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Play trailer Poster for Control R Released Sep 23, 2022 2h 9m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A mother locked inside a stark room is tasked by an unknown voice to complete increasingly difficult challenges if she wants to save her daughter's life. As the frequency and intensity of the tasks threaten to overwhelm her, she must piece together half-remembered chapters of her life before imprisonment if she wants to secure her freedom, rescue her child, and escape this waking nightmare. CONTROL is an intensely thrilling sci-fi mystery that will keep you guessing until the final moments.
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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) The Voice’s vengeful motives are ridiculous, and the audience is captive to the special dullness only a suspenseless potboiler can provide. Nov 15, 2023 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall Director James Mark keeps the imagery sleek and the atmosphere intriguing but, even when another person appears, it's difficult to care about characters and a situation that are so undefined. Rated: 2/5 Oct 5, 2022 Full Review Christian Valentin Spectrum Culture An admirable albeit flawed evolution of Mark’s genre filmmaking, this delivers some of his familiar bloody carnage but functions as more of an enigmatic thriller. Despite a solid lead, early intrigue, and late action, this felt like a misfire by the end. Sep 29, 2022 Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia While Control may be limited by its budget, it’s certainly not hampered by a lack of imagination. Sep 21, 2022 Full Review Joel Harley Starburst Making the best of its single room setting (reminiscent of cult classic Cube), James Mark's sci-fi thriller achieves a lot with a little – snappy visuals, a simple concept, and a compelling lead performance. Rated: 3/5 Sep 9, 2022 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film There are some smart ideas here which help to keep the film interesting even if they never quite achieve their potential. Rated: 3/5 Aug 31, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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catherine T Confused as to what this movie was about after watching. No subtitles didn't help me as I couldn't make out all the spoken words. I still don't know, hence this review may seem strange to those with more understanding of what the movie was about. I didn't understand what "reconditioning" was and wondered if she was a robot?? Wondered how she alone had special abilities?? The movie doesn't explain much. I didn't understand why the two characters didn't show more alarm about being confined in a strange room or try harder to escape or question who was doing this to them and who was setting things up in the room as they blacked out or what the chip was in her head?? Or basically show more fear, shock and desperation instead of dutifully eating the green goop left for them. Her constant tiredness became silly. I wondered why she didn't attempt to bust out of the room using her powers or shoot at the box filled with sand to rescue her husband or shed a tear when he died. The acting wasn't convincing. I didn't fully identify with the characters. The plot was painfully slow until she escapes the room. It makes no sense that she couldn't save her husband when she's able to kill all the shooters. It was sad as there's no happy ending or chance for the main character to see her daughter but to be stuck in a loop. I wouldn't watch a sequel nor watch the movie again nor recommend the movie. I felt boredom and frustration and confusion until she left the room then it was interesting but the ending was predictable and depressing when she repeats the beginning scene. I love sci fi but this movie was dismal and I wish I hadn't watched it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/24 Full Review Tom A Just a very bad copy of Scarlet Witch. Very cheap. Maximum 3 different Scenes. Very slow, it makes me angry. Music almost only the same. Athmosperic music the whole movie makes me even more angry. Unrealistic and its also no art. Has an "it was just a dream" ending. Bad storyline dont watch. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/20/24 Full Review Vincent M Just as bad as expected. They tried. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review Will F It was ok, but Eileen as a character, just gross. What's with the man hating in all these movies these days. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Good thriller for the budget on a diet while scratching your head when you can only hire 2 actors. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Darius D Fairly boring. Characters - no depth. Outcome - predictable. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/02/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A mother locked inside a stark room is tasked by an unknown voice to complete increasingly difficult challenges if she wants to save her daughter's life. As the frequency and intensity of the tasks threaten to overwhelm her, she must piece together half-remembered chapters of her life before imprisonment if she wants to secure her freedom, rescue her child, and escape this waking nightmare. CONTROL is an intensely thrilling sci-fi mystery that will keep you guessing until the final moments.
Director
James Mark
Producer
Bruno Marino
Screenwriter
James Mark, Matthew Nayman
Distributor
Saban Films
Production Co
High Star Entertainment, Kemodo Entertainment
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Some Strong Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 23, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2022
Runtime
2h 9m
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