10x10 (2018)

A man abducts a flower shop owner and holds her captive in a small, soundproof room in an effort to extract a dark secret from her past.

Director:

Suzi Ewing

Writers:

Noel Clarke (screenplay), Suzi Ewing (additional material)

Stars:

Luke Evans, Kelly Reilly, Jill Winternitz

Cast

Credited cast:
Luke Evans	...	Lewis
Kelly Reilly	...	Cathy
Jill Winternitz	...	Jen
Noel Clarke	...	Dennis
Olivia Chenery	...	Alana
Jason Maza	...	Officer Wayland
Benjamin Hoetjes	...	Casey
John Michael Morris	...	Paul (husband)
Skye Lucia Degruttola	...	Summer
Ruby Bustamante	...	Teenager
Miles Webb	...	Teenager
Jerry Brown	...	Grocery Store Customer
Kevin Matadeen	...	Yoga Client
Jackson Kai	...	Yoga
Stacy Hall	...	Officer Gray

Storyline

Lewis (Luke Evans) is an outwardly ordinary guy, but in reality he is hiding an obsession - revenge - against Cathy (Kelly Reilly). Lewis kidnaps Cathy in broad daylight and takes her to his home, where he locks her in a soundproof cell and attempts to extract a dark secret from her past.

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Plot Keywords:

captive | locked in | tape over mouth | tied up while barefoot | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

10x10

Filming Locations:

West London Film Studios, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Unstoppable Entertainment, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The house used in the film was featured in the Channel 4 programme Grand Designs. This documented the construction of the house from start to finish.

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Goofs

Lewis tapes her mouth shut with duct tape, but leaves the roll beside her on the ground. Minutes later we see the roll in his car.

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Soundtracks

Follow Him
Written By Tom Linden & Jack Shalloo

User Reviews

Deserves an Award For Most Absurd Characters

First of all, I'm not a fan of people who say the actions of characters in movies are stupid or illogical, or that no one would actually behave in that way, because usually they are talking about a situation that they have never personally been in, and more importantly, all people react differently to situations so who are we to say how the characters should react.

That said, these characters' actions are too absurd to be believed, and the only reason for such behavior is to further a silly plot. For example, the women held captive is going to bop the captor on the head (who is holding her hostage with a gun) and knock him out several times throughout the first 30 minutes of the movie, at which point she could easily grab the gun and be in control, but for some reason she repeatedly tries to run, at which point the captor magically awakens and catches her again, only to be hit and knocked out again, and so on and so forth.

Furthermore, it becomes clear right away that the captor knows she is concealing her identity by repeatedly asking her name and getting angry when she answers, "Cathy." So everyone knows she is not actually Cathy... but Cathy fails to realize this and is flabbergasted that he keeps asking who she is. She was arguably the most frustrating and annoying character to listen to, but one also has to wonder why Luke Evans does not just stop asking her name and reveal that he knows exactly who she is. It's stupidity of both characters in order to try to build suspense/mystery that really ends up being irritating.

On top of all that, the ending is quite unsatisfying. If you thought all this nonsense was building up to some awesome twist or revelation, you'd be wrong.