Ghost Machine | |
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Directed by | Chris Hartwill |
Written by | Sven Hughes Malachi Smyth |
Produced by | Simon Bosanquety Mark Huffam |
Starring | Luke Ford Rachael Taylor Sean Faris |
Cinematography | George Richmond |
Edited by | Emma Gaffney Dayn Williams |
Music by | Bill Grishaw |
Production company | Generator Entertainment |
Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Ghost Machine is a 2009 British science fiction film, directed by Chris Hartwill [1] and based on a screenplay by writer Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth. [2] It stars Rachael Taylor, Sean Faris and Luke Ford. [3]
The film opens with a tied and hooded woman being taken to some sort of jail run by the British military.
Nine years later, military technicians and video gamers; Tom and Vic perform a training exercise for several candidates for a special force.
They smuggle their top secret, virtual warfare program into a disused prison (as seen before) , to experiment with it using two of the candidates.
What should first be a thrill becomes a deadly reality, as a vengeful outsider has manipulated the software and kidnapped them. When their companion Jess hears of this, they begin a seemingly hopeless rescue mission, but is also drawn into this virtual world. A world which can be just as deadly as real warfare.
The film was shot in September 2008 in Northern Ireland in the city of Belfast at the Crumlin Road Gaol. [4] It based on a storybook of British screenwriter Sven Hughes. [5]
The Score was composed by American country artist Bill Grishaw. [6]
Ghost Machine premiered on 1 February 2009 in the United Kingdom [7] and was released in the United States as direct-to-video production on 22 December 2009 over Anchor Bay Entertainment. [8]
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