The Killing Room Page #2

Synopsis: Four individuals sign up for a psychological research study only to discover that they are now subjects of a brutal, classified government program.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Jonathan Liebesman
Production: Phase 4 Films
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2009
93 min
Website
422 Views


But don't you worry...

the order

in which you are eliminated...

will have no impact on your final

monetary compensation.

You will all end up with

Is everybody ready?

Let's do it.

By the way,

what's your name again?

- Kerry.

- Kerry.

All echoes, we are closed traffic.

We have 'nimble sweater'.

What's the present, Echo?

Control, Echo 1.

Confirm need of medical carry outs...

- Stand by, Control.

- Roger, Echo 1.

Stand by for report.

How bad?

- I think she's dead.

- She's f***in' dead?

That was f***in' amazing.

Well done! Well done!

Smile boys, It's f***in' sh*t. It's gonna be

all over f***in' YouTube.

It's a fake. It was f***in' fake.

You got us! Congrats.

We're all a big bunch of pussies,

but we wanna go home now.

Thank you.

- It's not fake.

- It was a fake.

It was a half fake.

I saw a f***in' bullet...

Come on, you f***er...

F***!

We need help! Get us some f***in'

help in here! Help!

Help!

Negative, Control.

No contact.

- Maybe this is what it's supposed to be.

- What is supposed to be?

- Maybe this is what this is.

- What the f*** you talkin' about?

The doctor, the experiments,

the test, whatever...

They shoot someone in front of you

and they see how you deal with it.

You put 4 people in a room

and shoot one of 'em,

and leave the rest

to fend for them f***in' selves.

Now what, they're watching up there

taking notes?

Yeah, to see how we react...

- Stand by all teams. Hold short.

- Roger, Data Control.

All team leaders:

Sit red.

- Echo team, we are go.

- Medical team standing by.

All teams, KR-13 is clear.

How are you getting away with this?

Families report them missing.

Happens all the time.

It is important for you to take it all in,

remain calm, never lose control.

It can't be government.

The MK Program has always been

outside the government.

Outside everything.

The MK Program?

That's not possible.

How can it...?

Are you military?

Patriot Act?

Several people you admire

had these questions.

NSA Intelligence Director,

Michael Zimmer.

Your own deputy director,

Eric Rogante.

- Heading out.

- Roger that, Control.

Emily, everything will make sense.

You can't just be killing people.

I been thinking about it.

Some kinda experiment...

or something like that. Somebody

would've found out by now.

What if they're doing this thing

completely in secret?

It's not secret,

no, it's in the f***in' newspapers...

it's in the classifieds, right here,

people knew about this.

People are going to that,

but do you know where we are?

No!

'Cos everything started looking

the same to me after f***in' Mansfield.

Well that was a long drive.

Nobody knows where, nobody has

any f***in' clue where we are.

And you know it!

That's the whole point.

Why do people answer this f***in' ad

to come and get shot?

Look, I've been doin' this stuff steadily

for a long time.

Okay, but have you ever been taken

from one place to an ultimate location?

It's not uncommon.

They pick you up, they bring you to another

place, but people don't just disappear.

You don't think anyone's gonna know

if she don't come home tonight?

You hear that?

- It opened.

- What was that?

What they used to kill her.

Let me see.

- It's you.

- What?

How do I know

you're not in on it?

- Ridiculous!

- No, he's not in on it.

Let's just stop,

let's talk about this, alright?

Get him to talk about it.

Only one of us

is gonna make it outta here.

Four phases, four people.

You know what, phase 1 is already over,

and it's f***in' her...

welcome to phase 2.

- Hold on, hold on...

- Check, check the gun.

Medical Unit, move to KR-13

and stand by.

How many bullets you got in that gun?

Why don't you press the button

and check the mag?

It's empty.

Check the slide.

One bullet.

There's one bullet

and there's three of us.

Maybe the purpose of the gun is not to kill

each other, but to maybe get outta here.

I think you should calm him down,

and shoot the f***in' window.

No, no, calm down, calm down, alright!

We're not gonna shoot the window.

The window's bulletproof.

We're just going to calm down,

wait for the next thing.

What the f***?

You have two hours remaining.

Please answer question.

What?

What does it say?

It's a... It says...

"What number do Americans choose

most frequently between 1 and 33"?

"Subject furthest from correct

answer will be next civilian casualty"

"Refusal to provide answer entirely results

in automated end of all remaining subjects".

"Best luck".

Best luck! Best luck?

It's "good luck".

Mother! Mother f***ers!

Alright, alright. No! Help!

- Open the f***ing door!

- Come on!

TOD 11:
37. Test Group 17 progressing

positively. Stimulus 1-Alpha now active.

You haven't asked me yet what

we're trying to accomplish here.

if I asked that,

this interview would be over.

Good.

Observation, please.

Observation?

Miss Riley?

The language following the question

is purposely stilted...

uses English as a second language.

You came to that conclusion well ahead

of others. Good job, I'm impressed!

Sir, Sanction 9 controls stopped

The Rockefeller Commission.

President Ford signed executive orders

shutting down the entire MK program.

Carter and Reagan too.

With all due respect, how can you circumvent

the orders of three presidents?

Well, after 9/11 we were out

of options, I guess.

But our actions here

have been granted a full amnesty.

- Amnesty?

- Mmm.

Is this "the killing room"?

Is that what you call it?

I'm gonna tell you what my

superior told me

some 20 years ago,

before I defected.

Never forget that our enemies

have someone just like you...

someone just like me...

doing exactly the same thing

as we speak.

Initiating audio playback.

Commencing Stimulus 1-Bravo.

All Echoes, we are going and live.

Take 1-Bravo. Initiating...

You hear that?

What the f*** is that?

What language is it?

- What language is that?

- I dunno, could be anything.

- Sounds Muslim?

- That's not a language.

Whatever it is, it ain't English,

it ain't American.

Echo-4, reframe camera 1.

Roger that. Echo 1, increase audio playback

for adhesion and hold.

Roger, Control.

increasing for adhesion, Roger that.

Al Qaeda?

They're gonna f***in' kill us.

You think about it. Al Qaeda.

Hire some friendly-looking white guy.

You don't know who it is.

Could be anybody.

Listen, you gotta be careful about...

screwin' up your head.

That's exactly what they want.

You'll be telling me what...

I mean, I watch the news.

I know they're living here

everywhere on U.S. soil.

They're renting the houses, hotels.

Yeah, so why would they

wanna go after these normal people?

Because they wanna broadcast this sh*t.

Just like they did with those people

when they cut their f***in' heads off.

They wanna put it

all over the internet.

Help.

What?

Somebody like, etched "help"

into the wall.

Candidate Delta has discovered

stimulus 1-Charlie.

Roger that, Echo 4.

TOD 11.40. 1-Charlie discovered

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