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Containment

Containment

Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction · 2015

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

Movie details

Containment

“No water. No power. No explanation. No escape.”

2015 Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction 1h 17m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Containment?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Neil Mcenery-West

Written by

David Lemon · Neil Mcenery-West

Louise Brealey

Louise Brealey

Sally

Lee Ross

Lee Ross

Mark

Sheila Reid

Sheila Reid

Enid

Pippa Nixon

Pippa Nixon

Hazel

Claire Greasley

Claire Greasley

Angry Resident

Andrew Leung

Andrew Leung

Sergei

Billy Postlethwaite

Billy Postlethwaite

Aiden

Court is in session

Put Containment on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.