (if you haven't seen it, I don't want to spoil the plot for you) shows how serious is its moral and political intent. Not Safe For Work is an intriguing incrimination. How can one escape from where business life is now? The answer is left deliciously hanging in Not Safe For Work. Yes, folks, we are unsafe. Try to find a way out. Just try.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blutiger Auftrag - Es gibt kein Entkommen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blumhouse Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1