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Black Ops

Original title: Stairs
  • 2019
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
2.7K
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Black Ops (2019)
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Special ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive... Read allSpecial ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.Special ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.

  • Director
    • Tom Paton
  • Writer
    • Tom Paton
  • Stars
    • Shayne Ward
    • Bentley Kalu
    • Samantha Schnitzler
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tom Paton
    • Writer
      • Tom Paton
    • Stars
      • Shayne Ward
      • Bentley Kalu
      • Samantha Schnitzler
    • 37User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Shayne Ward
    Shayne Ward
    • Will Stanton
    Bentley Kalu
    Bentley Kalu
    • Ben Garrett
    Samantha Schnitzler
    Samantha Schnitzler
    • Kia Clarke
    Alana Wallace
    Alana Wallace
    • Hayley Nolan
    Toby Osmond
    Toby Osmond
    • Jack Ford
    Sophie Austin
    Sophie Austin
    • Emma Walker
    Spencer Collings
    Spencer Collings
    • Carter Harris
    Simon Meacock
    Simon Meacock
    • Shaun Buxton
    Phoebe Robinson-Rodrigues
    Phoebe Robinson-Rodrigues
    • Rachel Ryan
    • (as Phoebe Robinson-Galvin)
    Julia Szamalek
    • The Prisoner
    Matt Malecki
    Matt Malecki
    • Mateus
    Rachel Warren
    Rachel Warren
    • The Mother
    Piotr Baumann
    • Pavel
    • Director
      • Tom Paton
    • Writer
      • Tom Paton
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    User reviews37

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    2tool_slave1

    Promising first 10 minutes goes into nothing

    Just awful, avoid this please, terrible effects, terrible acting
    1stuart-jstanford

    I enjoyed the advert breaks

    What a load of old nonsense. Just brought back memories of getting lost in a multi storey car park, only to realise I was in the wrong multi storey car park.
    5flook75

    Distinctly Average

    Very average film that could have been executed better.

    The interesting storyline which could have been explored in more depth leaves you underwhelmed.

    You can see the film has a tiny budget and with this the action sequences dont have the desired effect.

    Go elsewhere for similar Groundhog Day style films. Happy Death Day or Edge of Tomorrow spring to mind
    2omendata

    This movie was a bit of a disaster from the very first scene!

    Potentially interesting idea if you can actually figure out what the idea was but with execrable acting , dreadful fight scenes, laugh-a-minute dialogue and the usual constant foul language which I feel these days is incredibly sad and denigrates all the old movies of the past that did not need to use it, combined with poor special effects quickly put paid to that notion!

    Film fell apart quite quickly and I began that "clock watching - when is it finishing scenario" after they started repeating the same interminably boring action sequence over and over again for over 2 hours...yes two hours of your life you will never get back.

    I read the reviews first and a "Promising first 10 minutes" was a bit generous and out by around 9 minutes!

    Barely a horror film, in fact barely a film at all it was that boring and tedious watching some of the worst acting ever put to celluloid...or was it a cheapo Xiaomi handy-cam? hard to be sure with the constant blue filter used to mask some of the poor scenery and effects!

    The film looks like it was partly shot on a field in the middle of Milton Keynes with a couple of old army vehicles borrowed from the local scrapyard and inside the stairwell of a block of flats in Peckham - sadly Del Boy and Rodney did not turn up in their three wheeler to alleviate the boredom!

    The fact the movie cannot be found on going under its name as I am watching it on the horror channel of "The Ascent" also makes me scratch my head; even more so when I do another search and up comes the Imdb page with a Dvd cover under the name "BLACK OPS" or under Amazon as Legacy - Black Ops but the name of the movie on Imdb is the highly original "STAIRS" makes me shake my head even more. It is as if they were looking for the best clickbait title they could find that would hoodwink the unfortunate punter...sadly none worked!

    As always I did hang in until the end....unfortunately!!! You would be better of just hanging yourself than watching this utter British drivel! Summary: Dreadful from first scene to the mind numbing last!
    1helenrdavidj

    AKA Awful

    This film is distributed under several names; 'The Ascent' AKA 'Stairs' AKA 'Black Ops'. Probably done so the unweary accidentally watch this God awful film twice. A psychological drama that certainly plays with the mind. It certainly disturbed mine.😒

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      Setting is a civil war in an overseas location, British Special Ops team dispatched on a mission. The military vehicles at the campsite belonging to the opposing faction are displaying UK licence plates.
    • Quotes

      [Last lines]

      Hayley Nolan: [Watching the elevator display change to Out of Order] You've got to be kidding me.

      Jack Ford: Looks like we're taking the stairs.

      Ben Garrett: Top floor's a long way up.

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Stairs
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
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      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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