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I was just lying in bed, trying to find something to put me to sleep, when I came across this interesting, if a bit overused, premise that comprises this movie. I figured it would be a low budget so and so sci-fi but I was surprised to find a well-acted, nicely shot, atmospheric dystopian suspense thriller.

There is a pandemic, and World Health Organization claims we are all doomed. Still, they have a plan. They will make half a million bunkers where lucky lottery winners will stay until the plague disappears. How long they'll have to stay inside? Could be decades!

After this opening set up we are following some of the lucky ones who made it to these small safe heavens. Dialogue is serviceable and not cringe worthy and the characters are interesting (some more and some less) while the atmosphere of the whole containment deal is pretty well presented. There are some clever ideas as to the ways those people choose to interact and keep a straight head during this unpleasant, but necessary lock up.

The film kept me interested to the very end. Some of the ideas come across as original (even if they are not really) which is very much appreciated from my side. Unfortunately, some of the actions of particular characters do seem strange and out of place which does leave a stain on the whole experience but it might be a bit unfair to hold it against the creators.

Interested to see what the Director/Writer has in store for us next. Small budget didn't keep him from making a solid first full length feature.

7 out of 10 from me.

Ok, firstly it is not brilliant nor awful. It is however well acted by the main cast and when you look at their subsequent previous credits you'll understand why. The genre yes has been used before, but this is well directed, the score is fitting (very much like an old John Carpenter score in places) and you actually like the characters portrayed. If you're a seasond sci-fi fan then yes you'll guess the ending but it doesn't matter, the time has gone by nicely thanks to a very well cast movie.

Do you have a strange feeling of "Déjà vu"? Like you've already watched this movie but you don't remember when or where? You might be right if you're old enough to have caught The Outer Limits TV series and its season 3, episode 13, titled "Dead Man's Switch " (1997).

To be honest, I really thought right from the beginning of the movie that I had already watched this movie before. However it was entertaining enough and well made to rate it with a 7. Despite the number of obvious "coincidences" between this movie and the Outer Limits' episode, the "original" plot change (global virus) and ending (I will avoid spoilers) makes it worth a watch.

I understand why some people can be disappointed by the movie since it might feel like a Twilight Zone/Outer Limits episode that was way too long for the story being told.

The acting is great.

The character assortment works well, and each character is well developed.

The ending brings logic and reason to what I assumed were plot holes.

Slow burn suspense with a good twist at the end. Didn't love it, but wasn't terrible. The acting wasn't terrible.

Watchable once. Do not think to re-watch it someday. On a similar topic, Moon (2009) was way better.

Goof : One of the character is learning French. At 37', we see him reading an article about the French Revolution on the computer. The article is plagued with grammar mistakes.

The film feels fleshed out as it steadily plods along.

The actors are convincing in their various roles and the dialogue and direction is decisive and uncliched. However, the "twist" is broadcast a little too clearly and a little too early to really be surprising. Furthermore, after the big reveal at the end of act two, the film loses most of its momentum and descends into mere exposition.

Some visceral reaction to the revelations of the final act would have provided much needed energy. Instead the film limps unsatisfyingly into the closing credits.

There are a couple of problems with the trajectory of this story, but I will not be covering that because it would ruin the story. All I will say is there is a central plot point, which is highly unlikely once you get the full picture of the story. Does this make the film less enjoyable? I don't think so. The story is engaging because of the characters, and thankfully there is little painful over explanation by the characters to tell the backstory necessary for this kind of story, in fact there are some well-done expository moments in here that break up the monotony of the single setting.

Keep in mind, this isn't a fast paced film and the tension while there, is not as high as some might like, so avoid if you don't like slow-paced films, but the acting is actually quite good here, and the characters, even though they are not extremely fleshed out, partially due to the nature of the story, are interesting. I would call this a largely character-based narrative. I also think especially with recent events the appeal of a story where people chose to be quarantined for an undefined amount of time due to a plague that has wiped out the worlds population, might have a little more appeal than it would have last year.

I have watched many of these "single room" science fictions stories, be it "Cube", "Coherence", "Infinity Room", "Fermat's Room", "White Room", "The Exam", "Circle", and every single of those is a low-budget character-based dialogue driven film, except the awful White Room, The acting is better in "Domain" than each of the other afformentioned films(Coherence is the next best acting wise). In fact, I have seen Ryan Merriaman in several TV shows and films, and was quite surprised at the nuance and the way he handled his character, who he could have easily over-acted, but he kept it quite subdued, in the best way possible, to say more would ruin it. I actually really appreciate him as an actor now and believe he deserves much larger roles.

Again, if you like science fiction, particularly of the low-budget variety, there is much to like here. It isn't gonna blow your mind, but it is a solid story with some interesting ideas, and some of the best acting I have ever seen in a low budget film, it was refreshing to see for someone who watches a lot of low budget films.

Note, this movie is not for children, it has foul language, a good deal of violence, and there is some minor sexual content, if that bugs you, though you can skip ahead a minute or 2.

God Bless ~Amy

Completely unoriginal characters who of course do nothing but argue and spout exposition. Trapped in self sustaining bunkers with video communication, but they have no way to turn it off? Forced live feed with people you hate, sounds like nothing but an arena for constant arguing with the most stereotypical characters I have come across since the 80's. And the whole "trapped in a box together with people you don't get along with" idea was overused 10 years ago. Barely made it to 15 minutes of this film, and the characters made me want to end mankind. I do not have or wish to have an opinion of this overused tripe after seeing the whole thing, because I would probably finish myself before the film. If you like things like Big Brother, Paradise Hotel and Days of Our lives, wrapped in a doomsday scenario SciFi theme, maybe this will do something for you. What it did for me was completely kill my SciFi mood for today, and I'm going to YouTube to watch some funny cats because I'm angry and depressed now. The 2 star rating is exclusively because the actors themselves seem good enough, and I didn't have an aneurism..

Kept my attention, the writing and acting were good and with a limited budget managed to tell a story in a way many bigbudget films fail.

Well written and well acted this show will keep your attention all the way up to the twist ending. It's all very believable. Definitely worth watching .

For a small budget film, this is a great achievement. For the viewer at home, it's a well acted, interestingly told story that was good enough to keep me from reaching for my phone and "half watching" like many of us do when the film isn't very good but we still want to see what happens at the end.

Ironically, the ending would be one of the weaker points here, and I think the explains some of the scathing reviews as the first two acts of he film are quite predictable but it wound up ending in a way that takes you off guard.

None the less, it wasn't bad by any stretch of the imagination and is a very worthy lockdown watch.

This was kind of interesting for quite a while thinking it was a new take on a tired genre, though it was more than a little implausible, but then a twist comes that is not uninteresting, but it becomes something different and somehow not as surprising as I think the filmmakers intended. There is a familiarity with the concept presented. It then becomes a bit stupid and unpleasant and ultimately rather depressing. Britt Lower does a decent job, but the rest are just ordinary TV like performances. The usually enjoyable Beth Grant is unfortunately wasted in a role that is a big part of stupidity that arrives late in the game.

O rly? This is all this is going to be? A Bunch of 'survivor's sitting around in bunkers talking to each other over a web connection aka domain?? Okay Got it.

Hey watching this during Covid19 Pandemic 'lockdown' orders so I guess the timing is about right!!!!

Okay so impress me!!!!

The thing about it is, people are really so stupid that what happened to these people could really be done.

+1 Star for the reveal. I did enjoy the interaction between Phoenix and Denver. Especially after the reveal.

The very end did not really impress but it certainly fit.

Just know that from the Dark comes Light!!!!!!!

This is the right movie for these times. It not only has topics that are hugely relevant during the public health emergency we are living in, but manages interesting twists and explorations of the human soul. I love the acting and the characters and the intelligent flow of the story. Absolutely loved the prayer.

Don't even think to watch this movie !, I just waste two hours of my life watching this movie and I feel guilty for that.

Although I found some of the long dialog boring, the acting is above average. What kills this movie for me is that once you figure out the twist many of the things that are occurring or occurred do not make sense. They hope that the audience has amnesia. This is the only way this movie makes sense.

I had some hopes from the description. The premise was "interesting". Reviews were very mixed so I figured it was worth a shot and started to watch it. After 5 minutes I could not take it anymore. Just horrible.

The dialogue was positively insipid. Acting was poor and melodramatic. Thank goodness that I did not waste any more time on this.