So much average

Just perfect...

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

"The Facility" has an eerie suspense in it, at least during the first half. Barnard, Coleman, Reid, Roberts et al are all capable performers and deserve much better scripts. Unfortunately I was able to see the direction the film was going by the time the first three "victims" had isolated themselves and gone bonkers as a result of the "pro-nine" drug they had been administered. It culminates in little more than a bloody mess, and a few brief follow-ups to signal that the 80-minute film is over - apparently it's based on an actual occurrence. I had been hoping for more of the eeriness, for example: when Katie discovers that Adam (Barnard) is actually one of the controls. The concept of people lured to a remote facility in order to earn money and finding out that they are being systematically tortured and left to their own devices is nothing new, but I thought that the first half-hour or so was very well done and suspenseful. Barnard is probably a star in the UK and is very expressive. He was also starred in "Citadel," which is even worse - louder and even less coherent and more gory than this ultimately disappointing thriller.

The Facility is about a group of people that are part of a drug trial. Unforeseen side effects make the first and only night of a 14 days trial mayhem.Yeah, the drug induced guinea pig crazy people thing has been done. Yeah, there's nothing that makes this movie stand out from anything. But..., the simple fact that it was so..., simple, made it believable. I've never been a part of one of those trials but I have been on drugs that cause those kind of psychotically, aggressive, homicidal, suicidal feelings. So I can kind of understand how something like that could happen. This didn't happen. This was just a directors attempt to cause spite for big business pharmaceuticals. Which he failed. Overall, the acting was decent, it was actually a decent little film. It was just too short. This movie had some good things going on. Some good suspense building/built up, then it just ends by the director saying, "No one at Prosyntrex was prosecuted." That was it. I really wanted to like it better, but the way it ended just made it seem like the director just ran out of ideas and said f*** it.

No. We aren't falling for it. This is just a poor retread of 28 Days.A bunch of people go to a remote facility to become human guinea pigs for some secret, unknown drug. Good premise, right?Wrong. We are expecting the people on the drug to do some really freaky things.... maybe mutations, maybe hallucinations or visions, right?No. Nothing like that. Just some short of breath people with skin rashes running around with no indication of what is going on.The problem is the pacing. The movie moves like molasses. Plus, there isn't even enough molasses to make waiting worth it.Here's my summary; A diverse group of English get a mystery drug, they run around like a Benny Hill skit, there is a tiny bit of violence and then BOOM, the movie is over and we miss most of the denouement.Guys, it's a well acted, well produced movie. But those aren't a substitute for a story. Booo! Booo!

Seven people arrive at a remote clinic where they have volunteered to be guinea pigs for a new drug. They think it will be an easy ride but it turns out there are unexpected horrendous side-effects. The guinea pigs turn into homicidal lunatics.Featuring Aneurin Barnard who recently starred as David Bailey in We'll Take Manhattan, this is a picture that you cannot say doesn't do what you expect. I think that's the problem though. There isn't really anything unexpected in this flick, which wouldn't really matter but for the fact that a feature set solely in a clinic needs to bring something different to the table to stave off tedium. Guinea Pigs reminded me of last year's Stormhouse, which was another low-budget British horror film set within the confines of a secure building. That one was a military bunker and the threat was supernatural but the problems were the same, i.e. a lack of variety and a dull set-up. I can see how the limited sets allow for a cheap production with not much cost on set-design but the writers really need to be a bit more imaginative to make up for this. On the plus side, it's a movie that doesn't over-stay its welcome as it is pretty short. Brevity is a good thing. But, unfortunately, this one is a bit mediocre otherwise.