The Desperate Hour (2021)
- Directed by
- Phillip Noyce
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 484 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A mother gets word that her town is locked down because of a shooter. She races on foot through the woods to reach her son's school and protect him.
urgentanxioussuspensefulintimatereal-timedisturbingtenseclaustrophobic
What happens
The Desperate Hour is a 2021 thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Chris Sparling. It stars Naomi Watts as a woman who is desperately racing to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident. The film was shot in the North Bay area of Ontario in 2020. It premiered under its original title Lakewood at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The Desperate Hour was theatrically released by Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment on February 25, 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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