Send Help Review: Bloodiest Survivor Episode Ever.

Long before he entered the realm of superheroes with his Spider-Man trilogy and, much later, Dr Strange movie, Sam Raimi was a master of horror comedy, most commonly known for his Evil Dead trilogy.
Well, with his latest film Send Help, Raimi has returned to his horror comedy roots, delivering both a funny and gory movie following two highly questionable people. 

Send Help stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, and tells the story of Linda Liddle (McAdams), a socially awkward yet hard working woman who has more than earned a promotion at the company she works for.
These hopes are cruelly dashed with the arrival of her new boss Bradley Preston (O’Brien), a petulant man child who only has the position of CEO because he inherited it.
When the two are stranded on an island as the sole survivors of a plane crash, they find their positions reversed, with Bradley now at the mercy of his cruel boss, Linda.
What follows is a battle of wills between the two, improved by great character writing and fantastic performances from both McAdams and O’Brien. 

The script does a great job of flipping the initial situation on its head.
After the crash it is extremely cathartic to see the immature Bradley be put in his place by Linda and have to count on her survival expertise to survive.
However, as the movie goes on and we get more insight into Linda’s psych and the actions it drives her too, Bradley becomes more pitiable.
This culminates in the most uncomfortable scene of the entire movie, which will have every man who watches cringing into the back of their seats. 

Speaking of, this movie is very gory.
The first moment of bloody violence on the island had me sitting back and thinking, ‘Oh, yeah, this is a Sam Raimi film!”
His style is all over the movie, from its great dark humor, to the gory sequences, delivering a pretty enjoyable movie overall.
Granted, I do think the ending felt kind of lackluster, but that does certainly not destroy the film.
The film maintains a great conflict between its two lead characters, both of whom are backed up by excellent performances from their actors, delivering a funny, disturbing, and all around good time at the movies.
I recommend checking this one out, especially if you are a fan of Sam Raimi’s horror comedies.