PVC-1

Its full 85-minute running time is one continuous shot, with no cuts and no editing…Based on an actual incident, PVC-1 begins with a group of masked criminals infiltrating a family's home demanding 15 million pesos. When the father assures them he has no money, they attach a PVC collar-bomb to the mother's neck, telling the family that they have very little time to come up with the money or they will detonate the bomb remotely. What follows is a harrowing ordeal as the mother (an excellent Merida Urquia) and her family scrambles to meet up with a task force that will try to defuse the bomb. Urquia's performance is spot-on; her panic when the bomb intermittently chirps out an alarm is palpable, as is the rest of the family's reactions. The real time aspect of the film ensures that the audience can't take their eyes off the screen for even a moment, lest we miss an important development. -Wigger, horror-movies.ca. From IFC Films.