Black Ops (film)

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Black Ops
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Film poster
Directed byTom Paton
Written byTom Paton
Produced byGeorge Burt
Alexa Waugh [1]
StarringRachel Warren
Simon Meacock
Bentley Kalu
Samantha Schnitzler
Shayne Ward
Toby Osmond
CinematographyGeorge Burt
Music byMax Sweiry
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release dates
  • August 2019 (2019-08)(2020) [2]
  • December 06 (06-12)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom [3]
LanguageEnglish

Black Ops, also known as The Ascent or Stairs, is a 2019 independent action horror film directed by Tom Paton. [4]

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Plot

A special ops military team find themselves stuck on an endless staircase and must fix their past sins against civilians or die on the stairs. [1]

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the 2019 FrightFest [1] on 26 August, and released on 12 June 2020 as direct to video on demand. [1]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 67% of 9 critics' reviews are positive. [5] It is described by reviewers as being either military horror, [6] or action and horror. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Billington, Alex. 24 April 2020. FirstShowing.net , FirstShowing.net, viewed 28 May 2022.
  2. Rodgers, Matt (27 August 2019). "Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Stairs". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. Movies and Mania , 6 July 2019, viewed 29 May 2022
  4. Crow, Roger. "THE ASCENT [BLACK OPS] (2019) – FILM REVIEW". On: Yorkshire Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  5. Black Ops , Rotten Tomatoes, viewed 29 May 2022
  6. MLMillerWrites , 15 June 2020, viewed 29 May 2022