Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

mutlut-13121 Another bad British film it looks like they got actors from a supermarket they simply can't act im wondering did they get paid to act in this rubbish film or did they pay the film makers to give them a role in this film shame I couldn't rate 0

cmovies-99674 PROS: Something that I can say without a doubt that was at least better than OK was the location. The movie set up a great environment with some greatly scripted characters. One location, a common enemy, and people who don't trust each other. The way the movie was set up it would've thrived as a psychological horror, but instead they went down a different alley. If they stuck with what the knew, then this movie would've been a blockbuster hit and set apart from other films of its time. The last good thing that I can say about this film was the way the plot was slowly revealed over time. You went back and forth from knowing to not knowing which gave this movie a pretty good amount of tension.CONS: From beginning to end the one big fault lied in the actors. Although the dialogue was realistic the way that it was delivered was poor. For the readers that don't know, I participate in theater and theater related activities, and as an actor I become really alert to how characters should be acting in specific environments, with specific lines, in contrast to the other characters around them. This movie however, was just very frustrating. When an actor didn't have lines they weren't relevant and they just sat their waiting for it to become their turn, this in turn slowed down the rising action leading to an uneventful climax. The only thing in the movie that was bad though was the ending. All the things I talked about earlier were "ok", but the ending was just plain bad. If you see the movie you'll understand, but the ending just fell flat and was very worthless.www.chorror.com

Dan Ashley (DanLives1980) Remember the nuclear disaster movies of the '80s? Remember the plague epidemic movies that replaced them as the next big thing to be scared of? Containment is nothing new when it comes to concept but you have not yet seen a viral pandemic scenario played out solely on a rough English tower block estate and that's what this is! I'm drawn to these movies like a moth to flame because I like a good disaster movie and I love survival horror. Containment is a little of both but it steers more towards the style of television drama and that's what it ultimately looks like.I enjoyed the mix of character archetypes and the frankness between them. It gets the story going without wasting any time. There's little to suggest that any one character has plot armour above all others, or that any one character is destined to meet an exceptionally terrible fate. Everyone is in the same boat without romanticising character stories the way most disaster movies do.The gritty urban setting is perfect, as is the tone, but rather than give in to the character-conventional theatrics, it's more a frank study of how certain people might respond to such situations. Some are just as uncompromising as the thuggish hazmat teams practically assaulting them in their own homes. Others are victim to it from the outset and that gives us a recipe for serious escalation.Think Night of the Living Dead, and The Crazies! Although for me the best performance comes from the unofficial lead, taken by understated actor Lee Ross, the character Sergei (about as Russian as a tin of custard) steals the show so often that everything remains up in the air.Other characters aren't so convincing; one reminding me of Dylan Moran's stereotypical stuck up weakling in Shaun of the Dead. You'll see what I mean. I found him a bit of a bad distraction at times. Otherwise this is a nice change.If you want to drop the fancy spectacle and pick up on some effective drama, this is a movie for you.

s3276169 Containment is an interesting if not exceptional apocalyptic drama. The premise behind Containment does nothing that has not in one form or other been done before. Its a very conventional film in this sense. What carries Containment is the well rounded and interesting characterizations. The reactions of tenants of a high rise apartment block in the UK as events unfold shows the multi-faceted nature of human beings. Some respond with anger, others fear, some are more philosophical. It also demonstrates the inevitable and predictably savage behaviour of crowds as they descend into panic. The acting in Containment is of high standard. The performances handed down by the cast are believable and convincing. Whats not so convincing is the behaviour of the government officials. There are liberties taken in terms of how they behave when handling the threat that seems implausible. In particular gluing shut the tenants doors seems absurd as is the absence of the military on the ground (save the presence of a sniper or two).Its clear why this has been done in terms of the overall story progression but its unconvincing nonetheless. All in all, Containment is more a film about how people react when faced with life threatening catastrophe on a mass scale. It is then, for me, more a well crafted "disaster" movie than a horror or a sci- fi. Its a reasonable watch if you except its predominantly a human drama, as opposed to the typical action and special effects driven fare that dominates this genre. Six out of ten from me.