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The Employer

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A sinister interviewer (Malcolm McDowell) forces a group of job applicants to fight one another to the death.
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Meredith Jill Brown Upcoming Horror Movies Jul 18
8/10
Frank Merle displays his gift of delivering the suspense and helpless trepidation with The Employer, a fantastically written movie that tests job candidates on their ambition to win at all costs. Go to Full Review
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Frans B @FransB Mar 22 Psycho, a real sick flick. The idea is not new but this sort of grabbed attention. Great cast but not so much in character. Directing and cinematography is not half bad, but will not appeal to most. Not bad, but depends on taste, like always See more 08/22/2017 Five strangers have to fight to the death to find out which one of them gets a job in the mergers and acquisitions department of a consulting firm. See more 02/11/2015 No poster again , maybe because the acting of the employes was so bad...how stupid can you keep be to kill people just for a job , i kill for losing my job :-) See more 07/08/2014 Locked room thriller that asks 'how far would you go' for The Employer, but it's been done better and with more clarity and purpose. See more 05/09/2014 "IN ORDER TO GET THE JOB, YOU MUST ELIMINATE THE COMPETITION" - 'The Employer' is a psychological thriller written and directed by Frank Merle. I've got a thing for films where strangers are trapped in a place and forced to work with/kill each other to make their escape. The storyline appealed me, but now that I have seen the movie, I feel disappointed. Some of the twists are too farfetched and seem illogical. At the end, I still had some unanswered questions. Pity. In the cast we see Malcolm McDowell (a Clockwork Orange, Rob Zombies Halloween) and cameo-role from Billy Zane (Titanic, Dead Calm). How far would you go to get the dream job? Five strangers (three men and two women) wake up in a locked room after being drugged and kidnapped by mysterious men. They don't seem to have anything in common, until they learn that each of them has solicited for a position at the Carcharias Corporation, a large and powerful company. The five receive a telephone call from the interviewer, only known to them as 'The Employer' (McDowell). He explains them that only one of them will be getting the job; the one who's the last person alive in the room... See more 01/21/2014 Unfortunately, the material here is a little too repetitious to recommend and The Employer's story has been seen in film several times before. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A sinister interviewer (Malcolm McDowell) forces a group of job applicants to fight one another to the death.
Director
Frank Merle
Producer
Frank Merle, Tiago Mesquita, Ross Otterman
Screenwriter
Frank Merle
Production Co
Hyrax Entertainment, Lone Morsal Productions, Crafted Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 7, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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