Citadel

Synopsis: Tommy Cowley is a young father inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since his wife was brutally attacked by a gang of a twisted feral children. Trapped in the dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown, he finds himself terrorised by the same gang, who now seem intent on taking his baby daughter. Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, Tommy sets out to learn the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children. He also discovers that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place that he fears the most - the abandoned tower block known as the Citadel.
Director(s): Ciarán Foy
Production: Cinedigm Entertainment
  11 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
55%
R
Year:
2012
84 min
$10,080
Website
261 Views


Say goodbye.

Bye-bye.

Leave them here, I'll come back.

- Any done?

- Almost.

Come on!

Come on!

No, no! No!

No!

Let me out!

No! Joe! 10th

Joe!

11th

Let me out!

12th

Joanne!

13th

Joanne!

14th

You bastards!

15th

Somebody help us! Anyone! 16th

No, please. Joe! 17th

Let me go! Joe! 18th

Joe! Get off me!

Get off me!

Feel the fear.

And let it pass.

You hear footsteps behind you.

24th

But you don't turn around.

25th

You can't.

26th

The steps are getting nearer now.

27th

they turn louder and louder.

28th

The panic is trying to get in.

29th

it's harder to breathe.

30th

Now, you see a light

ahead of you.

A car.

There's a friendly person

in this car.

You can make it.

34th

Suddenly, the steps behind

you, become a run. 35th

They're trying to get you.

36th

Walk faster, Tommy

37th

Get to that light

38th

Freeze!

39th

Anyone knows anything?

40th

The stance?

Stance. Ok.

Anyone else?

Okay, Tommy.

44th

I want you to slowly open your eyes

45th

and take a look at yourself.

46th

Everything about you, says victim.

47th

The way you hold yourself.

48th

Your arms and fists, held tight.

49th

Your back...

50th

..bent over.

Even your short irregular steps...

Why is it the people who have been

attacked in the past..

..are more likely to get intact again in the future?

54th

Body language.

55th

Even the slightest thing, you

or I would take for granted. 56th

A potential predator can sense.

57th

It's almost as if they can

see your fear. 58th

How long you should've been comin' to us?

59th

Nine months, now.

60th

And this is happening tomorrow?

Yeah.

How does that make you feel?

Lived.

64th

Because you can live here now?

65th

Because I can leave you now.

66th

Remember...

67th

Controlling agoraphobia takes faith in yourself, Tommy.

68th

So, feel the fear,

69th

... and let it pass.

Right,..end of the road

Last stop, son.

We don't go up further anymore.

Well what..what time the last bus into town, then?

74th

Only one a day now.

75th

6 o'clock.

76th

Is that from here?

78th

"Edenstown Regenaration Project

Due to begin November, " 79th

God! F***! God!

80th

"St. Anthony's Hospice"

Are you okay?

Tommy? Tommy.

I just need you to sign this.

84th

"Unidentified infection"

85th

Hi, Elsa.

86th

I'm so sorry, Tommy.

87th

Thanks for what you did for Joanne. 88th

I really should..

89th

I know.

90th

I know.

Come on.

So how long have you been out of the hospital, now?

..8 days.

94th

Wow..that support must be great..

95th

Tommy?

96th

What is it?

97th

Just the way that child looked at me.

98th

Well..

99th

The blind kid?

Marie

You should try to get some rest.

Bye-bye.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of

the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for thou art with me.

thy rod and thy staff they comfort me

Amen.

Are you leaving right away?

I have to send Elsa to the council first.

There's a coach leaving the city center at 8.

Well, maybe once the regenerations happens,

maybe you could come back.

If it ever happens.

this is no place

to raise a child.

Tommy...

You know moving away won't gonna stop

Social Services chasing her.

You just have to prove to them that

you're a good dad.

I'm not gonna let 'em take her away from me.

I know.

Bye,Elsa.

Look after yourself, Tommy.

Why don't you f*** off home?

You shouldn't be out here.

I'm sorry?

They're gonna come looking for her.

You know that?

Who will?

Who will?

You f***in' know who!

Get your f***ing hands off me!

- Why do we have to leave?

- That's his f***ing husband!

Now, Tommy Cowley...

You're one the last one of this stage.

only took recent geriatrics left in here,now.

What the f*** are you looking at?

I'm trying to catch a bus...

..people will be dying to get out..

At least the bloody lights work properly,

when the new power comes online.

Hey..wait!

Please stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

F***!

F***!

F*** it!

Bastards!

"Tommy"

"To Tommy. If you ever need someone

to talk to, 0141-496-0987. Marie "

Hello?

What do you want?

Get the f*** away from here!

Get out!

Hi, this is Marie. Please

leave me a message.

I promise I'll get back to you

as soon as I can. Bye.

Hi, Marie... it's Tommy.

I'm... I'm still here.

There was break-in...

And then...

Feel the fear...

Feel the fear

and let it pass.

Come on!

Tommy

Tommy...

What happened?

They came in the house last night.

I know.

Are you trying

to call the police?

The cops won't come in.

They do at least

to take a good look at these kids?

It's definitely them.

Who?

The one who got Joanne.

They came here

to kill Elsa.

Lookin' to kill Elsa?

Tommy?

Look at me.

What happened to Joanne

that was a tragic isolated incident.

The wrong place,

at the wrong time.

This isn't the same.

I mean... why would kids were

lookin' to kill a baby?

I don't know.

But he did...

He said they come lookin' for her.

Who did?

The priest.

Tommy...

I know he's all we've got,

but that man is messed up in the head.

He helps out at the hospice,

you know what the nurses call him?

I don't care

what they say.

- He knew they'll come looking for her.

- Yeah, but they didn't come looking for Elsa.

The cart upstairs was overturned,

the whole room was ransacked.

So was down here, Tommy.

Look, I know this is no less frightening,

but you were burglared.

No... No, they would...

Tommy, these kids have nothing

to do, nowhere to go..

They can quiet, easy, been looking for money...

You think I'm so messed up

I'm just imagining all this?

Tommy, I'm just

trying to help.

I know what I saw.

Tommy...

- I didn't mean...

- I need to see that priest.

what would about the bus?

I need to see him.

Ok..let's go together.

I can't leave the house, Marie.

Yeah you can.

In...

2, 3, 4.

Out...

2, 3, 4.

That's it, Tommy.

One step at a time, ok?

You're doing so well.

Here you are...

Are you okay?

Here you are.

Right..

You got this, Tommy.

You got it.

Come on...

That's it.

That's great.

you got out.

You're doing so well, Tommy.

Control your breathing.

In...

2, 3, 4.

Out...

2, 3, 4. That's it.

Try looking up.

All right, it's ok.

I got you.

Try looking down.

Hello!

Hey, there!

- Excuse me, Father...

- F***'s sake!

Jesus Christ!

Who gave you permission to come in here, huh?

At the time you said they would

come looking for my daughter.

- Get out!

- They came last night.

Well they didn't get out, did they?

If you don't mind, f*** it off!

I'm very busy.

Please, I need to know

what you know.

You see their faces?

Tell me about those kids.

You wanna know something?

I will show you.

This is insane.

Alone.

To be safe out at the hospice.

I don't have all day!

He's blind.

Right.

What's his name?

Ask him.

Hey pal... what's your name?

You gonna tell him your name?

His name is Danny.

He's shy with new people.

You, son?

Wait...

Where are we going?

No, no, no, no.

You can't!

Please...

For God's sake, stop the car!

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