Fresh
Despite its defiantly un-PC 'fear-a-hoodie' message, the film nails its urban setting, filling every frame with a richly sustained sense of despair, decay and dread.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Overview
Chronically agoraphobic since the day his wife was murdered, Tommy Cowley finds himself terrorized by a gang of syringe-wielding feral children, who are intent on taking his baby daughter. Upon discovering the nightmarish truth surrounding these hooded children, he learns that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place he fears the most - the abandoned tower block, known as the Citadel.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a basic story, simply and directly told by Irish writer-director Ciaran Foy.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
It's all rather nausea-inducing and a bit frightening - not the film (I can only wish) but its subtextual message.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
"Citadel" attempts to transform mundane anxieties into the stuff of a horror film. But the initial tension of the premise dissipates like a slow leak.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
While Foy's efforts to create his own distinct modern urban mythos are ambitious, the result isn't entirely satisfying.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
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