Black Ops (film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Tom Paton |
Written by | Tom Paton |
Produced by | George Burt Alexa Waugh[1] |
Starring | Rachel Warren Simon Meacock Bentley Kalu Samantha Schnitzler Shayne Ward Toby Osmond |
Cinematography | George Burt |
Music by | Max Sweiry |
Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom[3] |
Language | English |
Black Ops, also known as The Ascent or Stairs, is a 2019 independent action horror film directed by Tom Paton.[4]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- Shayne Ward as Will Stanton
- Bentley Kalu as Ben Garrett
- Samantha Schnitzler as Kia Clarke
- Alana Wallace as Hayley Nolan
- Toby Osmond as Jack Ford
- Sophie Austin as Emma Walker
- Spencer Collings as Carter Harris
- Simon Meacock as Shaun Buxton
- Phoebe Robinson-Galvin as Rachel Ryan
- Julia Szamalek as The Prisoner
- Matt Malecki as Mateus
- Rachel Warren as The Mother
- Piotr Baumann as Pavel
Release
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Billington, Alex. 24 April 2020. FirstShowing.net, FirstShowing.net, viewed 28 May 2022.
- ^ Rodgers, Matt (27 August 2019). "Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Stairs". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ Movies and Mania, 6 July 2019, viewed 29 May 2022
- ^ Crow, Roger. "THE ASCENT [BLACK OPS] (2019) – FILM REVIEW". On: Yorkshire Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Black Ops, Rotten Tomatoes, viewed 29 May 2022
- ^ MLMillerWrites, 15 June 2020, viewed 29 May 2022
External links
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