Asylum Blackout

One of the best horror movies i've seen lately. With great atmosphere and suspense. The set up is great and i really enjoyed the movie. It also contains some nice gore and other violent scenes along with some intense moments. The idea is not entirely new, but it's rare and should be used more often. Inmates rioting in the asylum is a good idea for a movie and can be great if done right. Watch this movie you'll enjoy it especially if you like insanity like me. 7/10

"The Incident" (aka "Asylum Blackout") turned out to be nothing at all as to what I had expected it to be. Especially with the rating it had scored here on IMDb. The story is about a group of cooks at an asylum for deranged criminals. The cooks get trapped in the dark bowels of the asylum one day as the power disappears, and with the inmates on the prowl, neither cooks nor asylum staff are safe. Well, the story was adequate, but it just trotted along in a slow, dull pace and never really picked up pace before the last 10 minutes of the movie or so. And oddly enough, this is also where all that was enjoyable took place. Well, right up to the ending, which was just a slap in the face to the audience. The good part about the movie is the atmosphere in the asylum, both with and without power. With the power on, the atmosphere was clinical and depressive. However, with the power off, the atmosphere became brooding and sinister. Both were actually nicely done here - just a shame the rest of the movie failed. The acting in the movie was good enough, given the fact that people didn't have the best of script to work with. Nothing out of the ordinary here though, mind you. "The Incident" is not really a particularly great movie, it was slow and uneventful to say the least. If you enjoy a good scare or a good thrill, then I would suggest you find it elsewhere, because "The Incident" has neither. The 85 minutes the movie ran for seemed much longer, as the movie had a tendency to drag on and take forever to actually go nowhere. If you read the trivia section for "The Incident" here on IMDb, you will notice it says: "Two people fainted during the premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival." This just had me laughing, fainting from what? Because there was nothing scary about this movie at all. And I didn't know you could faint from being bored out of your mind.

All I can is they're lucky they weren't a wussy indie rock band, or they'd been slaughtered off within minutes of the riot. And it's a pity this never happened to Maroon 5. There's just no justice. You gotta love it when even the script complains about itself! Here's what a character says: "And it's logical what's happening here? No security, nothing!" Did the film-makers actually believe that spelling out loud what every intelligent viewer notices somehow makes it right? It only makes it worse, because it proves that the writer simply didn't give a damn that the premise is dumb. He actually rubs it in our faces. The premise is mega-stupid. Facilities for the criminally insane aren't run this badly even in banana republics, let alone the States. When the main character finally phones for help, the operator doesn't even seem that interested! As if a situation involving rioting lunatics is somehow on par with a drunk teen party or something, i.e. low on the list of priorities for the police. Dumber still, the staff is told that help will be arriving in over an hour. So the cops decided to come on bicycles - or is this asylum located in the Gobi desert? No wonder I hate thrillers, they're always so bloody stupid: logic gets bent at every corner just to justify all sorts of "tense" moments. But where there's utter absurdity there can be no tension. Because tension arises from real situations, not absurd nonsense. The story-line - simplistic and banal as it is - takes ages to get going, as if we need to get to know this rock band in such detail, especially since half the band is quickly wiped out. But even with that stretched out boring intro, the plot is so thin that it all clocks in under 90 minutes. After all, there is only so much you can do with a premise that's barely enough for a 20-minute episode of "Tales From The Crypt". Basically, this is yet another trashy movie that caters to sadistic wimps who've never experienced first-hand real danger or savagery. (Because if they did, they'd be downloading Disney cartoons and nothing else.) If you find yourself seeking tortureporn flicks just for the extreme sadism, know that you're a loser, a moron, a coward and a degenerate. (OK, maybe "just" one of those things.) There are even people out there (nerds, I mean) who complain that the film isn't brutal enough. These whiners actually think that by claiming that this movie isn't sadistic enough this somehow makes them "tough". No, buffoons, it only reveals your feebleness.

I just finished watching Asylum Blackout. After seeing the IMDb rating I have to say I was expecting a lot more then what I got. I mean we had an Asylum with inmates on the loose, decent acting and production, how could this go wrong? I don't know, but the movie just didn't do it for me. Some call it torture *, whatever its called a bunch of people torturing other people just isn't enough to carry a storyline anymore. Maybe for some, but not for a seasoned horror fan like myself. That doesn't make it a bad movie though, quite the contrary. This movie will find its audience and its good and high quality for what it is. It has some good gore and some sadistic scenes, but to me it lacks rhyme and/or reason. I guess some could argue that its in an asylum with a bunch of nuts and there doesn't have to be rhyme or reason, but I disagree as this is still a movie. There should have been some side stories, something to keep the audience involved and interested, but there wasn't and the so called twist? Ill just say unfortunately it fell short with me. 6/10 stars. Great acting, Great production, decent gory shots, but a weak script and sad storyline with not much going on besides. I would recommend this movie to those who like a good torture * flick.

This movie was a special treat for me, something I was waiting for that was totally original with good tension, good gore, great atmosphere, and great acting by the lead character George, the cook at a lock down facility for the criminally insane. He works there with a few buds in the kitchen area preparing the meals. As you probably know everything goes tits up during an electrical storm & every nut is loose leaving little or no place to hide and they give us just enough background for us to really be pulling for these guys to make it out in one uncooked piece. I had quite a bit of fun too as my sick humor was in full engagement. Although it was a great film it chose to do what many films in this genre do, leave a spacey surreal ending that I believe some people may interpret in the wrong way. There is no twist in the end, just a case of PTSD. I fully recommend it to any horror fan because this is one of those films that carries with it a fresh breathe of air dearly needed in the genre & you just can't beat the level of insanity. Horror fans should check it out asap!

Found the movie on netflix so we decided to watch it. I had never heard of the film or any of the actors in it and the title gave me the assumption this film would be pretty bad. But i was delightfully mistaken. it's Not great but for a low budget horror film its pretty darn good. it took a little long getting in but after that it had great pace and intensity. It had some very shocking and gory scenes but never really crossed the line. some parts of the film don't make the most sense and leave you questioning what happened. but all in all the setting and the disturbed inmates made for a truly scary film. very good for what it was and better than a lot of big budget films out there. i would give it a view ******/10

THE INCIDENT takes its time in setting the events in motion. About half an hour passes till the riot breaks out at the asylum and until then, we get to know the main protagonists. I think this introductory half hour was way too long, the filmmakers could have been more economical in this regard. Once the riot begins, the movie does become thrilling to some degree. There are several gory instances and one quite shocking scene towards the end. The revelation at the end is somewhat confusing. It is neither spelled out understandably nor quite an open-end either. It feels more like the filmmakers intended it to be comprehensible, but could not make it so. My issue with the movie is that there appears to be a gay angle which is not developed satisfactorily.

Here's the story: I am a firefighter. In 2012, I turned on this movie one weekend afternoon. Two co-workers watched it with me. When it was over, the other two guys gave me such a hard time that I vowed never to touch the remote again at work...and I haven't.

In Alexandre Courtès' film The Incident, the setting is Washington 1989 where we are introduced to a group of young band members that work in the kitchen of an insane asylum. The asylum is a concrete mass in the middle of nowhere. Its heavy doors and locked cages are highly monitored and every door, elevator and room requires either keys of a combination code. Patients in the asylum walk around like zombies and follow strict patterns in an effort to get fed at the fortified kitchen. George (Rupert Evans), Max (Kenny Doughty) and Ricky (Joseph Kennedy) have just played a gig the night before when George is requested to come in early to accept a delivery of supplies for the kitchen. On little to no sleep, George makes his way to the compound and begins prepping for the daily meals when he is met by his fellow workers/band members. But on this dark and rainy evening, a power outage throws the asylum into darkness. The patients are confused and get irritatingly irrational. All doors become unlocked and the monitoring station goes blind. George and the others are asked to assist in getting the excited patients back to their holding cells, but when two patients violently escape their escort, it begins a night of terror where the patients indeed run the asylum and where the guards and the young kitchen workers run from their lives from the horde of dangerously rabid maniacs. Director Alexandre Courtes makes his feature film debut with The Incident after a fairly successful career directing music videos for bands such as U2 and The White Stripes. Courtes takes his time in unleashing the terrors that will be the mainstay of the film and uses the first 30 minutes to introduce us to the characters on both sides of the protective glass. Great effort is spent in giving us a tour of the facility and having the audience recognize the fortress as a heavily locked-down institution. We are also introduced to Harry Green (Richard Brake) – an asylum patient that George believes is the ringleader of the horde when the proverbial poop hits the fan. When the patients begin to overrun the facility, the screenplay as written by S.Craig Zahler and Jérôme Fansten has the characters doing what is rarely evident in today's horror films – he has the characters acting intelligently and making the right decisions (even if it comes with unexpected consequences). George and his surviving followers attempt to make their way to an office to find a phone. They also equip themselves with knives and other weapons and hide out when they find safe haven rather than wandering the halls as bait for the manic fish. The film is complimented by the great atmosphere of the setting much like the abandoned asylum in Session 9 and without windows or doors leading to an escape, you can't help but feel for the helplessness of the situation. Courtes doesn't spend time on the background of the inmates or the guards. It doesn't matter. Hell is going to break loose and most people with either end up dead or running form impending death. Backstory does not matter. There is a bit of a letdown in a twist implemented near the end of the film. The Incident was smart enough without having to try and M. Night itself and we think it would have had a more satisfying ending if things just ended as they were (thought to have) played out. Still, The Incident is an above average horror film with a few good kills (ok, one) and one scene that had two audience members at the Toronto International Film Festival faint in recognition. It might not be the best asylum film ever (or even in the top 25), but it was refreshing to watching smart individuals acting smart when their lives were on the line and we appreciated the effort. www.killerreviews.com

Anna Skellern is definitely underused in this movie. Just wanted to write that upfront. But it's not a movie about her. It's a movie about an Asylum (as an alternate title does suggest, original title being "The Incident") and the people within. It's also a movie about madness and reality shifting (sort of). I couldn't really start to explain what the ending is. Apart from the fact it that it would be a spoiler, it's one of those endings that will split the audience. Some will find it amazing, what the director did there and some will think he's full of himself. One thing is for sure: Up until that moment (or rather moments), the movie is pretty straightforward and has an edgy feel to it. And it is pretty good in scaring you (visually with some hard to stomach violent scenes, so not for the faint hearted then), too. If that is something you like, then go ahead and give it a try