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The Anomaly (2014) — Stream on Starz · CriticCrunch

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The Anomaly

Movie2014·97 min

The Anomaly

Directed by Noel Clarke

Thriller Action Science Fiction

A thriller action film directed by Noel Clarke.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 96%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.0/10

351 ratings

About The Anomaly

A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has less than 10 minutes to figure out how he got there.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Intense (7 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Haunting (3 of 9)
Texture: Tense, Stylized
Story Tags: identity self discovery, freedom rebellion, trauma recovery, near future, action combat, urban, strangers forced together, reluctant hero, everyman, conspiracy, kidnapping hostage, race against time, cyberpunk tech, ai robots

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Details

Director: Noel Clarke
Language: English

Cast

Noel Clarke, Ian Somerhalder, Kumud Pant

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How The Anomaly Ranks

All movies

Top 96%

2010s movies

Top 94%

Thriller movies

Top 96%

★Noel Clarke films#3 of 3

Top 96% All movies.

the vibe

The Anomaly Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkintenseapproachableseriouspersonalhauntingtense

stylized

What it's about

conspiracykidnapping hostagerace against timeidentity self discoveryfreedom rebelliontrauma recoveryreluctant heroeverymanstrangers forced togetheraction combatcyberpunk techAI & robotsurbannear future

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

intense 7/9intense 7/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

haunting 3/9haunting 3/9

texture

tensetense