Triggered

Triggered (2020)

Your countdown has begun

Nine friends, all harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help - until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other.

Date of release
2020-08-28
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (132)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Horror, Action
Director
Alastair Orr

Casting

Interesting facts

Triggered is a South African horror-comedy film co-written and directed by Alastair Orr. The film stars Reine Swart, Liesl Ahlers, Russell Crous, Steven John Ward, Cameron Scott with Craig Urbani and Sean Cameron Michael. As part of an ensemble of nine friends who find themselves strapped to suicide bomb vests by a former teacher, forcing the group to kill each other until there is one left.

Production

Director Alastair Orr cited Kinji Fukusaku's Battle Royale, Kevin Smith, Greg McLean, and James Wan's Saw as influences for making the film.

The film was shot in the summer of 2019 at Appelsbosch Farm in Swellendam, South Africa. Filming took place only at night as the film is set throughout the course of one night. During the days, the core cast of the nine friends would bond over drinks and play Laser Tag as they had never worked with each other before.

In a 2023 interview, Liesl Ahlers admits that the smile she gives at the end wasn't meant to mean anything. It was the final day of a tumultuous night shoot and the smile represented her relief that it had finally ended. Yet, she did admit, she likes the fan theories behind the smile.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.

Recommended