Review of The Belko Experiment (2017) by In_A_Sense — 03 Aug 2018

Well... as it turns out, The Belko Experiment isn't quite as abysmal as I had previously thought. Does that make it an oustanding film? No... not by any means. It is actually far from that. The idea, in general, is hugely flawed, and while the gore can be quite stylish (particularly in the 30-60 kill range), that can't make up for the lackluster plot, subpar performances, and the countless plot holes. Pros: Like I had mentioned before, the violence can be stylish... not much of it is... but it had potential. Cons: The beggining point of the film is painfully slow, and meaningless, showing the characters in the most plastic, inhuman attempts at acting realisticly. While the enjoyment picks up, after some time, the beggining of this film was clumsily created, and honestly, sort of ruins the experience of some of the later parts.

The plot seems scattered... like, the had no idea what to do with the film, and so they just killed random people for no reason at no specific time... because... they wanted to fill up the run time with gore? While there were a few organized scenes and ideas, the rest of the film is either pathetic attempts at character drvelopments, or groggy, boring, and scattered kills.

The character were so flimsy and forgettable, that you will likely brush them off about 2 minutes after the credits end. This film was marketed as some sort of... political commentary maybe? You can tell that it's what it wanted/tried to be. It tried to be an intelligent, thought provoking idea with a moral, but the film, really, is just a slasher in a building. It's kind of like the later purge films, such as Election Year, but more clumsily made. Well, In conclusion, this movie is nothing special, despite what it tries to be, it's just another mindless slasher with a messy plot.