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The Power

2021, Movie, 1h 33min

London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.

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Reviews

Critic Hanna Flint

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Smart special effects, atmospheric visuals and an impressive physical performance from Williams enhance this timely ghost story...

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Critic Cath Clarke

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...this film is a real screw-tightener, ingeniously set during the miners’ strike in January 1974. What could be scarier than the lights going out in a Victorian hospital in the dead of night?

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kate Erbland

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A blackout thriller with a performance that would make Linda Blair proud.

Read full review at Indie Wire

Critic Greg Nussen

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As a Black and trans filmmaker, Ford understands implicitly the disproportionate ways the police have targeted minority cultures...

Read full review at Slant Magazine

Critic Jacob Oller

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Making a movie about police brutality in America is knowing that, by the time your movie comes out, your assessment will be both newly relevant and newly behind the times.

Read full review at Paste Magazine

Critic Danny Brogan

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From its opening shot -- complete with sinister score -- 'The Power' pulls you into its grasp, and doesn't let go.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

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In the midst of a miners' strike that plunges Britain into darkness, a young nurse named Val begins her first night at a crumbling East London hospital. As she navigates the eerie, near-empty building, she becomes increasingly aware of a sinister presence lurking in the shadows. Forced to confront her own traumatic past and deepest fears, Val must also face the malevolent force that threatens to consume her and everyone around her.