Citadel

2012 "They see your fear!"
5.5| 1h25m| R| en| More Info
Released: 09 November 2012 Released
Producted By: Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Country: United Kingdom
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Synopsis

Chronically agoraphobic since the day his wife was murdered, Tommy Cowley finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe-wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his baby daughter. Upon discovering the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children, he learns that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place he fears the most - the abandoned tower block, known as the Citadel.

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Nonureva Really Surprised!
RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
O Mr **major spoilers!!** I keep seeing reviews on here where people just didn't get it, miss important plot points and didn't listen to what the priest clearly explained. The children came from 1 girl, pregnant yet had contracted a disease. The baby twins she had interbred, and so due to this and the infection they became mutated. Hence, they are attracted to (and the priest tells us all this) fear, they can only see the red mist if people that are fearful. When our hero gains his bravery he in effect becomes invisible to them. This is also explained by young Danny who says..more than once.. "I can't see you". He was one of the children that escaped the tower, and he was beginning to become one of the feral kids but escaped before his transformation. This also explains the caged kids in the basement being transformed into the feral kids to join the hunt as night time packs.I really don't understand why people didn't get this, and consequently gave this movie such a poor rating.
reelbloody Have you ever seen the synopsis for a movie and thought to yourself, "Oh yea, this is gonna be great!" only to be let down within the first 30 minutes? Well, this happened to me this week. I checked out a film called Citadel. No, it was not about a college in Charleston, SC for military kids, it is an Irish film written and directed by Ciaran Foy. Citadel is about a father who teams up with what I call an insane priest to save his daughter from a gang of violent, demented kids. Sounds pretty cool, right? Well, here are my thoughts: I will start by saying that I really wanted to like this movie...I did. The first few minutes you get a little action and then you're like "Okay, here we go." I spent the next 15 minutes of boredom only trying to convince myself that the main character was not played by John Mayer because if I didn't find something to keep me interested, I would have fallen asleep. Listen, this movie is not a total poop fest, it isn't. I think the problem is, it just was not MY cup of tea. I have spoken with people who liked it, and I did not immediately want to hurl things at their faces...I understood.
tumtadiddlydoo Browsing reddit for a horror movie to watch, I saw this one recommended a couple times. Something dealing with a more psychological aspect always interests me, so I decided to give it a shot. Sadly, I was disappointed. Small spoilers may follow (descriptions of small scenes) but nothing that will ruin the plot or the entirety of the described scene.The movie doesn't really do a good job at... well, anything. Its plot is rather simple (not always bad) and several things were never entirely explained, such as the actual cause of what's going on as well as why some of the characters in the movie seem to just completely ignore the main character and his cries for help. There's a part (not to ruin anything) where he's shouting at someone that he just saw someone get killed and the guy he's shouting at doesn't even look him in the eye. At first I thought this was part of whatever was going on in this movie, until the "creatures" killed that guy only seconds later.Additionally, several scenes in this movie seem implausible. While I'm aware horror's not supposed to be real, a couple scenes just defy logic, such as the creatures walking RIGHT past him at one point to attack some completely silent stranger further away from their point of entry. At times, it feels like the director forces illogical things to happen just to force conflict. Not to ruin anything again but there's a part where he has to break the door into his own house, leaving it vulnerable in the future. This is never explained, as it is made clear that it's his own house before this scene.As for scares... Well I don't look for scares in horror movies. I look more for creepy. This movie, sadly, has neither. The creatures look like uninspired zombies (yet they're not zombies) and there's no scares, legitimate or jump-scare.The movie's conclusion sort of just... ends. All in all, I want that hour and a half of my life back.
atinder This was a really good movie , actually it was a great movie.This movie did not take long to get going and what a way to start a movie. With the pregnant lady , It was nasty not gory, it was nasty as it is a really nasty thing to do.I really like the rest of the movie, as we get to see the father is scared of going out side his house, which gives their movie more of a intense feel to it.You may be thinking this sounds like a another movie called Them. however this movie is far from it, as it is a bit of a plot later in the movie.I don't know if I miss it, I don't think they explained who or what they were.Fantastic acting , and great movie 9/10