Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- lurid
- cynical
- late night horror viewing
- splatter movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found occasional lurid genre fun in the premise and carnage but judged the film insufficiently subversive and inconsistently engaging.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Belko Industries employees are sealed inside their remote office building and forced into a deadly survival experiment.
The skull implants introduced as kidnapping safeguards become central to the experiment's control over the employees.
The experiment weaponizes the corporate workplace and tests how employees respond to commands, authority, and survival pressure.
The film's escalating murders and ultraviolence transform a conventional office into a splatter-horror battleground.
Films like The Belko Experiment, and why
Mayhem
shares a locked workplace setting, escalating survival horror, moral pressure, and social commentary about institutional power
Battle Royale
shares forced contestants, psychological thriller mechanics, graphic violence, and an experiment designed to expose human behavior
The Cabin in the Woods
shares an enclosed survival scenario, paranoid group dynamics, and escalating distrust under an unseen threat
Office Uprising
shares corporate satire, extreme workplace violence, and a brisk splatter-driven thriller structure
Movie Details
- Director
- Greg McLean
- Release Date
- 2017-03-17
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (1736)
Cast
- John Gallagher Jr.
- Tony Goldwyn
- Adria Arjona
- John C. McGinley
- Melonie Díaz
- Michael Rooker
- Josh Brener
- Owain Yeoman
- Sean Gunn
- Brent Sexton
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Belko Experiment about?
- Employees trapped inside a remote Colombian office are ordered to kill one another in a brutal corporate survival experiment.
- What is The Belko Experiment like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Belko Experiment as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Belko Experiment violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Belko Experiment as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Belko Experiment?
- Critics broadly found occasional lurid genre fun in the premise and carnage but judged the film insufficiently subversive and inconsistently engaging.
- Which films are like The Belko Experiment?
- Films with a similar feel include Mayhem, Battle Royale, The Cabin in the Woods, and Office Uprising.
- How long is The Belko Experiment?
- The Belko Experiment runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Belko Experiment?
- In United States, The Belko Experiment streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel.
