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Containment

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Residents of an apartment block wake up to discover that they are sealed inside their building. They must work together to find out why before they start to turn on one another.
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Kim Newman Empire Magazine 09/10/2015
3/5
A good British sci-fi thriller that makes good use of tight spaces. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin Guardian 09/10/2015
3/5
While the dialogue is tainted by a few panic-thriller platitudes, and it is clear first-time director Neil McEnery-West needs to work on coaxing the best from actors, this is a zippy, clean-cut work. Go to Full Review
Anton Bitel Sight & Sound 07/23/2015
like [REC] or The Mist (both 2007) but without the monsters, as a beleaguered society turns on itself and destroys its own hope. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/05/2020
3.0/4.0
I found myself most captivated by Sheila Reid whose performance is simultaneously vulnerable, self-assured and immensely satisfying. Go to Full Review
Phil W. Bayles One Room With A View 05/10/2019
4/5
Alarmingly frank but refreshingly optimistic, Containment tells a great many inconvenient truths but its coda assures us that all is not lost. Go to Full Review
Sophie WIng One Room With A View 05/04/2019
3/5
Its sense of unease and likeable cast make Containment a diverting way to spend an hour or two; if you're looking for more, you might want to search elsewhere. Go to Full Review
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tripti g 10/09/2021 Small scale movie, definitely catches the British reaction to a supposed virus in an apartment complex. I think the characters could have had more of a background story as it did get a bit slow at times. See more 02/05/2021 The movie had a great potential but became quite boring and slow. Also, poor choice of characters. All immature, winning men, borderline drama queens till we got bored of that behavior. Also, there are mistakes in the plot and in the occurrence of the facts and it becomes really difficult for the public to follow the story. I appreciate the effort but I would have stuck to 7 or 8 good episodes than 13 long and boring ones. See more 03/25/2020 One of the best small-scale holdup movies I've seen. It just had a problem with a small piece of glass, but that's about it on what it does really badly. Overall, this movie was a good and accurate depiction of what it might be like to be in a situation like this, and it ends on a somber message which is also good. I would recommend this movie to people not spoiled like little brats that need their Marvel fix or something that needs to have flying superheros and neon colors to get their giggles and drool. See more 03/23/2020 🥳Celebrating Day 6 of Voluntary Quarantine with Containment 🥳 The movie suffers from terrible characters that have no depth. The story also doesn't make much sense and feels very incomplete. There are many plot holes. There was some good cinematography and mystery, too bad it was underdeveloped. See more 11/17/2018 Fergus Stapleton. Good allround low budget film here. Everything a film like this should be really with a good cast, well used tight location, interesting story and exciting moments. Builds well to good if fairly open ending. Group of people trapped in high rise appartment while sinister orange suited people move around on ground below. Short, Sharp entertaining 77 minutes here. Really liked this one. See more 05/04/2017 It is not horror. It is not Sci-fi (sorry, but people in haz-mat suits is not science fiction as it is a daily occurrence somewhere around the globe). Drama, yes, but thriller, no. Nothing about it gave me an "edge of my seat" feeling. While it started off interesting it eventually petered out until it ended in a a WTF moment. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Residents of an apartment block wake up to discover that they are sealed inside their building. They must work together to find out why before they start to turn on one another.
Director
Neil Mcenery-West
Producer
Christine Hartland, Casey Herbert, Roland Holmes, Sarah Senior
Screenwriter
David Lemon
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 6, 2016
Runtime
1h 13m
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