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Retreat (2011)

Retreat poster
Directed by
Carl Tibbetts
Genre
drama film, horror film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 337 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three people are stranded on a remote island. Two of them are told a deadly airborne disease has wiped out the world, but their isolation may actually be a lie orchestrated by a madman.

isolatedtensesuspensefulparanoidclaustrophobicominouspsychologicalslow-burn

What happens

Retreat is a 2011 British psychological thriller film and the directorial debut of former film editor Carl Tibbets. The film stars Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, and Thandiwe Newton as three people isolated from the rest of the world on a remote island. Two of them are told they are survivors of a fatal airborne disease that is sweeping over the entire world. However, their induced isolation may be the result of a lie, and it may be that they are being held at the whim of a madman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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