Containment (film)

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Containment
Containment Poster.jpg
Poster
Directed byNeil Mcenery-West
Written byDavid Lemon
Produced byChristine Hartland
Casey Herbert
Pete Smyth
Starring
CinematographyArthur Mulhern
Edited byArttu Salmi
Music by
  • Graham Hadfield
Production
companies
  • Bandoola Productions
  • Bright Cold Day Films
  • Patchwork Productions
Distributed byBill Bravo
Release date
  • 1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)
Running time
80 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Containment is a 2015 British thriller film written by David Lemon, directed by Neil Mcenery-West, produced by Casey Herbert, Pete Smyth and Christine Hartland; and starring Lee Ross, Sheila Reid, Louise Brealey, Pippa Nixon, Andrew Leung, William Postlethwaite and Gabriel Senior. The film's executive producer is Simon Sole. [2]

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Plot

The film is set in a 1970s era council block in Weston, Southampton set in the present-day United Kingdom. Mark, an artist, wakes to find that he has been sealed into his flat with no way out. There is no electricity, no water and no communications with the outside world apart from a voice over the intercom, repeating the phrase, "please remain calm, the situation is under control". Strange figures in Hazmat suits patrol the grounds outside and set up a military tent. Mark's neighbour, Sergei, breaks down the wall between their flats in order to discover why they have been sealed in and try to find a way to escape. Along the way, they team up with their fellow residents, Enid, Sally and Aiden. When young Nicu is taken, Mark and Sergei rescue him and take a Hazmat nurse hostage. [1]

Cast

Production

Mcenery-West began working on the film in 2008 as he had always been attracted to contained thrillers and wanted to do a modern urban version of something like Lord of the Flies. [3] Mcenery-West's original idea was focussed on the concept of just one character trapped alone in his apartment but Lemon expanded the story to include a diverse group of characters in order to avoid what Lemon felt was "one man on a stage". [3]

The film commenced filming on location in Weston Tower Blocks, Southampton in April 2014. [4] The blocks remained occupied during filming with many of the location's real residents acting as extras in the film. Lemon had a cameo as one of the mysterious figures in a Hazmat suit. [3]

Release

In May 2015, Bill Bravo Films acquired the worldwide rights to the film [5] and the film premiered in July 2015 as part of the East End Film Festival [5] and was previewed at the Henley Fringe Festival ahead of its UK theatrical release in September 2015 [6]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which categorises reviews only as positive or negative, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 13 critical reviews. [7]

Containment won the Accession Award at the East End Film Festival 2015. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "British Council Film: 'Containment'" . Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vision Films: 'Containment'". Archived from the original on 26 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Rocks, Leyton (7 November 2014). "Britflicks Talks To Neil Mcenery-West & David Lemon About Their Thriller 'Containment'". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Hunter, Craig (16 April 2014). "UK Survival Thriller 'Containment' Commences Filming". Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1 2 Wiseman, Andreas (15 May 2015). "Vision captures UK thriller 'Containment'". Screen International . Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Gabriel, 15, has a bright future on the big screen". 13 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Containment at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "'Ivy' wins best film at East End Film Festival". 10 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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