David Cork (Lachlan Woods) is a lowly data processor slaving away in the cubicle wasteland of Endo Bank's notorious Data Processing Centre, the DPC. But his real passion is manga. David is obsessed with the superhero Foxy Chaos - and he aspires to meet her creator, Takuya Fujimoro. David's manga dreams are shattered when a sinister Russian HR guru arrives at the DPC. Max Menkoff (Noah Taylor) has big plans and no worker is safe from his "method". Murder, chaos and office zombies take hold! Only David, in alliance with the brilliant and determined Ruby Jackson (Jessica Clarke), can stand in Menkoff's way. But what is the Menkoff Method? And what does it mean for David Cork?
Acting
Noah Taylor's deliciously menacing corporate vampire performance
Production
DIY manga sequences that cost approximately $12
Writing
Absurdist dialogue that treats office zombies as normal HR policy
Director
David Parker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director David Parker is better known as a cinematographer—this explains the visual confidence despite the shoestring budget.
The film satirizes real 2010s corporate 'efficiency' consulting trends, with Menkoff modeled on Silicon Valley guru types gone feral.
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