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BRAINBUGS

2025 · 94 min

A tight, talky hostage thriller that keeps you on edge as a delivery driver talks his way through a dangerous night.

Tagline
Wrong place, Wrong time.
Overview
A food delivery driver is reluctantly dragged into the middle of a criminal plot. When the job goes wrong, quick thinking and smart talking are the only tools protecting him from his captor, and an increasingly uncertain fate.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • survival
  • deception
  • power
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
thriller
Directed by
Jon Westling
Written by
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Starring
Jon Westling, Hazel Coyne, Dennis Curry, Mike Pollock, Lauren Ettensohn, Kyle Macdonald, Cyrus McIntire, Claire Higgins
Cinematography
Sean McGrath
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America

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