| Director | Joe Lynch |
|---|---|
| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $17,366 |
The ID-7 "Red Eye" virus spreads throughout the world. It is not lethal, but it infects neural pathways, removing all inhibition and moral integrity, resulting in people acting out their darkest impulses, which may include murder. A man named Nevil Reed commits the first known case of murder driven by ID-7, but he is not deemed liable due to the virus's influence. Derek Cho, a Towers and Smythe Consulting (TSC) lawyer, found the loophole that won Reed's case, earning him a corner office. Derek began his job full of optimism but quickly lost his moral compass while climbing the corporate ladder, even neglecting his family.
One morning, Derek goes into work and meets with Melanie Cross, a desperate client who needs more time on a loan. Derek thinks that he cannot help and calls security on her. After discovering that a bungled legal case for massive company Vanda Corp. has been pinned on him by his superior, Kara "The Siren" Powell, Derek confronts her. They plead their cases to TSC's head, John Towers, who eventually orders Derek fired. Human resource chief Lester "The Reaper" McGill offers a hefty severance package in return for Derek claiming responsibility. Derek, afraid of being disbarred and sued, rejects this, so security begins escorting Derek out.
The building is put under quarantine as the ID-7 virus has been detected in the ventilation system. A neutralizing agent is released into the building, and it takes an estimated eight hours for the virus to be obliterated. However, everyone in the building is infected in the meantime, resulting in chaos, violence, and sex.
Derek attempts to take the elevator upstairs to protest to Towers and the board of directors for his job back. Instead, Towers sends Derek to the basement to be beaten up by Towers' enforcer, Colton "The Bull" Snyder. Derek's friend Ewan arrives to help but is accidentally killed by The Bull, further infuriating Derek.
Derek is locked up along with Melanie, who had resisted security. They quarrel but eventually decide to work together. Derek calls Vanda Corp., ensuring his innocence in the mishandled case and costing TSC a payment from Vanda Corp. Realizing that they will not be liable for their actions, Derek and Melanie grab weapons, intending to hold the people on the top floor responsible for their respective bad situations, but they require The Reaper's and Kara's key cards to get there. Derek takes out two security guards who have been sent to attack them.
En route to The Reaper, Derek incapacitates two more guards. The Reaper attacks them; Melanie kills him with a power saw. Derek and Melanie use his card to get to Kara's office. They duel and brutalize five of Kara's coworkers. Kara offers her card for her safety, but her long-suffering assistant Meg has already destroyed it, having been offered a promotion to do it to protect those upstairs. Meg cuts out The Siren's tongue and kills her. Towers taunts Derek by urinating on Ewan's corpse. Melanie comforts Derek, and they have sex.
Needing another method to get upstairs, Derek and Melanie convince the company's one IT worker to hack Irene Smythe's computer, getting her to come down. They offer Smythe's files in exchange for her card and a reversal of her original denial of Melanie's loan extension. Smythe refuses, stating that contracts signed during this period can be invalidated, citing the virus. Melanie destroys Smythe's files. The Bull attacks Derek but is killed with a screwdriver. Smythe offers Derek top-floor access in exchange for revenge on Melanie. Derek accepts but sabotages Melanie's restraints. Melanie escapes and kills Smythe with a hammer.
On the top floor, Towers offers Derek a full partnership, but Derek refuses. Derek kills Towers' assistants, Tessa and Dena, who attacked him. Derek battles Towers. TSC's board gives him permission to kill Towers, so Derek punches him off the building to his death just as the quarantine is lifted.
Derek accepts the board's offer of Towers' job. He extends Melanie's loan, then promptly quits the company and is later seen painting with Melanie.