Await Further Instructions

2018
TV-MA
1h 31min

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Grant Masters in Await Further Instructions (2018)

Le Noël d'une famille prend une tournure étrange quand ils se réveillent pour se retrouver piégés à l'intérieur de leur maison et commencent à recevoir des instructions mystérieuses par la t... Tout lireLe Noël d'une famille prend une tournure étrange quand ils se réveillent pour se retrouver piégés à l'intérieur de leur maison et commencent à recevoir des instructions mystérieuses par la télévision.Le Noël d'une famille prend une tournure étrange quand ils se réveillent pour se retrouver piégés à l'intérieur de leur maison et commencent à recevoir des instructions mystérieuses par la télévision.

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Récompenses
- 5 victoires et 6 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The surname of the family, Milgram, refers go the Milgram test of obediance to authority, a theme dominant throughout the film. It is also revealed that the family resides on Stanford street, a reference to the Stanford Prison experiment which studied similar themes of perceived power and authority.

Gaffes
The group makes three mistakes with the injections, which Anji's medical training should have prevented. First, Tony, the father, injects his intravenously, which the vast majority of vaccines should not be, and one ought to assume a mystery vaccine without instructions should not be. Second, they sterilize the hypodermics in boiling water rather than alcohol, evidenced by the steam rising from the bowl, but the heat risks damaging the medicine. Third, nobody swabs their skin with alcohol, which prevents infection at the injection site.

Citations
[first lines]
Annji: [pulling up in the car] Come on. We're here.
Nick: Can we not do this?
Annji: I want to meet them.
Nick: We will spoil everyone's Christmas.
Annji: Come on...

Connexions
Featured in WhatCulture Horror: 12 Most Hopeless Horror Movie Endings (2020)

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5/10

Await Further Instructions: Well that was, interesting!?

This film immediately got my attention, it seemed to fall under a sub category that I love and I was gripped. Sadly it didn't deliver the way that I expected and that's a real shame.

You see Await Further Instructions tells the story of a family brought together for Christmas. When drama occurs two of them decide to leave at the crack of dawn but find themselves locked in. Every door and window is sealed by some kind of metal and now the television is giving them instructions! So what is going on? Terrorism? Quarantine? Or something more nefarious?

I liked this, I liked the family dynamic and how they each reacted. Some rationally, others counter productive. The movie also touches upon religion, how they badly "Reached" to deem what was taking place as relevant to their particular faith causing further irrational behavior and hysteria.

Starring GoT/Harry Potter/The Strain star David Bradley I was thoroughly hooked by the movie and fascinated to see where it would go next. Trouble is, where it goes isn't as entertaining.

A slow burner, the pace works and kept me engaged but as soon as certain revelations take place and questions get answered you realize just how badly the writer has dropped the ball. They took a really enjoyable movie with a great concept and tagged on the end a moronic, awful finale that looks terrible and simply isn't very good at all.

Personally based on everything we found out I'd like to see a sequel to this, but one where they give more thought to the ending.

The Good:

Solid concept

The Bad:

Dreadful finale