Mayhem (2017)

Either this movie sucks or "The Belko Experiment" raised the bar for office work-place survival-horror flicks. Could be both, seeing as how these movies are very similar in plot, as well as setting, but "Mayhem" went off in such an over-stylized and over-acted direction that it just came across as strained and irritating.

A new virus called ID-7 is making its rounds that causes its hosts to lose all their inhibitions and act totally on raw impulse - such as, say, going and beating the shit out of their boss, publicly fucking someone, and etc. Also, a murder loophole was established so a blind eye is turned in favor of those who are infected out of their mind and commit homicide. The virus finds its way into a giant law firm which is promptly quarantined while the staff is left to their own crazed devices for 8-hours as the contamination is extracted from the building. This gives a recently fired, cut-throat employee his opportunity to get to the top floor and get even with those who fucked him out of his job.

There's definitely a promising concept here - again, not unlike "The Belko Experiment", only with a mind-altering sickness afflicting a white collar work environment instead of a murder quota - but ultimately "Mayhem" just seemed to be trying too hard with the played-out narration providing introductions to all the main players, the heavily (if not IRONICALLY 'cheesy') stylized fight scenes and the incessant, inane one-liners. They just seemed to be going so far out of their way to try to be 'off-the-wall' that it just plays out as derivative and annoying, with nothing even memorable as far as violence and gore. Honestly, though, I can see some people enjoying this one, it's just not my kinda thing I guess.