This is a film that will stay with you – it's certainly not a run-of-the-mill thriller with an obvious ending... oh no, it will keep you on your toes throughout. As the story unfolds, you are immersed in the characters as they slowly discover themselves and the terrifying situation they're in. The twists are like ice cold water thrown in your face – you're left practically gasping with shock. Yes, it is dark and sinister, but who wants a light and fluffy thriller..? My favourite character is Walker (David Gant) – threatening, yet so calm and subtle. And let's not forget the fantastic soundtrack, special effects and stunning Czech location. This is an amazing debut feature film from Dan Turner – he's definitely someone to watch in the future.

I saw the promo DVD of this movie - it's not actually had any kind of showing outside of the festival circuit that I'm aware of. It's a pretty impressive outing - building up a strong atmosphere with intense performances that convey the dread of waking up as an amnesiac in a strange foreign city.The story features a family torn apart and transplanted to Prague, pawns in a shadowy mind control experiment. The mechanics of this process and the assassination plot that lies behind it, become subsidiary to the trials of the two leads to piece together their shattering experience. Can love overcome the naked exercise of power? One thing that the script does really well is to continually build up hope that it might...(all pretty Kafka-esquire really - must be a Prague thing).

Though there's a genre all its own that this movie fits into -- the amnesia stricken hero dropped into a dire situation in an alien land -- Experiment tackles it strongly -- and it adds a bit more to it. Many British productions are shot in Eastern Europe for the sake a tight budget, but this story needed to be there and works there beautifully.The cast is interesting and quite watchable. The leads suck you in. Compelling, visual, believable, and with a strong ending -- which is something I wish I could say of most Hollywood fare...This director should be one to watch. I can't wait to see his next work.

The lowdown: The recipient of various festival awards, this classy British indie flick has yet to be made commercially available, but it's clearly only a matter of time. Best described as a hard thriller with elements of horror and sci-fi, it sees Anna (Georgina French) waking up in a foreign city. She has no idea who she is, or what she's meant to be doing. Should it be any consolation that there's a guy in town, Morgan (John Hopkins), who's suffering the same problems? As the film's title suggests, the reasons behind their plight are somewhat more sinister than having done a load of tequila shots the night before.Good points: Shot in Prague using the latest High Definition technology, Experiment looks great - especially given its low budget of $250,000. Setting the story in a foreign city cleverly emphasises the main characters' sense of isolation and confusion, and it's a bold move to include a great deal of on screen English subtitles in the first act. The cast attack their roles with considerable energy, except for David Gant as evil mastermind Walker, who achieves brilliant things by speakkkking verrrry slowwwwwly. Pure malevolence.Starting off at a fairly leisurely pace, while throwing in the odd deftly-timed jump to ensure you aren't sitting too comfortably (look out for the one in a hotel room - it puts all the tiresome Ring clones to shame), Experiment rarely stops entertaining - right up until the bitter end.Bad points: There's little to complain about. The script's only weakness is the way in which Anna and Morgan do a little too much agonising over not knowing who they are. After a while, it becomes tiring to watch. No big deal. Overall: Several notches about the average indie thriller, Experiment has a dark intensity which you'll want to check out. Now it's up to distributors to allow you that pleasure...