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  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary Sixteen-year-old Vivien (Katie Douglas) is trapped in The Vestalis Academy, a prison-like boarding school, keeping to herself and sticking her neck out for no one. Until she is reunited with Sophia -- the former friend who betrayed her. Together the girls embark on a dangerous search to uncover the horrifying truth behind their imprisonm...

Directed By: Danishka Esterhazy

Written By: Katharine Montagu, Ken Chubb, Danishka Esterhazy

  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Dark Sky Films
  • 1 h 42 m

Level 16

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
46
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings
6.1
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Summary Sixteen-year-old Vivien (Katie Douglas) is trapped in The Vestalis Academy, a prison-like boarding school, keeping to herself and sticking her neck out for no one. Until she is reunited with Sophia -- the former friend who betrayed her. Together the girls embark on a dangerous search to uncover the horrifying truth behind their imprisonm...

Directed By: Danishka Esterhazy

Written By: Katharine Montagu, Ken Chubb, Danishka Esterhazy

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
46
20% Positive
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60% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
46
20% Positive
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60% Mixed
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20% Negative
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91
Mar 12, 2019
At its least, Level 16 ranks as a very good episode of Black Mirror but at its best, it succeeds as a hybrid of the kind of dystopic paranoia we get from Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale with touches of sanitized malevolence from Stanley Kubrick.
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50
Mar 20, 2019
Level 16 is a mystery horror that gets darker as it unravels.
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AlanWyles
Feb 19, 2020
Good film, not the best, but it is a film worth watching and 2 hours spent without regrets.
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8
RONSAIDIT
Mar 5, 2019
it's a slow film but well made, good acting, and story. the ending could have been many ways, so keeps you interested. shows you what you can achieve with a small budget. good film.
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50
Mar 14, 2019
The look of the film is sterile and monochromatic, as is the acting and the mood. And while fans of the genre will absolutely appreciate the surreal gloom, for most others Level 16 will come in at a level below an average "Twilight Zone" episode.
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50
Feb 27, 2019
Initial hints of a "Mean Girls"-meets-"Lord of the Flies" complication don't come to much in this straightforward pic, which will be zeitgeisty enough for some viewers while leaving most wanting something a bit more imaginative.
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30
Mar 1, 2019
As it sputters toward its curtain-exposing conclusion, “Level 16” stays disappointingly thin, both as a dark-future cautionary saga and a genre exercise.
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6
bodawei
Sep 10, 2021
There are some good moments, but a few problems with the writing. The transition between some scenes is awkward and there is overall a lack of suspense. The original idea is good but, as a spectator, I was lacking the element of "surprise" about what was to come next. Some clichés such as the guards who are Russians (oh! the bad, nasty Russians). Most actors are good, just their lines sometimes sound phony. Overall, a pleasant movie but with an aftertaste of amateurism by some aspects, especially in the script.
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4
JLuis_001
Oct 30, 2019
I was surprised to find several good reviews of this film because I was so damn bored with its monotony and lack of suspense.
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3
JoeCool
Mar 13, 2019
Rather uninspired and boring low-budget movie. Reasonably well made though the amateurism shows, just not surprising, intelligent or even interesting. Probably better than your average film-student project but not something you'd want to pay for to go see.
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Production Company Markham Street Films
Release Date Mar 1, 2019
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Purity has a Price.
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Awards

Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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