Mayhem (2017)

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Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving star in this action/comedy/horror that's part The Belko Experiment and part Quarantine.

Yeun is an executive for a law firm in a world where a virus causes people to give in to their urges. They get violent, horny, etc. without worrying about repercussions. In fact, Yeun got his position by defending the first ever murder by someone under the influence of the virus. Meanwhile, Weaving is about to lose her home and has to deal with Yeun's firm. That's when the virus hits the building.

This movie is utterly ridiculous because the virus' effects are so random. Super important for the plot, yet completely ignored for specific scenes. Plus, the story aside from the virus is also silly.

That being said, it's a fun and enjoyable film. Violence, gore, boobies, etc. What more do you want?

Cool premise, bad execution, but still entertaining.
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Oh, if the premise sounds interesting, you should read Crossed by Garth Ennis. It's seven stages past fucked up.

Here's a free archive of a web version (not by Garth, but continuing the world he created.)

Warning: As adult as it gets.
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I came here to start a Mayhem thread, to see if anyone had heard of it.

The Facebook horror group I follow is currently raving about it..... which means nothing, because if you gt enough people together, tastes range so wide that various subsets of them will rave about anything.

Anyway, here's a trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJGAInln0c
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