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Six random persons (Sarah Boes, Adrian M.Pryce, Ron
Mazor, Christiane Garcia, John Lopes, Jaret Sacrey) from all walks of life
all of a sudden find themselves trapped in a doorless room with no idea
how they got there or how to get out (duh! - no door). In their
hopelessness, they can't help but start arguing. Then Rhylos (Jean-Marc
Fontaine), an age-old vampire, appears from out of nowhere and tells them
they are now part of a game they play for his amusement, they have to make
it out of the maze they are actually in before sunrise, before they are
killed by his vampire minions, or before they kill each other. Then the
vampire leaves, but leaves behind ... a door to the next room. But wait
a minute, why should they kill each other? Because they are not random
strangers, Janet (Sarah Boes), a cop, has killed Sam's (Adrian M.Pryce)
brother (Shane R.Vassell) in a drugdeal, and all the others were involved
in that in a mostly indirect but never really legal way - especially Peter
(Jaret Sacrey), a sickly young man who was actually Rhylos' bait who has
set up the whole thing. He ultimately gets killed by Rhylos though,
because he actually tried to use the others for getting out of Rhylos'
employ. One after the other, our heroes fall, often in death's befitting
their crimes, and in rooms named after the biblical vices they have sinned
against (which is actually part of the game). In the end, only Janet and
Sam, the fiercest rivals, survive, but they also are the ones with the
most backbone, and thus they make it out ... well, almost anyways, because
in the end, Janet gives her life to save Sam, but Sam, instead of killing
the vampire, asks him for eternal life - then he kills him, which (a bit
inexplicably) brings Janet back to life. And now it's Janet's duty to kill
Sam, the very man she tried to save ... A film that's based on
a really nice concept, that features an ensemble cast uniformly able to
carry their roles, and the sets, as Spartan as they might seem, fit the
movie and it's story perfectly - and yet the film is definitely less than
a masterpiece. Basically, it's tricked by its own concept that feels to
constructed after a while to really convince, and it takes itself too
seriously, considering the baddie of the piece is a caricature of a
vampire. Also, the direction does not really use the mazelike sets to
their full advantage, doesn't really convey the necessary sense of
disorientation. Still, while not a perfect film, then interesting at
least.
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