Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Acting
Sam Worthington's sweaty desperation carries the whole thing
Direction
Anderson turns fluorescent hospital lights into pure dread
Writing
Tight setup that commits to its bleak logic
Director
Brad Anderson
Sam Worthington
Ray Monroe
Lily Rabe
Joanne Monroe
Lucy Capri
Peri Monroe
Stephen Tobolowsky
Dr. Berthram
Lauren Cochrane
Officer Childes
Shane Dean
Officer Griggs
Adjoa Andoh
Dr. Isaacs
Stephanie Sy
Nurse Anne
Chad Bruce
Security Guard Jeff
Erik Athavale
Dr. Bruce Volk
Ernesto Griffith
Ward Intern / Janitor
Derek James Trapp
Organ Orderly #2
Dennis Scullard
Young Father
Will Woytowich
State Trooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brad Anderson specializes in 'fractured' protagonists—see also 'The Machinist' and 'Session 9'—this completes his unofficial trilogy of unreliable male leads losing their grip on reality.
The MRI sequence was filmed in an actual decommissioned hospital in Canada, which explains why the fluorescent-lit corridors feel authentically soul-crushing.
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