The Mill

The Mill

2023 · 106 min · EN · R · 5.8 (110 votes)
Dir. Sean King O'Grady · Starring Lil Rel Howery, Pat Healy, Karen Obilom, Patrick Fischler, Getchie Argetsinger, Jaiden K. Brown · Music David Chapdelaine

“Your company. For life.”

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A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.

VIBE

This film delivers a suffocating sense of dread and existential anxiety, trapping you in a bizarre, oppressive system. It's a propulsive, unsettling descent into the absurdities of labor and the dehumanizing grind, leaving you with a lingering, uncomfortable reflection on corporate control and individual struggle.

dread-soakedoppressiveanxiousabsurdistdesperatepropulsivedystopian sci-fipsychological horrorminimalist settingsocial commentarycorporate dehumanizationexistential dreadsurvivalthe absurdity of labor
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