Not Safe For Work 2014 (Movie Review)

Dir: Joe Johnston
Starring:  Max Minghella, JJ Feild, Eloise Mumford, and Christian Clemenson
Dur: 1 hr 14 mins
Genre: Drama
PG: Short kisses shared between the lead pair and quite a bit of violence and blood.

Tom (Max Minghella) is a young paralegal, working for a big law firm. His employment is cut short when he tries to be creative and do something his superiors didn’t expect and consequently didn’t accept. Tom, at this stage becomes like an icon of the average worker. He is forced to remain within the confines established by the employer and is given very little room to innovate. Most people can relate to Tom and how he feels up to this point. Hereafter, he morphs into a hero that again, most of us would love to be. Credit to the crew for not portraying the hero in a glorified manner but in a highly realistic way.

Tom, while leaving the office, becomes suspicious of a man who enters the building and picks up the briefcase of another man. With much hesitation, he picks up the courage to check out his hunch. He is shocked to find himself in a life or death situation. He stealthily moves around while attempting to discover the intentions of the hitman (JJ Feild). He craftily evades all murderous advances until he comes to the startling truth.


The film has high drama and is really engaging. The plot is not very clear and the start and end are ambiguous. All that comes in between is exciting and gives the film its worth. Max is amazingly expressive and literally carries the film on his lone shoulders.  

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