A plane crash leaves a downtrodden executive marooned on a desert island with her sexist boss, who still fails to see her worth despite her saving his life multiple times over. 

Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) is an awkward and unliked executive at her corporation. But she is also the person behind the scenes who has been instrumental in their success, which is why the big boss has promised her a promotion to Vice President. It is no wonder then that she is a little disappointed when the son and heir to the company moves in and immediately passes her over for one of his frat buddies whom he can play golf with. After all, why would he bother with the unattractive grafter who cannot schmooze a room of execs? 

Linda’s obsession with the television show Survivor will play a trump card in her being able to show her new boss, Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien), her worth. But his misogyny knows no bounds, and soon Linda’s thoughts turn from showing him why he is wrong to overlook her to simply making him regret it. 

Send Help is a wonderfully fun representation of a woman turning the tables on her employer with the sort of perfect blend of comedy and horror that you expect from director Sam Raimi, a director who has veered between horror movie and superhero blockbuster with aplomb. 

This is William Golding’s Lord of the Flies meets 9 to 5 with its winning formula based around Raimi’s ability to make you laugh one second and recoil another, and McAdams’ amazing ability to begin the film as an awkward klutz and end it as something else completely. 

In fact, one of the best moments in the film for me was the sense of realisation that after rooting for Linda the entire time, that perhaps she may have taken it all a little too far. Perhaps Linda’s realisation that nice guys finish last is the biggest heel turn of them all.

There is so much fun to be had throughout, though. Raimi aficionados will have so much fun with multiple scenes, but it is worth shouting out the plane crash, the boar hunt, a resuscitation scene, and a discussion about an ancient Egyptian practice as great set pieces that epitomise the wonderful sense of both horror and comedy on show. 

Send Help is immense fun.