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'''''Alarm''''' is a 2008 Irish [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Gerard Stembridge]] and starring [[Ruth Bradley]] and [[Aidan Turner]].<ref name="Irish Opinion">{{cite web|url=http://www.movies.ie/features/irish_opinion__aidan_turner |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140102140552/http://www.movies.ie/features/irish_opinion__aidan_turner |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-01-02 |title=Irish Opinion Aidan Turner |work=Movies.ie |date=2008-11-05 |accessdate=2014-01-02 }}</ref><ref name="Dandyspoke">{{cite web|url=http://www.dandyspoke.com/alarm.htm |title=Alarm |work=Dandyspoke.com |accessdate=2014-01-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204154354/http://www.dandyspoke.com/alarm.htm |archivedate=2010-12-04 }}</ref>
'''''Alarm''''' is a 2008 Irish [[thriller film]] written and directed by [[Gerard Stembridge]] and starring [[Ruth Bradley]] and [[Aidan Turner]].<ref name="Irish Opinion">{{cite web|url=http://www.movies.ie/features/irish_opinion__aidan_turner |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140102140552/http://www.movies.ie/features/irish_opinion__aidan_turner |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-01-02 |title=Irish Opinion Aidan Turner |work=Movies.ie |date=2008-11-05 |accessdate=2014-01-02 }}</ref><ref name="Dandyspoke">{{cite web|url=http://www.dandyspoke.com/alarm.htm |title=Alarm |work=Dandyspoke.com |accessdate=2014-01-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204154354/http://www.dandyspoke.com/alarm.htm |archivedate=2010-12-04 }}</ref>

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Alarm
Directed byGerard Stembridge
Written byGerard Stembridge
Produced byAnna J. Devlin,
Marina Hughes
Starring
CinematographyBruno de Keyzer
Edited byMary Finlay
Music byKieran Lynch
Production
companies
Release dates
  • July 11, 2008 (2008-07-11) (Galway Film Fleadh)
  • November 7, 2008 (2008-11-07) (Ireland)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

Alarm is a 2008 Irish thriller film written and directed by Gerard Stembridge and starring Ruth Bradley and Aidan Turner.[1][2]

Overview

Alarm was filmed primarily in Dublin, Ireland.[2] The lead actors are Aidan Turner (known for his role as Kíli in the film series The Hobbit) and Ruth Bradley (known for playing Garda Lisa Nolan in Grabbers).[1]

Premise

After witnessing the murder of her father by burglars, Molly is living with friends and seeing a psychiatrist (Emmet Bergin) to deal with her panic attacks. She dreams of finding a house where she can live alone. Upon buying her dream house in a Dublin suburb, she gives a house-warming party and one of her friends brings along an old classmate of Molly's, Mal. Molly had fancied Mal during school, and now they become a couple. With a new house and a new boyfriend, things seem perfect.

However, soon her house is burglarized again and again, although her neighours are spared. Molly suspects that someone she knows might be involved.

Cast

Release

Alarm was shown at the Irish cinema in 2008.[1] On November 30, 2010, an American DVD was published by the IFC Film studios.[3]

Critical reception

When director and writer Gerard Stembridge introduced Alarm to the audience he said that he had wanted to do a "swan song for the Celtic tiger" (i.e. Ireland's economic boom in the 1990s). Furthermore, he had wanted to create a good old-fashioned thriller.[4] However, critics doubt that he succeeded with this, noting that the plot is predictable. Many scenes were filmed at night and the action during these scenes is hard to see.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Irish Opinion Aidan Turner". Movies.ie. 2008-11-05. Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. ^ a b "Alarm". Dandyspoke.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  3. ^ "Alarm DVD". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  4. ^ "Scott's Movie Comments". Scottsmovies.com. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  5. ^ "Paranoia and Obsession on Full Display in 'Alarm'". Jennifer Fratangelo. 2013-02-10. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
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