2019 film
Black Ops Film poster
Directed by Tom Paton Written by Tom Paton Produced by George Burt Alexa Waugh[ 1] Starring Rachel Warren Simon Meacock Bentley Kalu Samantha SchnitzlerShayne Ward Toby Osmond Cinematography George Burt Music by Max Sweiry Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films Release dates
August 2019 (2019-08 ) (2020)[ 2]
December 06 (06-12 )
Running time
100 minutes Country United Kingdom[ 3] Language English
Black Ops , also known as The Ascent or Stairs , is a 2019 independent action horror film directed by Tom Paton.[ 4]
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.[ 1]
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 [ 1] on 26 August, and released on 12 June 2020 as direct to video on demand.[ 1]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 67% of 9 critics' reviews are positive.[ 5] It is described by reviewers as being either military horror,[ 6] or action and horror.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e 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
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