| Black Ops | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Tom Paton |
| Written by | Tom Paton |
| Produced by | George Burt Alexa Waugh |
| Starring | Rachel Warren Simon Meacock Bentley Kalu Samantha Schnitzler Shayne Ward Toby Osmond |
| Cinematography | George Burt |
| Music by | Max Sweiry |
| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Black Ops, also known as The Ascent or Stairs, is a 2019 independent action horror film directed by Tom Paton.
Plot
A special ops military team find themselves stuck on an endless staircase and must fix their past sins against civilians or die on the stairs.
Cast
- Shayne Ward as Will Stanton
- Bentley Kalu as Ben Garrett
- Samantha Schnitzler as Kia Clarke
- Alana Wallace as Hayley Nolan
- Toby Osmond as Jack Ford
- Sophie Austin as Emma Walker
- Spencer Collings as Carter Harris
- Simon Meacock as Shaun Buxton
- Phoebe Robinson-Galvin as Rachel Ryan
- Julia Szamalek as The Prisoner
- Matt Malecki as Mateus
- Rachel Warren as The Mother
- Piotr Baumann as Pavel
Release
The film premiered at the 2019 FrightFest on 26 August, and released on 12 June 2020 as direct to video on demand.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 67% of 9 critics' reviews are positive. It is described by reviewers as being either military horror, or action and horror.
References
- ^ Billington, Alex. 24 April 2020. FirstShowing.net, FirstShowing.net, viewed 28 May 2022.
- Rodgers, Matt (27 August 2019). "Arrow Video Frightfest 2019 Review – Stairs". Flickering Myth. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- Movies and Mania, 6 July 2019, viewed 29 May 2022
- Crow, Roger. "THE ASCENT [BLACK OPS] (2019) – FILM REVIEW". On: Yorkshire Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- Black Ops, Rotten Tomatoes, viewed 29 May 2022
- MLMillerWrites, 15 June 2020, viewed 29 May 2022
External links
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