| Ghost Machine | |
| Director: | Chris Hartwill |
| Producer: | Simon Bosanquety Mark Huffam |
| Starring: | Luke Ford Rachael Taylor Sean Faris |
| Music: | Bill Grishaw |
| Cinematography: | George Richmond |
| Editing: | Emma Gaffney Dayn Williams |
| Studio: | Generator Entertainment |
| Distributor: | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Ghost Machine is a 2009 British science fiction film, directed by Chris Hartwill[1] and based on a screenplay by writer Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth.[2] It stars Rachael Taylor, Sean Faris and Luke Ford.[3]
The film opens with a tied and hooded woman being taken to some sort of jail run by the British military.
Nine years later, military technicians and video gamers; Tom and Vic perform a training exercise for several candidates for a special force.
They smuggle their top secret, virtual warfare program into a disused prison (as seen before), to experiment with it using two of the candidates.
What should first be a thrill becomes a deadly reality, as a vengeful outsider has manipulated the software and kidnapped them. When their companion Jess hears of this, they begin a seemingly hopeless rescue mission, but is also drawn into this virtual world. A world which can be just as deadly as real warfare.
The film was shot in September 2008 in Northern Ireland in the city of Belfast at the Crumlin Road Gaol.[4] It based on a storybook of British screenwriter Sven Hughes.[5]
The Score was composed by American country artist Bill Grishaw.[6]
Ghost Machine premiered on 1 February 2009 in the United Kingdom[7] and was released in the United States as direct-to-video production on 22 December 2009 over Anchor Bay Entertainment.[8]