Send Help

I haven't had this much unhinged fun at the movies in a long time. Vintage Sam Raimi, SEND HELP is a hilarious horror adventure that's packed with laugh out loud surprises.

Rachel McAdams (Doctor Strange, True Detective) kills it in a career defining role as meek, single and devoted employee Linda Liddle. Socially awkward, her most loyal companion is the parakeet she shares her tiny apartment with, making tuna sandwiches nightly for her next day's lunch.

Linda is a beast at her keyboard or when making audition tapes to join Jeff Probst on "Survivor" but she is a timid personality in the office.

When young, new hotshot President Bradley Preston (Dylan O'Brien) takes the reins of his Father's company, he firmly establishes that he'd like to be surrounded by frat bros and gorgeous women.

But he decides to give Linda a chance to prove herself by inviting her on the company private jet for a merger meeting in Asia. Only because her keen eye on strategy and numbers will help him close the deal.

After a spectacularly shot and crafted crash sequence in the ocean, Linda finds herself stranded on an impossibly remote tropical island with Bradley.

It's Linda's Survivor dream come true!

Bradley, not so much.

What happens for the next hour+ won't be revealed here as it is a laugh out loud treasure trove of surprises, suspense and clever twists and turns that kept me guessing and the sold out preview audience roaring.

I've never seen McAdams in this kind of role. She's fantastic. As the meek office Linda morphs into the ultimate Survivor contestant, her drive to outwit, outplay and outlast Bradley is movie nirvana. McAdams executes comedy and horror with equal relish.

O'Brien is every bit her equal as a young, powerful man neutered by fate. His line readings and facial expressions are perfection. He's also got the best on screen laugh I've ever heard. You can't help but laugh along.

The early scene in which Bradley and Linda chat at her desk is flawless. While Linda flirts and pitches her abilities, Bradley just stares at the hunk of tuna fish hanging to the corner of her mouth. Raimi zooms in on it like its the plague, while scary music looms. It's laugh out loud funny and just a taste of what's to come.

How in the hell can someone thrive on the island like Linda does? She was born for this. Jeff Probst take notice.

This is my favorite Sam Raimi movie since "Darkman" and "Spiderman 2", which is still my favorite Marvel movie of all time. Raimi's style is unmistakable, with zooming cameras, slightly askew closeups and an unflinching camera for gore and jump scares. There's one good jump here that's the best one in memory since that back seat passenger in Mike Flanagan's "The Haunting of Hill House".

Damian Shannon and Mark Swift have crafted a clever, funny & twisted mashup of "Misery" & "Castaway" that delivers the goods, including the most shocking reveal at the movies I've had in decades. It's also the biggest laugh I've heard in a packed theater in nearly that long when it's revealed.

Has a career in strategy and planning ever translated so well to a tropical island? Watch out for Linda, she's a mover and a shaker with a whole lot of secrets.

I laughed hard, jumped a couple times and couldn't wipe the smile off my face from start to finish.

Raimi is a horror genre master and he's back with vengeance to spare.

Loved this one and bet it's a big hit. SEND HELP gets an A+.

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