The Killing Room Page #5

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
444 Views


One of us needs to be prepared to run out,

make a run for it...

Look at me. Do you remember

the layout of the building?

Outside that door there's a hallway.

Turn to the right.

And all the way down to the left there's a

staircase. Do you remember that?

You take that staircase down...

you take that until you find

the first emergency exit.

Pull the lever.

We have to be prepared.

That's enough!

They can't grab hold of you, see.

That's slippery.

You can't do that. I...

It's slippery so they can't get

a hold of you. They slip right off.

Maybe alright, the door opens, you

grab the gun and you shoot and kill 'em.

You kill the doctor,

you create chaos.

- Now take your jacket off.

- No, no.

- Just take your jacket off, trust me...

- No.

I won't take...

- Trust me, trust me.

- I can't.

I can't!

fourth, fourth highest average IQ. 4.

- 4.

- No, you can't pick the same number.

- 4, I was gonna say 4.

- We can't pick the same number.

I'm saying 4.

Say 4, there are 4 on 5.

That way neither one of us goes to Hell,

and they stay the bad guys.

Bite, grab into anything you can!

You kick, you pull...

- head butt...

- shut 'em out there...

and you just point, aim...

fire.

Point, fire, run. Point, fire, run.

Point, fire, run.

We're gonna save lives.

in your head.

If you can you beat 'em there,

then you've already won.

"The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not... "

- Man, man.

- Two minutes.

We're gonna save lives. We're gonna

save lives.

Tell me what you know

about apoptosis.

All Echoes:
Mother has locked in

candidate designation.

All teams move to your positions

for casualty execution. Read.

Roger, control. Echoes 6 and 7

standing by for KR-13 breach.

It is a mechanism in the human body

where an inferior cell realizes...

it's detrimental to the system...

a cell willing to sacrifice itself

for the greater good.

One of us has to survive and let

people know that these f***ers are here.

Right now they're here.

It jumped another 30 seconds.

Please submit answer.

Go!

Go!

I would've never made it.

- But you will!

- Pull!

TOD 19.00 hours.

Designation is a positive match.

Transferring KR-27, rear corridor 3.

Hold short at intersect 7

to receive Mother's instructions.

Roger, Control.

Over and out.

Only a select few have made it

through the entire process.

Congratulations.

Test Group 17 is a success.

Test Group 17 is a success.

We have a positive match.

All teams:

We have a positive match.

Our program here

successfully proves...

that one out of 20 ordinary Americans

have the disposition...

to become a civilian weapon.

A civilian willing to kill

themselves for their country...

a civilian guaranteeing to take

his own life for our country.

So you're creating American

suicide bombers?

Parachuting down

a couple of guys in fatigue...

waving an American flag

doesn't work anymore.

We're adapting,

adapting fast.

And where do we draw the line?

We have to fight fire with fire.

There is no more line.

- Designation is a positive match.

- Transfer to KR-27, rear corridor 3.

- Roger Control, in route...

- Fall short at intersect 7.

Easy, guy! Easy! Easy, easy!

Paul...

Let him go! Let him go!

We're proud of you. You're a martyr

for your country, Paul.

A martyr for your country.

PAUL!

Control, candidate unsecured.

Moving west, all way sub.

Roger that. Pursue rogue candidate

towards intersect 5.

Secure all exits.

Subject on level 3.

Pursue rogue candidate

towards intersect 5.

Open doors 6 and 8. Re-routing candidate

through hallway 2. Encounter initiated.

Secure all exits.

You gotta help me!

Subject on level 3.

You gotta help me! You gotta!

Please!

You gotta help me!

Open the door!

Open the door!

F***in' open the door!

Hermetic exit secured.

Candidate on level 3,

hallway 4.

- Candidate at intersect 4.

- Establishing re-route to stairway Alpha.

Secure doors 3 through 6.

Candidate moving to stairway Alpha.

Roger, Control. Candidate is moving

down predetermined path.

Subject is on predetermined course.

Subject diverted to primary stairwell.

Subject on level 4.

Subject moving north in hallway 1.

Continue diverting for final at KR-27.

Welcome to the program.

Level 4. Perimeter exit secured.

How many do we have out there?

Civilian weapons?

Nobody really knows.

Classified!

Final observation, please!

- Subject arrival:

- in 10 minus 20 seconds.

Phase 1 was identification.

You selected a candidate

who'd bend to our objectives.

But how do you transform him

into a full civilian weapon?

Subject arrival imminent.

Congratulations.

Welcome to phase 2.

All Echoes be advised:

Initiating phase 2. Indoctrination.

Roger that, Control.

Standing by for phase 2.

- Transfer this, Control.

- Go ahead, Control.

You got any TM on the final candidate

for this group?

Stand by, Control.

Control, Test Group 11 reports

failure of all test subjects.

There are no subjects set for input

of your test group.

Roger that, Transfer.

Both teams change to Protocol 13

and proceed with three candidates.

Stand by. All teams, KR-27 is clear.

Beginning re-engagement.

Roger that, Control.

Medical 3 standing by.

This is Echo 1.

We are go for phase 2, Control.

Echo 1, initiate stimulus 2-Alpha.

- Roger that, Control.

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