''Armistice'' is a 2013 supernatural psychological thriller film about one man's fight to preserve his humanity and sanity over years of terrible imprisonment. It was originally called ''Warhouse''.
In 2012, it was sold at
Cannes Film Market
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. It was then premiered in
Bruges
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,
Belgium
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on 29 October 2013 at Razor Reel Fantastic Film Festival.
XLrator Media released the film on DVD on 11 March 2014.
Plot
Royal Marine
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'A.J Budd' (Joseph Morgan) awakes in a mysterious house and is forced to fight for his life every day against grotesque inhuman opponents. Trapped alone in an unchanging prison of unbreakable routines, he must kill every day or die himself. As days stretch into years, the isolation and unceasing violence threaten his very soul. The only note of hope lies in the journals of a former prisoner of the Warhouse,
World War I
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officer 'Lieutenant Edward Sterling' (Matt Ryan). Discovered behind a secret wall, Sterling's diaries serve as a mentor to the young marine and help to keep him alive, but what dark fate befell their author? The stories of these two men from different times interweave as their desperation to escape the Warhouse and the endless killing leads them both into taking terrible measures.
Cast
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Joseph Morgan as A.J. Budd
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Matt Ryan as Edward Sterling
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William Troughton
William Troughton (born 1984) is a British actor.
Career
Since 2014 he has played the part of Tom Archer in the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme ''The Archers''. His father David Troughton plays Tom's father List of The Archers characters#The A ...
as 'The Fallen'
* Al Weaver as a Gulf war soldier (uncredited)
Production
The original concept was a graphic novel Benjamin Read (screenwriter) was writing. The film was filmed in
Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Reviews
Matt Molgaard of Best-Horror-Movies.com: "But above and beyond the technical effectiveness of the work turned in by the behind-the-scenes crew, is the sheer brilliance of focal performer, Joseph Morgan".
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 2112331, Armistice
2013 films
2013 horror films