Movie

The Mill

2023 · 106 min

A claustrophobic, tense experience that feels like a corporate nightmare come to life, with a relentless grind and a glimmer of hope.

Tagline: Your company. For life.
Overview: A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, power, corruption
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
power
corruption
redemption
Places: prison
workplace
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none