Ten kidnapped individuals have 22 hours to mount an escape from a locked room. To get out, they have to endure the absolute heights of pain. Taylor Sheridan, who went on to write Sicario, is listed as the director but doesn’t see himself that way, saying that this movie provided the training he needed to direct later.

Things begin with Tayler (April Matson), Tony (Akeem Smith), Kai (Elisha Skorman) and Nick (Eric Jay Beck) picking up Diane (McKenzie Westmore, whose family has multiple generations of makeup artists), whose car is broken down. She gases everyone and they wake up inside a room where a voice tells them they have 22 hours to escape but must inflict pain on each other to do it. And oh yeah, they have devices in their necks to keep them there. Creating suffering fills up a jar and once that jar is filled, they can remove the devices and escape. If they fail, it will inject poison into their brains and kill them. One of the people not from the group but in the room, Julien (Ian Bohen) tries to remove his device and dies instantly.

What follows is pretty much abuse, self-abuse and outright attacks on one another within the group to raise the suffering and escape. Beck wrote this along with Rob Kowsaluk and if you like the Saw movies and said, “I’d like to watch people tear out others fingernails,” this has you covered.

Sheridan went on to direct Those Who Wish Me Dead and create Special Ops: Lioness.

The MVD blu ray of Vile has a reversible cover, a limited edition slipcover, deleted scenes and a theatrical trailer. You can get it from MVD.