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Bad Day at the Office review – gratuitously entertaining Go-Pro thriller is like Crank meets The Hangover

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John Hannah parkours through gangland London in a hyperactive first-person action film that has to keep the heartrate down This ludicrous, rabid thriller, shot largely on first-person GoPros, is like Peep Show on PCP. The cumulative effect is of being crammed into a monster-truck tyre and rolled down Mount Everest. It is relentlessly committed to packing the frame with gratuitously entertaining gimmickry, and…

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