Black Ops

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Black Ops

2019

1h 40m

Action

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Trapped on a never-ending stairwell, members of a black ops team confront a mysterious and terrifying evil while trying to climb to the top.

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Rob Rector

Film Threat

It's worth viewing to witness Paton's audacious vision in hopes that he will one day receive a budget that will allow him to fully realize his storytelling acumen.

Rated: 7/10

Jun 28, 2020

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Ed Fortune

Starburst

The Ascent is unique, clever and unforgettable. Just be careful you don't end up watching it on loop.

Rated: 10/10

Jun 18, 2020

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Mark Dujsik

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[T]he characters of Black Ops are too flimsy and dispensable for their moral and existential crises to have much of an impact.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 12, 2020

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Matt Donato

Flickering Myth

A time-loop thriller like Blood Punch is about different outcomes in the same violent situation, while The Ascent becomes lost in its own non-varietal Groundhog Day premise.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 9, 2020

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Josh Bell

Crooked Marquee

Paton plays with time loops in an occasionally ingenious way, but the characters never develop distinct personalities, and the action is often hard to follow.

Rated: C+

May 19, 2020

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James Perkins

Starburst

The performances, especially from lead actors Ward and Schnitzler, are fantastic.

Rated: 9/10

Apr 18, 2020

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Courtney K

idk; it sounded cooler than it ended up being. it lost my attention in a few spots so i might've just completely missed the parts that fit everything together because overall it felt kind of random to me.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/12/23

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Kyle M

A horror film tackling stairs as a subject, and the most sensible cast of characters to climb with a reason to climb those flights are military under supposable training. A short film by a film student or a dedicated thrill deliverer with brief visionary should unveil something more terrifying than how this casually, nonsensically aimless mess frustratingly repeats without a solid base. Then what lurks creepily is stereotypically cliched and insipidly uninspired that prevents the story reaching to its full potential that the premise suggested. It has a satisfying payoff that at least awards you for sitting through this disappointedly, only to later share the sentiment at the end whether or not it continues in an endless cycle of something unknown deeper, and what if it hints a haunting analogy connected towards militarism. That speculative ambiguity branched from the payoff may help the film in providing a bit of sense, but it doesn't excuse its messy restraints under cheap intuitiveness. (C-)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/26/22

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Audience Member

Inspiration to an extent, inspired that anybody, regardless of their theatre production experience, can somehow get their movie on hulu.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Dont waste your time This movie was so bad I cant even bother with a proper review.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Trapped on a never-ending stairwell, members of a black ops team confront a mysterious and terrifying evil while trying to climb to the top.

Director: Tom Paton
Producer: George Burt, Alexa Waugh
Screenwriter: Tom Paton
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2020
Runtime: 1h 40m

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