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Movie poster: Stalled (2022)
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2022 · 20 min Science Fiction Thriller
7.6 / 10 · TMDB

A high-strung executive sprints toward the career-defining meeting he's already late for, sweat beading at his temples. He ducks into a stark public restroom for a moment of composure, but the door locks with a sickening finality. Beyond it lies not the hallway, but a temporal snare—the same distant footsteps echo, the same sliver of shadow passes under the door, the same drip counts seconds in an endless loop. Each frantic attempt to escape resets the scene. The mirror reflects a man slowly unraveling, his polished arrogance chipped away by primal terror within the sterile, inescapable tiles.

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Year 2022
Country United States of America
Genre Science Fiction, Thriller
Director Matthew Black
Runtime 20 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.6/10 (30 votes)

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A brilliant exercise in constrained storytelling, where the true horror isn't the paradox but the man confronting his own hollow reflection. The sterile setting becomes a character, its cold surfaces amplifying every gasp and frantic whisper.

What lingers after the final frame is a profound unease about the prisons we build for ourselves. The film suggests that sometimes, the most inescapable trap is the one made of ambition and regret. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Matthew Black

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