Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?
Acting
Melissa Joan Hart goes dark — Sabrina energy inverted.
Writing
The puzzle construction is genuinely clever for the budget.
Practical Effects
Mask design slaps harder than it has any right to.
Director
Chris Shadley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 15 days in Louisiana on a shoestring budget — the claustrophobic single location was necessity, not choice.
Rides the 2009-2012 torture-porn wave straight into obscurity, but Hart's casting against type predicted the eventual 'nice star goes evil' trend.
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