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Restraint (2008)

Restraint poster
Directed by
David Denneen
Genre
thriller film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 140 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two fugitives hide out in a remote estate and take the owner hostage. Their plan to escape justice becomes more complicated as tensions rise.

tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicdarkanxiousunpredictablebleak

What happens

Restraint is a 2008 Australian thriller film, directed by David Denneen, written by Dave Warner and starring Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel and Teresa Palmer. The film was shot on location around New South Wales, Australia in mid-2005. Working titles during production were Ravenswood, Guests and Power Surge. It also features a cameo by Vanessa Redgrave. In the film, a couple of fugitives take an estate owner hostage, complicating their flight from justice. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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