Citadel

2012 "They see your fear!"
5.5| 1h25m| R| en
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Chronically agoraphobic since the day his wife was murdered, Tommy Cowley finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe-wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his baby daughter. Upon discovering the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children, he learns that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place he fears the most - the abandoned tower block, known as the Citadel.

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Evengyny Thanks for the memories!
ShangLuda Admirable film.
Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life
Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.
bigfrog6 If you like your movies heavy on slow burn buildup with the overall focus on mood, tension and a feeling of dread this one's for you. It definitely has its flaws and at least one gaping plot hole that kind of left me shaking my head but overall I definitely enjoyed this well directed flick. If you like big splodey things, lots of gore, Hollywood fake boobies, bombastic soundtracks and prefer energy drink adrenaline rush pacing you might want to pass.
Michael Ledo Tommy (Aneurin Barnard) is helpless as his pregnant wife (Amy Shiels) is attacked by a gang of hoodlums. This isn't any ordinary gang, but one that apparently kidnaps children and can smell fear, but "can't see you." He believes they are after his child and is forced to face his fears and the killer children in the "Citadel" an abandoned apartment high rise. He is aided by a priest (James Cosmo) and a blind boy named Danny (Jake Wilson).At some point in time I had to question if the creatures were real or Tommy's imagination. In one scene they break out a car window, then as they drive to another location, it is fixed. So I had to question if this was a plot point meaning the children were imaginary or just a sloppy production.The film is all about Tommy's fear and did little to frighten me. It is a film you can take a nap in the middle of it, wake up and know what is going on. The actors did a fine job, I just found the film rather slow.Parental Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
Johan Louwet I wasn't sure how to rate this movie. I really liked the acting of Aneurin Barnard as the young father of a baby girl whose wife was violated by a bunch of kids and died as a result. His agoraphobia and fear that those kids might hurt him or his daughter looked very convincing to me. However once those evil kids got hold of his daughter there is an attempt to put some more action in the movie. The back story of the building (the citadel) and its inhabitants (the evil kids), it's worked out rather poorly. The inclusion of the blind boy was pretty good but the role of the priest was rather unfitting. I don't mind movies with a small cast but here the lack of people in the streets severed the movie's quality and overall enjoyment.
kosmasp This is an absolute head horror movie. Something that is building on your imagination (or that of the main guy) ... or is it? And that is the big drawing point of the movie too. While it isn't acted great, the main idea has so much gravitas that it makes the movie a really nice watch. Especially when it leaves you wondering what is going on.The "prologue" (let's call it that) has the inciting incident in it and while it is a bit of a stretch it does have a very big effect on our leading man. An effect some will dismiss, but something that can actually happen (to someone who went through something like this). What follows is a nice horror movie that will either entertain you or bore you, depending on your taste