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The Facility

  • 2012
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
2.6K
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The Facility (2012)
Horror

Eight volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong.Eight volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong.Eight volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong.

  • Director
    • Ian Clark
  • Writer
    • Ian Clark
  • Stars
    • Aneurin Barnard
    • Chris Larkin
    • Steve Evets
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    4.8/10
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    • Director
      • Ian Clark
    • Writer
      • Ian Clark
    • Stars
      • Aneurin Barnard
      • Chris Larkin
      • Steve Evets
    • 38User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
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    Aneurin Barnard
    Aneurin Barnard
    • Adam
    Chris Larkin
    Chris Larkin
    • Dr. Mansell
    Steve Evets
    Steve Evets
    • Morty
    Amit Shah
    Amit Shah
    • Arif
    Alex Reid
    Alex Reid
    • Joni
    Jack Doolan
    Jack Doolan
    • Toby
    Nia Roberts
    Nia Roberts
    • Katie
    Oliver Coleman
    • Jed
    Skye Lourie
    Skye Lourie
    • Carmen
    Emily Butterfield
    • Madeline
    Tim Parker
    • Howard
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    5Blub1256ber

    "The Facility" promises much more than it delivers

    "The Facility" has an eerie suspense in it, at least during the first half. Barnard, Coleman, Reid, Roberts et al are all capable performers and deserve much better scripts. Unfortunately I was able to see the direction the film was going by the time the first three "victims" had isolated themselves and gone bonkers as a result of the "pro-nine" drug they had been administered. It culminates in little more than a bloody mess, and a few brief follow-ups to signal that the 80-minute film is over - apparently it's based on an actual occurrence. I had been hoping for more of the eeriness, for example: when Katie discovers that Adam (Barnard) is actually one of the controls. The concept of people lured to a remote facility in order to earn money and finding out that they are being systematically tortured and left to their own devices is nothing new, but I thought that the first half-hour or so was very well done and suspenseful. Barnard is probably a star in the UK and is very expressive. He was also starred in "Citadel," which is even worse - louder and even less coherent and more gory than this ultimately disappointing thriller.
    5bowmanblue

    Not bad, but a missed opportunity

    'The Facility' is about a group of middle-to-upper class people who volunteer to test a new drug called Pro9. If you can get over the fact that all but one appear far too well-to-do to feel the need to be human guinea pigs, then you have a reasonable premise for a horror/thriller movie.

    Naturally, things go wrong. The drug makes people go crazy and look like they're suffering from extreme sunburn. I'm sure the writer wanted to convey a message about how bad pharmaceutical companies are. However, if that was the 'hidden message' then it's a little too well hidden.

    What transpires plays out like a low budget zombie film (almost like a rough prequel to 28 Days Later). When the side effects start to show themselves in the test subjects, they just go crazy (think 'The Infected' from 28 Days Later) and, due to the 'sunburnt-effect' make-up, appear like zombies.

    What's left is people running and hiding from their former colleagues all the way through it.

    That wouldn't be so bad if the characters were a little more defined. However, half the test subjects are pretty unlikable and the others (even the good ones we're supposed to root for) are just too bland for us to be bothered about. The acting is as good as you can expect, but it isn't the actors' fault that they have so little to work with.

    It's not the worst horror/thriller film out there, it just probably could have been a little better.
    5wesperkins

    Not bad, but not great

    First I'll say that I did enjoy this movie. It had a pretty cool premise, with some promise. And all of these clinical movies where people take experimental drugs, they always have the guy who's been there before and knows everything. This one has that person as well. There are some cliches but it has promise. It doesn't always deliver on that promise though. It never fully explains everything which leaves you wanting more. If you have a couple of hours and it pops up on the TV, it won't waste your time and you'll probably get into it, but you probably won't remember it long after you watch it.
    4Skinsofourfathers

    Potential wasted

    There was a very solid acting group here. Which I think is what draws you in from the beginning. But actors can only work with what they are given. Here it isn't much. You should recognize a familiar face in one of the actors as he just played a very decent agoraphobic father bent on saving his daughter. But there are too many moments in this film that leave you scratching your head and wondering "What? Why did this just happen?" Or worse, "Why didn't this just happen?" Those to questions haunt you through the film until it becomes a race to see if you can stand watching until the end. Honestly it was a good production team coupled with a great acting team wasted on a story that just wasn't there. I guess if you are one of those people that are literally obsessed with medical horror maybe. But even that is a stretch. Avoid this film but check out what else the cast has done. Because I can tell you it is better than this film.
    4Leofwine_draca

    Makes for rather depressing viewing

    THE FACILITY is another film about a medical trial gone wrong, in which a number of diverse characters are locked inside a medical research institute and tested with some new drugs which have unusual and unexpected side effects. This film has almost exactly the same story and execution as the American-made LAST EXPERIMENT, which was also disappointing.

    I think the problem with such films is that they feel very loosely-plotted and predictable. The viewer knows from the very beginning that things are going to go violently wrong so the first half of the story, the set up, is very boring as a result. This film has a cheapness of look that's not helped by the clichéd blue filter used in all of the scenes to make the setting look cold and clinical.

    Recognisable cast members are limited to Alex Reid (from THE DESCENT) and that's about it. The characters are thinly-drawn and quite unlikeable and that's even before the story gets going. And once things do kick off, they do so in a predictable way that remains predictable until the end. Sure, there's some gore and bloodshed here, but THE FACILITY is depressing more than anything else and certainly never horrific.

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      Based on the 2006 TGN1412 medical trial.
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      With the exception of the first lines, there are no opening credits.
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    • Release date
      • June 23, 2012 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Guinea Pigs
    • Production companies
      • Incendiary Pictures
      • Vertigo Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 19m(79 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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