ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Michael Ledo "The Abandoned" (US title) and "Confined" (UK Title) are the same film. Julia (Louisa Krause) has mental issues and is on meds. She has one last chance to see her daughter Chloe. While she aspires to be a nurse she gets a gig as a nighttime security guard of an abandoned palace hotel. She works with the condescending misogynistic Cooper (Jason Patric). Julia sees things and Cooper doesn't trust her. She discovers a locked abandoned section and enters. She walks through the rooms and hallways and entertains us with rapid panic breathing and gasps. Why? I had no idea, the scary stuff comes later.Eventually all the mysteries are revealed to us in a way that was idiotic and anti-climatic.Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

hnhovitz There is so much to be upset and frustrated with here, but the greatest offense is to end with the "twist" that negates an excruciating 80 minutes of wandering through the world's most boring museum. The "twist" is not a twist. It is a middle finger given to you by a random person, and you can't for the life of you figure out why. Any horror movie that allows this plot device deserves a swift toss in the trash. I'll let you play "guess the cliché" but sadly, the cliché doesn't even make sense. It wasn't even scary along the way! It was just confused. The only way anyone could possibly enjoy this film is if they're an architecture student who enjoys long, boring shots of pillars and hallways and also enjoys the exploitative nature of a sub-plot surrounding the abuse of mentally challenged and physically deformed children. Infuriating. You can find the sad excuse for a WTF ending Wikipedia or anywhere else if you want to find it, so I suggest you do so and save yourself the internal flatlining that'll hit by the time the credits roll (oh, and that's kind of a nod towards the ending).

Franklyn B. I went into this movie with slightly reserved expectations, but in the end I was pleasantly surprised. It is about a troubled young girl who starts working as a night watch in a big abandoned building. Her supervisor is played by Jason Patric, who gave a decent performance of his character. What was suppose to be a routine and boring job turns out to be a living hell, when Streak (Louisa Krause) finds out they are not alone in the building. There were some clichés typical for the horror genre, but the story was suspenseful and rather interesting until the end. The movie ended with a nice twist that kept me thinking about it for awhile. 8/10 score from me.

TheWinterShoulder I wasn't expecting much from this movie; I personally enjoy making fun of low budget films. The script of this movie wasn't that good. It was very cliché and repetitive. The ending was very confusing, but emotional. What I am guessing is Clara is actually Streak. This all in Streak's mind since she has been in a coma for so long. Cooper is actually her father, who IS a night guard. She was in the institution because of her facial deformity, and she got out and into the coma because she drank the bad water, hence the young boy saying she was the only one to survive. In the scene with Streak hugging "Clara" and telling her it isn't her fault, it's about the water. She is saying to HERSELF that it isn't her fault she drank the water, that she had been neglected and she was desperate. That's why when Streak said she was going to leave, Clara died in the hospital. Clara was going to die. She was telling herself it wasn't her fault and it was okay to let go. Besides the script and the very common large fancy building cliché, it wasn't that bad.