Tower Block (2012)

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I'm not gonna lie - I'm a ridiculous person when it comes to Doctor Who connections. I indeed watched Tower Block because Sheridan Smith was its star and because she's one of the 8th Doctor's audio companions (also, Being Human's Russell Tovey was in it, and the script was penned by a Who alumn). The premise is actually fun. The residents of the top floor of a tower block set for demolition is under siege by a sniper for what he perceives are the entire floor's wrongdoing. They're trapped and must get out, and like the best disaster movies, there's just no way they're all gonna make it. An interesting batch of characters, stock types maybe, but fresh enough for this viewer, and how they think themselves out of the situation is plenty satisfying. So it's unfortunate that we don't quite understand how the situation can happen in the first place. The geography is just a dubious enough to leave a question mark over your head all the way through. When you look at it closer, yes, I think it makes sense, but that should have been made clear from the start. Still fun. 7 years 9 months ago