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A normal morning quickly becomes a nightmare for the residents of Oslo Tower flats when a viral outbreak descends which soon infiltrate the building and begin snatching residents, tempers fray and fear takes over. No water. No power. No explanation. No escape.
23 April 1972, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1989, Shropshire, England, UK
1971, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
1980, England, UK
September 10, 2015
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.
September 14, 2015
Containment proves that you don't need a whopping great budget, nor an A-list cast to produce an accomplished piece of work.
September 11, 2015
Strong attention to detail and a disquieting score set this debut feature apart, but some of the characters' motivations aren't entirely convincing.
September 16, 2015
There's nothing groundbreaking in this low-budget sci-fi thriller, but newbie director Mcenery-West makes excellent use of his claustrophobic setting.
September 11, 2015
Gets by on resourcefulness and sincerity.
July 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.
September 04, 2015
Stark, brittle, disquieting and with an ending to rival The Mist for bleakness, Containment is British genre cinema to champion and one to shout about from the nearest rooftop.
September 14, 2015
It's a niftily executed viral-outbreak thriller that, true to its title, makes good use of confined space to ratchet up the drama of the situation, while working hard to bypass the more obvious narrative traps it creates for itself.
September 10, 2015
A good British sci-fi thriller that makes good use of tight spaces.
