Not Safe for Work

Not Safe for Work

No Protection, No Help, No Escape

Directed by Joe Johnston

Produced by Blumhouse Productions, Universal Pictures

201474 min5.5 / 10

A claustrophobic thriller about a man trapped with a professional killer, built on sustained paranoia and survival tension.

Tom, a legal firm assistant, spots a suspicious man outside the court and follows him. Later, he gets trapped in a building with the same man who turns out to be a hitman.

Questions people ask

  • Is Not Safe for Work scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Not Safe for Work easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Not Safe for Work end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Not Safe for Work violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Not Safe for Work sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

Written about

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity12

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise31

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Not Safe for Work

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Not Safe for Work

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Not Safe for Work, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Not Safe for Work, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Not Safe for Work, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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