Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Blub1256ber "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.

Gods_Son I stumbled upon this film by pure fluke. I had never seen any marketing material nor heard anything via word of mouth...I'm glad I found it though and I will not soon forget it. The move is about a bunch of regular people who sign up to be guinea pigs in a clinical trial for some kind of pharmaceutical. They must stay in a facility during the trial and the facility is like a tiny hospital or clinic in the middle of absolutely nowhere....and this is where the film shines. The seclusion, the claustrophobia....a great atmosphere is set right from the beginning, reminiscent of classics such as The Thing and Alien. The acting here is also top notch. Other reviews seem to pick on the story but I felt as though it was the lack of information that made this movie great, again reminiscent of classics that leave more to the imagination...This movie does not spoon feed you with details, and for that I felt like I was there apart of the madness.

bjjnedan The Facility is about a group of people that are part of a drug trial. Unforeseen side effects make the first and only night of a 14 days trial mayhem.Yeah, the drug induced guinea pig crazy people thing has been done. Yeah, there's nothing that makes this movie stand out from anything. But..., the simple fact that it was so..., simple, made it believable. I've never been a part of one of those trials but I have been on drugs that cause those kind of psychotically, aggressive, homicidal, suicidal feelings. So I can kind of understand how something like that could happen. This didn't happen. This was just a directors attempt to cause spite for big business pharmaceuticals. Which he failed. Overall, the acting was decent, it was actually a decent little film. It was just too short. This movie had some good things going on. Some good suspense building/built up, then it just ends by the director saying, "No one at Prosyntrex was prosecuted." That was it. I really wanted to like it better, but the way it ended just made it seem like the director just ran out of ideas and said f*** it.

adj-699-887746 There are many British films that center around a group trapped in some dire situation wherein the directors rely on the talent and script/story line rather than special FX or exotic locale/scenery to craft a gripping yarn.Nicolas Roeg's incredible BBC-produced film, "Two Deaths" comes to mind. Written by Stephen Dobyns and adapted by Dobyns and Alan Scott, I consider it to be the quintessential British drama and an example of the power of a great script, conscientious, detailed direction and powerful, penetrating delivery by great actors--all occurring in a single room.For 'The Facility', we have yet another British writer-director who seems intent on crafting such a typically British, Roeg-like, limited-set drama while lacking the skill in either capacity to make it work.Granted, the cast doesn't have a Braga or a Malahide or a Gambon, but the cast is clearly talented--the acting is generally sincere and studied, insofar as the hideous script allows them to be.With all of the low budget and/or Film School Project escapades released these days that have 'writer-directors', one would think the lesson learned would be that one is actually doing oneself a great disservice by trying to do both--someone who has skill and potential in directing is stuck with a horrible script, or vice versa.Ian Clark, Writer-Director of 'The Facility' seems like he might eventually have a career as a director--generally his 'timing' is good--but how can we really tell? A competent director can often take a lousy screenplay and make it shine, but that hasn't happened here.That said, there were 'moments', but, while avoiding any spoilers, the film is predictable, shallow and ultimately wanting and unsatisfying.If I were to advise Mr. Clark, I would suggest he concentrate on directing, while searching through the no doubt thousands of excellent screenplays out there for some meaty material he can sink his teeth into, and forget about writing. Although every writer dreams of directing his/her own creation, it virtually never works well, and this is yet another case in point..