Summary
After waking up in a cryogenic unit, Liz fights to survive and remember who she is before her oxygen runs out.
After waking up in a cryogenic unit, Liz fights to survive and remember who she is before her oxygen runs out.
A hi-tech spin on the man-in-a-box film Buried, this claustrophobic puzzler from French director Alexandre Aja (Crawl) has a compellingly cruel set-up. Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) wakes in a cramped cryogenic unit with no recollection of how she got there, or how to get out. For company, she has only the computer, Milo (Mathieu Amalric), with his infuriatingly calm refrain, "Would you like a sedative?" While Milo pokes and probes her like a lab rat, our heroine (known only as "Omnicron 216") must find out not just where she is but who she is before the oxygen levels drop to zero. Laurent gives an empathetic performance, perfectly capturing the character's sense of mounting fear and frustration as she questions everything, including her own memories. There's also a lovely synth score from French composer ROB (Maniac). Although a lot of the film's best ideas are borrowed, what transpires is, within its own limited parameters, immersive and impressive.
role | name |
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Omnicron 216 | Mélanie Laurent |
M.I.L.O. | Mathieu Amalric |
Léo Ferguson | Malik Zidi |
Ortiz | Marc Saez |
Alice Hansen | Laura Boujenah |
Capitaine Moreau | Eric Herson-Macarel |
role | name |
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Director | Alexandre Aja |