Review | Send Help movie review: Rachel McAdams leads Sam Raimi’s bloody island survival satire
McAdams has a ball as an office drone stranded on a desert island with her boss in this entertaining horror/black comedy from Sam Raimi
3/5 stars
When Sam Raimi smashes the glass ceiling, you know that shards of blood-splattered glass are going to come raining down.
The director may be best known for his Spider-Man trilogy with Tobey Maguire, but he began his career with the Evil Dead films and returned to horror in 2009 with Drag Me to Hell.
His latest work, Send Help, is not strictly in the realm of the supernatural, but there are moments where he cannot resist a jump scare or two.
Rachel McAdams plays Linda Liddle, a geeky office drone, overlooked and overworked. Working in the planning and strategy department at a faceless company, she has been vying for promotion to vice-president for years.
But after the death of the owner, his slick son, Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien), takes over and favours his old college buddy.