The Anomaly

Synopsis: Set in the future, the film is about the development of new cutting-edge bioweapon. Traumatized ex-soldier Ryan Reeve wakes up in the back of a moving van next to a young boy who has been kidnapped, he attempts to free the boy, but blacks out. He is forced to work out what is happening in bursts of time no longer than ten minutes, before his mind is taken over again. He teams up with the mysterious "Dana" as he battles a conspiracy known as "Anomaly" led by Harkin Langham, and learns that the bioweapon is the same mind control that has allowed its creator to take over his body.
Director(s): Noel Clarke
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Metacritic:
27
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
97 min
94 Views


No!

Mum!

Please stop.

No, please!

Just leave us alone!

- Mum!

- Please don't...

Don't do it!

Mum.

Mum!

Hey, you okay? Okay?

Please help me,

they killed my mum.

What? Who?

Red masks...

The men in red masks.

Have you been kidnapped, too?

Yeah, I think so.

Please. Please untie me.

Okay, okay

What happened?

They shot her.

The men in red masks,

they came to our house

and shot her.

Hey, hey.

I'm sorry. Listen...

What's your name?

Alex.

Okay, Alex.

You're being very brave.

I need you to be brave for

a little bit longer, okay?

I'm gonna go

and get some help.

Listen, you need to wait for

it to stop moving, okay?

Okay. Go.

My leg.

My leg!

What's your name?

It's Ryan.

Ryan.

How come

you were in the van?

I have no idea.

The last thing

I remember is at Hibiscus.

Reading a chemistry text book

Dr. Langham gave me.

And I wasn't in London.

Why would

someone kidnap you?

I don't know.

I just want my mum back.

Look, I'm gonna go

to the police, okay?

What did you say about his biscuits?

Hibiscus.

What's that?

A rehab facility.

It's kind of like a hospital.

I've been there for a few

years, was your mum there?

Are you sick?

It's called post-traumatic

stress disorder.

I get dizzy spells.

Panic attacks and nightmares.

Although this

seems very real.

Except,

I don't have my ring.

And I've never

seen this before.

June.

My watch says

June the seventh.

That's today.

Are you sure?

But when I went to

sleep it was January.

Hey! Where are you?

Hello?

Where are you?

No! It was you!

It was you!

You! You did it!

You did it!

You killed my mum!

Help!

Alex!

Ten days.

Hello!

Hibiscus Trauma Unit US, call.

Hello, Hibiscus?

What do you mean,

"Wrong number"?

How can they have

been closed for years?

What year is this?

This year now,

right now, what year is this?

I heard you shout,

you okay?

Everything all right?

Yeah.

I knocked the table,

I was annoyed.

I bet you were.

It's a 200-year-old single malt

you love telling me about.

Shall we go over it,

so we're all clear?

Everything's in place.

The tests from Leonid show that

it works on a long-term trial,

as you know.

So we're still on schedule.

The medic from the interrogation

center had his little accident.

So your alias is

Cedric Saunders,

and it stood up with

their background checks.

You start in five weeks, the

mercenaries are on standby.

And finally the electron

micrograph came from Kiev,

so the lab's fully equipped

and ready for our scientists.

Imagine all

those individuals

locked in their own heads and they're

thinking of who or what they hurt.

Imagine we get

those drones online.

What about the boy?

He's fine.

The driver's gone.

I handled it.

We can't have any more incidents

like we did at the graveyard.

You sure you're okay?

Have a drink.

You want to see the feed?

Welcome, Harkin.

What can I do for you today?

Hibiscus Project online.

What are you doing to him?

It happened again,

didn't it?

Your name is Ryan Reeve.

Isn't it?

You're good,

but I'm still better.

I started at

a very young age.

My father always taught me,

"A man can't use his mind, until

he knows how to use his body."

Good lesson.

Worth all the scars.

You probably

won't come back.

But if you do,

stop, wait it out,

don't talk to anyone,

don't operate machinery,

if you're driving, pull over.

You won't have time

to achieve anything anyway.

The reboot only takes

nine minutes and 47 seconds.

But still, why don't we

make this a short one?

I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.

What am I doing here?

If you don't know that,

maybe I'm not the person

with the most

problems in the room.

You told me to play dead.

Why?

I guess

because you like it.

You paid Sergio a lot of money

and I don't ask questions.

Three weeks?

Did I mention a kid,

a boy called Alex?

What's your name?

I've told you already.

Tell me again.

Dana.

You've been

shouting it enough.

"I'm gonna make

you beg, Dana."

That sort of thing.

I'm sorry, Dana.

The person who I was just then,

that's not who I am now.

A crazy thing

is happening to me.

I wake up in these situations and

I don't know how I got there.

But the guy that was doing

that to you is not me.

So, who are you?

Who was he?

I don't know.

Mmm. Right. You still got

an hour, mystery man,

so are we gonna play this

game or the first one?

I need to find Dr. Langham.

I don't want to wear these,

do you have anything else?

Only things

clients have left behind,

in the trunk.

When I came in, was there

another man with me?

Bright blue eyes.

I don't know.

Nine minutes, 47 seconds.

Okay, get dressed.

Why?

We're leaving.

No, no, no. I'm never allowed to leave.

Sergio owns me.

I'm gonna handle Sergio.

And you're gonna do what I tell

you, do you understand me?

My, my. We haven't changed

much at all, have we?

Hurry up

What is this music?

Sergio's favorite. He plays

it throughout the house

to remind girls and

clients who is in charge.

Well, like I said,

I'm gonna deal with Sergio.

No, I expect he'll

be dealing with you.

Why do you do this?

Why do any of us

do anything?

Yeah, but you don't

like it, you're not

feeding a habit,

so why are you here?

Life has brought me here.

So if you weren't here,

what would you be doing?

Go back to my hometown.

Finish nursing school.

What's your town like?

This is pointless.

What's your town like?

Quiet.

Under a mountain.

Nice houses with

brightly painted

window frames and

white picket fences.

I miss it.

So like I said,

why are you here?

My son was sick.

His care was very expensive, I had

to borrow a lot of money, quickly.

I didn't know where to go.

So I came here.

When you owe somebody

that much, they own you.

So how is your boy now?

His name is Eden.

He died.

I'm sorry.

No you're not.

Thank you for your custom.

House rules

state that only one

customer may

leave at any time.

This door will now

lock for two minutes.

View our selection of

girls in front of you.

Book your favorite by

scheduling an outcaH

and have all your

dreams come true.

You're Sergio?

He doesn't

speak much English.

Hey.

One of you tell Sergio

I'm taking this girl out.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

He says you, "Just because

you pick the girl from line

"does not mean

you leave with her.

"She belong to me."

That wasn't me.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

You look same,

who it was.

Who are you?

I'm not entirely sure.

But you're welcome

to try and find out.

Come on now!

Hey!

I think we can

help each other.

Please,

please don't scream.

Here, take this.

That's enough for you

to get away from Sergio.

I just need you

to do me a favor.

I need you to

go to the police,

and I need you to

tell them about me.

I kidnapped a child called

Alex, and I shot his mother...

If you want to be arrested, why

not just go turn yourself in?

'Cause I only get 10 minutes, and

when I change I won't want to.

Change into what?

Do this for me and you

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