Citadel Page #3

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
264 Views


There's a fuse.

Set the charge the plastic.

Pass the cable.

We tie this to the ignition plug.

Would you look?

One of us has gonna have to do this.

Come dawn, I'll hold to the fell f*** I'm gonna

come back to the Tower.

- Once you're inside...

- Turn the key and...

- ..start the engine.

- Yeah.

Right... let's go.

Follow me.

Hold on to Danny.

If you let go, we're f***ed.

We're at you, Tommy.

Do you still believe in all that?

You don't?

Punishment come right out to this world.

As a salvation.

We got ourselves to believe in, Tommy.

That how we got our f***in' hope.

This may gas pipe of the building.

When we turn the key

the gas are gonna blow 3 floors.

- How did you learn to do this?

- Past life...

Do you know it will work?

Let's just say

in the past I have done it.

Right.

Now, we open the gas.

Here..

Try this.

This is the first one.

Break it there.

Be careful.

- Right.

- Open the valve.

Now, we climb.

The stairs continue on

the other side.

Come on.

They can't see us.

What are they doing?

I don't know what their sh*t is...

All towers are infected with it.

We gotta keep moving.

You'll be safe with Danny.

Believe me.

Just stay quiet,

follow me.

Close your eyes, Tommy.

Trust yourself.

You can open your eyes now.

Quickly, this way.

- Just one more, right?

- Yeah.

Then we're after...

- Sound like a baby.

- Stay focus, Tommy.

- We knew where they are...

- It's her.

- It's Elsa!

- Tommy!

Get back here!

- Tommy!

- Danny, please!

The Father says no!

I'm here, Elsa!

Idiot!

If you try something like that..

- I want your f***in baby drown..

- F*** you!

- Why can't you tell me where she is?

- What do you think?

Only a screaming baby is

gonna fake the job with you

We do this fast, right?

If you don't like it dad,

hold my hand.

Tommy...

- We need to go up..

- It's dawn.

We went too high, dumbo.

We just need to break this...

- Are you alright?

- Christ, not now!

Not here, damn it!

Father!

I'm alright, Danny.

I see you.

- What?

- I see you.

So did they...

I can barely breathe.

for feeling's on time.

Listen to me.

F*** the burnt..

Go find your daughter

and leave.

She's in the basement.

Leave this in our place.

- Father, where are you going?

- Danny!

You stay close to Tommy,

right?

You know...

They...

They were mine.

What are you talking about?

The twins.

I've abandoned.

I've abandoned...

this whole f***ing place.

Jesus...

I won't find forgiveness, Tommy.

But, I can let the...

drift die with me.

Go find your daughter.

No, wait.

- Danny can hide us. He can hide the both of us.

- Danny...

can't hide anyone!

Go! Run!

Come on, you bastards!

Sh*t!

Where's the stairs?

The noise...

It's a lift.

The power's back.

Tommy?

What is it?

Tommy! Tommy?

Tommy, what's' wrong?

Tommy!

Danny?

Danny?

I'm Tommy.

It's ok.

It's ok.

- It's ok.

- We lied to you.

- I can't...

- I know, it's ok.

I'm so scared, Tommy!

It's ok to be scared.

You're not alone, pal.

Father's order.

Yeah.

But we're gonna make it.

What?

You don't believe me?

No.

How else do we get pass them before?

I don't want to die here.

I'm not gonna let you die, Danny.

I don't care if we scared.

We're gonna make it through this.

I'm here now.

And I'm not gonna let you go again.

I promise.

Come on.

Come here.

It's bright out here.

It 's almost dawn.

They'll be back soon.

I know the smell.

What is this place?

Elsa! Elsa!

It was you! It was you.

I was here!

I was here!

I was here! I was here!

I was here!

I was here!

- Danny, Danny! It's ok!

- I was here!

It's alright.

Elsa.

Danny, hear...

Danny, hear...Elsa!

She's ok. She's ok.

My God...,ok..

I got you, I got you.

Oh, no!

Tommy!

Tommy!

They're not gonna see us.

What?

They're not gonna see us,

Danny.

They won't see us.

I can't see, Tommy.

I'm right at you, believe me.

Close your eyes.

They won't see us.

They won't see us.

Are they gone?

They're gone.

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