Human Resources

Don't bother unless you want to fall asleep fast. Any of the 10/10 reviews were done by the director and his family/friends.

The premise had promise, however with the lackluster performance of the lead, the shoddy filming and the far too guessable plot, let's this film down. One of the most annoying parts of this movie was that the characters were so boring that they might have well been played by mannequins, at least then the "character development" choices (ie the lead's constant "anxiety") would not have been present.

If you want a not great but fun retail horror film, watch Black Friday or something similar, as they will at the very least be entertaining.

We liked this a LOT! This was totally a new kind of thing. We found the main character so endearing. This guy was totally sweet and afraid of failure and it was really well acted. Then, he gets the chance to step up and be the hero! He also, seemingly, gets the girl.

So, if you're not sure, go ahead and check it out. I mean, it's free right now on Tubi. So whaddaya got to lose?

We thought it was totally worth the good rating. It's kinda tongue-in-cheek and it doesn't take itself too seriously.

So, there you have it. Our two cents on a really good little movie.

Don't listen to the haters and just give it a shot. Hollyweird is putting out leftist trash anyways. This has none of that crap.

Stumbling upon the 2021 horror movie "Human Resources" here in 2023, and never having heard about it, of course I opted to sit down and give the movie a watch.

The storyline in the movie, as written by Branden Swope and Evan Swope, was a bit weird. Now, let me just say that the movie started out okay, but it quickly became somewhat stale as there wasn't a whole lot happening throughout the course of the movie. And when the final reveal of what was going on took place on the screen, you simply have sat through too much nonsense, so it was a little bit too little and too late.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, but the cast did good jobs with their roles and characters. Just a shame that they didn't have a more entertaining, enjoyable and thoroughly written storyline to work with.

Visually then you're not in for anything grand. There are virtually no special effects in the movie, and it "Human Resources" have had that at least, then it would have been a more durable movie to sit through.

For a horror movie then "Human Resources" was disappointing. Sure, I managed to sit through all 108 minutes of director Braden Swope's movie, but I was only slightly entertained by the movie as a whole. And if you are an avid fan of horror movies, then I wouldn't really recommend you spend your time, money or effort on this 2021 movie.

My rating of "Human Resources" lands on a four out of ten stars.

What caught my attention was that, according to the PR package, this film won 4 individual awards at various festivals focused on indie horror. But disappointment quickly followed. The premise is interesting. So interesting that some of the critics suggested placing it in the category of "workplace horror," but then remembered that such a category, if it did exist, would have almost no other competing films in it. The idea that a protagonist (Hugh McCrae Jr.) could be so desperate for a job that he would put up with "unusual" workplace happenings is interesting, and might even strike a chord in today's economy. But the followthrough was just not there; the film is way overlong at a 1:45 running length; and, seriously, how many H&S shots of McCrae looking harried or anxious can one viewer tolerate? I think the key here is that indie awards are given out by people who live and breathe indies, and they sometimes forget there is another entire universe of entertainment out there. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

I knew after watching the trailer this was a low budget movie, so no surprises there. True, the acting can be a little wooden (not just at times, but throughout) but it has a campy kind of feel to it.

Sam, the main character, does have a strange, pained expression throughout but I just took that as a character decision either on the part of the actor or director. I kept expecting some kind of twist where this quirky guy turns out to be quirky because of some dark past that gets revealed towards the end, but no, he's just weird and painfully awkward.

The crew seems to have fun with it, and with a movie like this you really can't take it too seriously. I mean, look at some low budget indie horror from years past like Evil Dead and it just went full blow into the camp aspect. This movie doesn't quite "go there" and takes itself a little more seriously, but not so much that you end up feeling sorry for them for missing the mark. If that makes sense.

So... 6 out of 10. Normally I might have bailed on a movie like this within the first few minutes but it was at least entertaining enough that I sat and watched the whole thing merely because I was hooked on the "what's going on" aspect and wanted to find out. It could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse too. For an apparently young crew and a first time director, it wasn't bad and I'll cut them all some slack for the parts that didn't really shine.