The Incident (2012)

I went into this thinking it would be a dumb, low budget horror movie. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The camerawork and visuals were excellent, along with the acting. Great performances all around, especially the lead. The story I had problems with, especially the ending. It was pretty ambiguous and practically no explanation was given for the majority of the events in the film. Why did the patients go crazy? Just because their mental patients? Was all of this really in George's head? What was the significance of the blue pills? I would have preferred if the ending could have explained what happened that made the patients go crazy, instead of leaving things to interpretation. In the end it was a fun watch, but nothing remarkable.

You either love it or hate it, there's no in between. The first time I watched it, I was alone, the second time was with my husband. I really wanted to see what he got out of the ending as everyone seems to have an opinion about it, but no one really knows.I really liked George (Rupert Evans); whom the movie mostly focused on. He seemed like the nicest of the group always the peacemaker amongst his co-workers/band mates. He always said "You're welcome" to the inmates when serving them and obviously loved his girlfriend. Some parts were a bit graphic and hard to watch (that's just me; I don't like people chewing their own fingers off). However concept of the story, though not that original, was still inviting. I mean just imagine being in a situation like that....what would you do? The scenery was what you'd expect....it's an asylum. The soundtrack suited the film and the actors were perfect for their characters. Rupert Evans did a great job and he looked good too! You can't help feeling sorry for George. For one thing, he's just a cook, not someone trained to handle the criminally insane. Though he and his friends did what they could, they just weren't prepared for what took place and was defeated in more ways than one. Yes he tried to escape, yes his life was spared and yes, he was saved, but he was defeated mentally.I have tried to figure out the ending like everyone else and like them, have no real answer. Personally, I just think the entire experience made him crazy. His girlfriend visits him and says "What happened to you was an accident, it could've happened to anyone; it's not your fault". This makes me think he was not in fact crazy all along as some have suggested.The bottom line is this, if you want to see something creepy and a little gory at times, this is the movie to watch. It's not as popular as some other horror movies we've grown to love or hate, but it's worth viewing. It's a little out there to say the least and I recommend it.

Found the movie on netflix so we decided to watch it. I had never heard of the film or any of the actors in it and the title gave me the assumption this film would be pretty bad. But i was delightfully mistaken.it's Not great but for a low budget horror film its pretty darn good. it took a little long getting in but after that it had great pace and intensity. It had some very shocking and gory scenes but never really crossed the line. some parts of the film don't make the most sense and leave you questioning what happened. but all in all the setting and the disturbed inmates made for a truly scary film. very good for what it was and better than a lot of big budget films out there. i would give it a view******/10

In 1989, in Washington, the friends George (Rupert Evans), Max (Kenny Doughty) and Ricky (Joseph Kennedy) are aspirant musicians that play in a band in their leisure time. They work as cooks in the Sans Asylum to earn money to pay their bills, including renting a studio to record their songs. The asylum is located in an isolated area and is monitored by a team led by the security guard J.B. (Dave Legeno). The deranged inmates are criminals and they take pills to stay calm. One day, George has a concert during the night but J.B. asks him to arrive early in the morning to receive the supplies for the kitchen. George leaves his girlfriend Lynn (Anna Skellern) without sleeping and heads to the asylum. While he is preparing the meals for the insane inmates with his colleagues, there is a storm and a power outage in the area and the monitoring system fails. With the mental hospital in the darkness, the inmates led by the cruel Harry Green (Richard Brake) attack the guards and staff. George and the other kitchen workers hide from the horde of violent madmen. Will they survive?"The Incident" is a sadistic torture film with an unclear and unintelligible conclusion. The situation is absurd since there are just a few guards to control violent criminals and the security is based on systems that stop working with a power outage. Further, how could take one hour to the police to reach the institution in a rebellion? Every situation is a pretext for torture, violence and gore. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "Desespero" ("Despair")