Not Safe for Work (2014) (original) (raw)
Claustrophobic thriller following Tom Miller, an ambitious paralegal working at the Rosen, Byres and Emmerich law firm, who is fired from his job when he stumbles upon some evidence that could prove potentially very harmful to one of his clients. As he gets ready to leave the building for the last time, however, he notices a suspicious suitcase switch occurring between two mystery men, before one of them proceeds to the 34th floor. Tom decides to follow and, before realizing he is now stuck on the same floor level, discovers that the mystery man is a hired killer. But who is the killer ...(more)
Claustrophobic thriller following Tom Miller, an ambitious paralegal working at the Rosen, Byres and Emmerich law firm, who is fired from his job when he stumbles upon some evidence that could prove potentially very harmful to one of his clients. As he gets ready to leave the building for the last time, however, he notices a suspicious suitcase switch occurring between two mystery men, before one of them proceeds to the 34th floor. Tom decides to follow and, before realizing he is now stuck on the same floor level, discovers that the mystery man is a hired killer. But who is the killer working for? (less)
Director: Joe Johnston
Writers: Adam Mason, Simon Boyes
Starring: JJ Feild, Max Minghella, Eloise Mumford, Michael Gladis, Dan Bakkedahl, Molly Hagan
Producer: Jason Blum
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Review by Brian Orndorf, January 2, 2015
7 / 10
Director Joe Johnston is primarily known for major motion pictures. Previous movies include �The Rocketeer,� �Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,� and �Captain America: The First Avenger.� He�s dabbled in low-fi cinema before with 1999�s �October Sky,� but �Not Safe for Work� feels like an intentional cleansing of big-budget habits. A brief, blunt exercise in thriller cinema, the feature is a mean but not entirely lean machine, though Johnston puts in a heroic effort trying to build tension inside a limited space, working with a script that bites off more than it can chew when it comes to comfortable pa ...read more...
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