Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
Seven employees of an international weapons manufacturer are treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge. Things quickly go awry as the colleagues find their corporate weekend sabotaged by a deadly enemy.
Severance is a competent British horror-comedy that blends workplace satire with slasher mechanics reasonably well. The plot hits familiar genre beats but earns some points for its corporate skewering angle. The ensemble cast performs solidly without anyone standing out remarkably. Cinematography is functional but unremarkable, typical of mid-2000s British horror productions. The novelty comes from its self-aware tone and the defence industry setting, though it doesn't fully transcend its genre trappings. The ending is somewhat abrupt and unsatisfying, failing to capitalise on the film's earlier dark humour.