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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Dark Sky Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Dark Sky Films
- 1 h 31 m
Summary After a mysterious phenomenon traps them inside their house, a series of increasingly disturbing instructions on TV lead the Milgram family into a cycle of paranoia and violence.
Directed By: Johnny Kevorkian
Written By: Gavin Williams
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Dark Sky Films
- 1 h 31 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Dark Sky Films
- 1 h 31 m
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Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
2.9
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Summary After a mysterious phenomenon traps them inside their house, a series of increasingly disturbing instructions on TV lead the Milgram family into a cycle of paranoia and violence.
Directed By: Johnny Kevorkian
Written By: Gavin Williams
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While most movies of this type simply peter out, “Instructions” maintains such an unswerving commitment to its dark purpose that its final, gorgeously tenebrous images will leave you wobbly for days.
This British sci-fi thriller is like the violent offspring of “Black Mirror.”
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
2.9
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43% Mixed
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57% Negative
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
2.9
0% Positive
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
43% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
57% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
I have to agree with the other review here in that the movie just doesn't "sell" the characters or reactions well at all. I think the acting though is probably not as bad as the writing. All the characters seem like insane people who have the strangest reaction to any given situation. There's a part where people are freaking out, calling a TV broken, worried about it's ability to turn back on. Why? Is it an old faulty TV? does it have a sticker that says "keep on"? No. It's just supposed to be understood that nobody would ever turn this TV off.
This kind of thing continues to happen throughout the movie and while I am not usually a harsh critic, it's like the person who wrote this hasn't ever interacted with anyone but insane racists.
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Really interesting concept and some disturbing images. Unfortunately ruined by the director getting on a soapbox and preaching about everything the left loves to complain about, racism, Christianity, masculinity, patriotism. All are treated as the real "villians" of the movie. Movie gets a "7", but the left wing preaching knocks it down to a 3.
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Unfortunately, director Johnny Kevorkian and screenwriter Gavin Williams not only put their Beanstalk-high concept to ill use, but also fail to keep their drama compelling on a scene-to-scene basis.
Like many of the Black Mirror / Twilight Zone scenario movies as of late, the writers really have no idea how the come up with an ending. Just like in The Platform, another movie that botches it, the ending is just vaguely mystical and we have to settle for never knowing. Highly unsatisfying.
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This movie barely deserves a 2 simply because it could have been great. The setting is amazing but the writing is god awful, really couldn't be much worse than it was. The characters are so dense that it's hard to watch and they make decision that make zero sense whatsoever. Like other reviewers have said the whole cast of characters seem like insane people. They aren't even making poor decisions out of fear, they simply do stupid things for no reason. I'm gonna post this at a 2 before I change my mind and make it a zero. I do not recommend watching for it will put you in a bad mood.
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This was so awful, I don't even know where to begin! I had to turn this movie off after 40 painful minutes, but I actually lost all interest at 30 mins when the entire cast injected themselves with the mystery vaccine that fell down the chimney! Horrible plot. Horrible acting. Horrible directing. No action. No adventure. No drama. Boring as hell. A total, complete waste of perfectly good film, not to mention 40 minutes of my life down the toilet that I'll never get back!
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I thought this movie was quite awful. The cast does a poor job "acting" and doesn't really sell the predicament the characters are in. Then again, It's not like they had top-notch writing to deal with. The characters are painfully shallow, The plot offers little explanation and makes little sense as well.
I mean it's obvious the film is about how technology controls our lives and how little we question things we see on the internet, That is obvious. But it's too obvious and almost way too in your face.
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Production Company
Premiere Picture,
Shudder Films
Release Date Oct 5, 2018
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline Contain. Corrupt. Control.
Website
http://www.gspstudios.co.uk/
Awards
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Cinepocalypse
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
