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      The Employer

      2013 1h 30m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 35% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A sinister interviewer (Malcolm McDowell) forces a group of job applicants to fight one another to the death. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Just another poor SAW wannabie where people are forced to make choices to kill others, in a confined environment, to stay alive. Lot's of talking, moral decision making, and justifications for killing. Nothing new, nothing interesting, nothing worth watching. Even the payoff at the end is not worth the watch. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 :-) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member "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... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Unfortunately, the material here is a little too repetitious to recommend and The Employer's story has been seen in film several times before. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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
      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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