The Mill (2023)

January 11, 2024 8:21 AM

[TRAILER] A businessman (Lil Rel Howery) 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.

Also starring Pat Healy.

Written and directed by Sean King O'Grady (We Need to Do Something).

42% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

A Hulu original. JustWatch.

posted by DirtyOldTown (1 comment total)

This is in the sam microgenre as The Exam or Cube (though far closer to the former in terms of violence/onscreen gore than the latter). And Howery is game.

But it has serious pacing issues and ends up feeling like a crackerjack 80 to 88 minute long feature dog paddling for its life in a 106 minute runtime.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:22 AM on January 11