The Menkoff Method

The Menkoff Method

The Russians are coming!

2016 · 87 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Fantasy, Crime

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?

Directed by David Parker · Written by Zac Gillam

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Noah Taylor Max Menkoff
Robert Taylor Clive Struthers
Lachlan Woods David Cork
Jessica Clarke Ruby Jackson
Catherine McClements Marjorie Werne
David Whiteley Guy Curry
Olga Makeeva Svetlana
Andrew Ryan Gary Barrett
Malcolm Kennard Karpov
John Brumpton Security Guard #2
Ed Deganos Comic Book Geek
Dafna Kronental Louise

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