House of 9

Synopsis: Nine strangers - a priest; a dancer; a designer; an aspirant rapper; a former tennis pro; a woman on probation; an unsuccessful composer and his wife; and a detective - are randomly abducted, drugged and locked in a house by a wealthy maniac. They are informed through a public address system that there are seventy-five cameras following them, and only one will survive and win US$ 5,000,000.00 to keep quiet. The psychological game begins, with fear and greed affecting the participants.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Steven R. Monroe
Production: Bauer Martinez Studios
 
IMDB:
5.5
R
Year:
2005
86 min
70 Views


Can you go to Putney, mate?

Hey!

Let's go home, a**hole.

Take us to the airport.

Hey!

F*** it!

I'll see you guys

tomorrow night.

Hello?

Hello!

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

She's OK.

She just had a panic attack.

- Let's get her upright.

- Come on. There you go.

- Hello. Welcome to the house.

- What the f*** is going on?

Now if you listen

and you don't speak...

I'm sure all of your questions

will be answered.

Now you know how you got here,

but I'm sure you're all wondering...

what you all have in common

to be here...

and most of all why.

Why me?

You can search all you want, but

you'll never find a common thread...

because I have chosen you

quite randomly for who you are...

but a little bit more carefully

for what you are.

Now you're probably

wondering right now...

about all those people who are

out there looking for you...

your friends and your family.

Well, please don't bother...

because they've all been

settled with...

quite easily in some cases.

I want you to consider yourselves

to be mice in a laboratory...

rats in a cage if you will...

because this is the ultimate

test of human character.

Only here, this test is

purely for entertainment.

My entertainment...

and what is this entertainment,

you must be thinking.

Well, right now I'm

watching you all.

Yes, I'm using seventy five

cameras...

and just as many hidden microphones,

but don't try to find them all...

because you'll never be able to,

but one of you here...

one of you will win

and the one that wins...

will receive five million dollars

for his or her participation.

I'm sure you've all seen

the shows...

but on my show, all you have

to do to win this prize...

is to be the only one to walk

out of this house alive.

You won't be hearing

from me again.

The rest is up to you.

So good luck and may

the best person win.

- Who the f*** was that?

- F***ing hell!

- What's going on?

- It's OK.

- What are we going to do?

- It's OK, it's OK.

- Well, is that it? Have they gone?

- They can't just leave us here.

- Everyone please, let's keep calm.

- Calm my arse!

He's right.

Everybody calm down...

- and let's think this thing out.

- You don't think this is real!

Come on, this has got

to be some kind of joke!

- Pretty sick joke.

- Yeah well, I'm not laughing.

I need to get the f***

out of here now, man!

I don't think it's a joke.

It's a game maybe.

He told us only one will live.

What does that mean?

What, is someone going to kill us?

- Oh my God.

- No, they aren't going to do that.

Are you deaf? That's what

he just said, one person lives!

If they're not going to

kill us then who is?

- What else can he be talking about?

- How do you know what he's gonna do?

Because they left me

here with this!

- F***!

- Son of a b*tch!

- How the f*** did you get that?

- Relax. I'm a cop.

Great! One of us has a gun

and it's a f***ing white cop!

- Oh God, don't say that!

- Oh yeah. That's fair, isn't it?

All of us are supposed

to try and survive...

but the copper's

left with a gun!

This is so f***ed!

It's f***ed, man!

It kind of puts the odds a little

bit in his favour, doesn't it?

It's kind of bullshit,

that's what it is.

Last time I saw one of those it

was in my little brother's head...

smashing his face in the ground.

He was sixteen!

Yeah?

Well, that wasn't me, was it?

- Well, it don't make a difference.

- This is not the time.

Mr. Cop, can you put away your gun?

You're making everybody nervous.

Guys, do we know if we're

alone in here? I mean is it safe?

What do you mean, do you

think there's traps or something?

I think we've got a little bit

more to worry about than that.

- Why don't you shut the f*** up?

- No, you shut up!

This guy wants us

to kill each other.

- What did you say?

- What was that?

You want me to spell it out

for you?

This guy wants us to

all kill each other.

- What does that mean?

- He's asking you if you're stupid.

Hey, don't upset him!

You heard the man.

One will survive, five will cry!

Welcome to the show!

I said don't upset everybody!

- They can't do that!

- Come on, lady!

He's going to do whatever

he wants! Am I not right?

Come on, come on Mr. Cop,

don't bullshit people, tell them!

- You're right.

- Thanks!

But I mean the thing is, they

actually can't do this to people.

- Exactly, it's not legal, man!

- Hello!

Anything happens to me,

I'm going to sue the arse off you!

They don't give a sh*t about that!

They've got that covered too!

- Oh yeah?

- Yeah!

What's the one gonna do that walks

outta here with 5 million dollars...

tell on them? Tell the cops they

had to kill to get the money?

You'd go down fast and probably

to a psych ward too!

What, do you think he's going

to pay you after you kill for him?

The chances are he's going to kill

you too, you thought about that?

So what do you think we should do

then, Mr. Policeman? Uh?

All sit down and hold hands?

Sing 'Kum bai ya'?

Who knows who's going to do what?

I gotta look out for me, yeah?

Seems like a pretty

good idea to me.

Just sit around and do nothing,

I mean, what's this guy going to do?

- What's he got if he has no show?

- You know what...

it's kinda funny you know so much

about what this guy's going to do...

- and you have a gun, what's up?

- I'll tell you what's up with that!

It seems like I'm the only one here

using my head besides the priest!

You know why they left

me here with this?

In the hopes that I would

pop one of you...

if not all of you.

The problem is they picked the

wrong guy, alright?

'Cause I'm not playing

this game...

not for any amount of money!

- And I will not either.

- Yeah?

I guess we'll have

to see about that.

Maybe someone else will get

that gun and use it to win.

- We could make this energy better.

- Like what?

- Like try to find a way outta here!

- Exactly.

Do you really think he's going

to give us a way out?

Well, we won't know

'til we try, will we?

Whatever!

All you mother f***ers can stay

here if you want, yeah?

This n*gger's out!

I ain't being no one's b*tch!

Hold on! I've got an idea.

We've got a door there.

Yeah, it comes off.

Come on guys, give me a hand!

Alright, come on,

we can do this together!

Sorry. There's no way I'm picking

that thing up and breaking my back!

Well then, sit on your arse

and shut your f***ing hole!

Fine!

OK, ready guys?

On three...

one, two, three.

You got it?

I'll back it up.

You guys walk that way.

Okay.

Alright. On three.

One...

two, three.

- Again!

- Come on!

Everything guys, come on!

- Just keep going!

- Again!

Again!

We're f***ed!

Son of a b*tch!

Forget it!

Jesus!

Nothing. Great!

That gun holds eleven, uh?

- Three shots. Eight left in the gun.

- And?

And... one, two, three, four...

five, six, seven, eight.

You know what?

Give up the bullets, cop!

- Screw you.

- What the f*** did you say?

There's got to be other ways

out of here.

Let's split up and

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