# Phase 7 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phase_7 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Phase_7.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_7 > Source revision: 1344612238 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{About|the science-fiction film|the role-playing game|Phase VII}} {{Infobox film | name = Phase 7 | native_name = Fase 7 | caption = Theatrical release poster | image = Phase 7 FilmPoster.jpeg | director = [Nicolás Goldbart](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Goldbart) | producer = Sebastian Aloi | writer = Nicolás Goldbart | starring = {{plainlist| * [Daniel Hendler](/source/Daniel_Hendler) * Jazmín Stuart * Yayo Guridi * [Federico Luppi](/source/Federico_Luppi) * Carlos Bermejo * Abian Vainstein }} | music = Guillermo Guareschi | cinematography = Lucio Bonelli | editing = {{plainlist| * Pablo Barbieri Carrera * Nicolás Goldbart }} | studio = {{plainlist| * Aeroplano Cine * [Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)](/source/Instituto_Nacional_de_Cine_y_Artes_Audiovisuales) * [Televisión Federal (Telefe)](/source/Telefe) }} | distributor = Energía Entusiasta (Argentina)
Salient Media (USA) | released = {{Film date|2010|10|10|[SFF](/source/Sitges_Film_Festival)|2011|03|03|Argentina|df=y}} | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Argentina | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = $158,421 (Argentina){{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=AR&id=_fFASE701&sort=sumgross&order=DESC&p=.htm|title=Fase 7|work=[Box Office Mojo](/source/Box_Office_Mojo)|access-date=2014-03-15}} }} '''''Phase 7''''' ({{langx|es|Fase 7}}) is a 2010 [Argentine](/source/Cinema_of_Argentina) [science fiction](/source/science_fiction_film) [black comedy](/source/black_comedy) [film](/source/film) written and directed by [Nicolas Goldbart](/source/Nicolas_Goldbart) and starring [Daniel Hendler](/source/Daniel_Hendler), [Yayo Guridi](/source/Yayo_Guridi), Jazmín Stuart, and [Federico Luppi](/source/Federico_Luppi). == Plot == Coco and his pregnant wife Pipi move into a [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires_City) [apartment complex](/source/apartment_complex). As they bicker and shop for food at the local market, they fail to notice the increasingly panicked crowds around them. When they return to their apartment, it is quarantined by the government. Coco, too apathetic to care about the looming threat of a [pandemic](/source/pandemic), attempts to sleep through the disaster, but he is quickly annoyed by the loss of Internet service and television. His neighbor Horatio, a paranoid [survivalist](/source/survivalism) whose reinforced apartment doubles as a bunker, slowly recruits Coco as an ally against other tenants. With Coco's help, Horatio sets traps throughout the building, which Coco negligently trips several times. Still unconvinced of the danger of the situation, Coco halfheartedly submits to Horatio's demands that he wear a [hazmat suit](/source/hazmat_suit), carry a pistol, and watch a survival training video that suggests the pandemic may be a plot by the [New World Order](/source/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)). Zanutto, an elderly man who is suspected of being sick by other tenants, is perceived as a weak target that they can prey upon. After using a shotgun to dispatch the tenants who came to harm him, Zanutto becomes paranoid, which leads him to preemptively pursue the remaining tenants. Horatio convinces Coco to leave Pipi and help him confront Zanutto, but Coco proves to be an inept ally. After a tense [shootout](/source/shootout), Zanutto slashes Horatio, but Horatio mortally stabs Zanutto. Zanutto and Coco work out a truce, and Zanutto asks Coco to watch his dachshund dog before he crawls into his car and succumbs to the knife wound. Soon after Horatio and Coco go scavenging out of the complex, and finally Coco proves his worth by defending Horatio against armed men who attack the duo, shooting and killing the aggressors. Horatio, visibly weakened from his wound, and worried about his contact with a sick and contagious Zanutto, tells Coco that he believes he is infected and asks him to take care of his daughter and to take her and Pipi out of the city, to a secret hideout Horatio made. Horatio reveals the location of the hideout, but Coco does not feel ready to take over Horatio's lead. Coco's refusal and indifference enrages Horatio, who now blames Coco as to just have been using him to survive. Horatio stabs Coco, hoping that Coco will kill him before he succumbs to the disease. Despite his wound Coco flees from Horatio, and the Chinese father of the family that was presumed to be absent from the building suddenly appears and shoots Horatio through the neck. While dying in the building's stairwell Horatio smiles satisfied, having avoided a ghastly death from the disease. Coco, the Chinese family, and the remaining survivors of the complex use Horatio's [armored vehicle](/source/armored_vehicle) to make their way to Horatio's hideout. == Cast == * [Daniel Hendler](/source/Daniel_Hendler) as Coco * {{Interlanguage link|Jazmín Stuart|es}} as Pipi * [Yayo Guridi](/source/Yayo_Guridi) as Horacio * [Federico Luppi](/source/Federico_Luppi) as Zanutto * {{Interlanguage link|Carlos Bermejo|es}} as Guglierini * [Abian Vainstein](/source/Abian_Vainstein) as Lange == Release == ''Phase 7'' premiered at [Sitges Film Festival](/source/Sitges_Film_Festival) on 10 October 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.m-appeal.com/M-Appeal.com/our_films/Seiten/PHASE_7.html|title=Phase 7|work=M-Appeal.com|access-date=2014-03-15}} It was released theatrically in Argentina 3 March 2011, where it grossed $158,421. The U.S. premiere was at SXSW in March 2011, after which it received a limited theatrical release in July.{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/25028/bloody-disgusting-selects-phase-7-hits-theaters-july-13/|title=Bloody Disgusting Selects: 'Phase 7' Hits Theaters July 13|last=Miska|first=Brad|work=[Bloody Disgusting](/source/Bloody_Disgusting)|date=2011-06-20|access-date=2014-03-15}} It was released on DVD on October 4, 2011, as part of the [Bloody Disgusting Selects](/source/Bloody_Disgusting) line.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/47367/phase-7-comes-home-dvd|title=Phase 7 Comes Home to DVD|last=Barton|first=Steve|work=[Dread Central](/source/Dread_Central)|date=2011-09-20|access-date=2014-03-15}} == Reception == [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes), a [review aggregator](/source/review_aggregator), reports that 71% of seven surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 6.1/10.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phase_7_2011/|title=Phase 7 (2011)|work=[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)|access-date=2014-03-15}} Rob Nelson of ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'' wrote that the film "lacks sufficient satiric energy to distinguish itself from countless other entries in the self-parodic, bio-apocalyptic subgenre."{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/phase-7-1117945609/|title=Review: 'Phase 7'|last=Nelson|first=Rob|work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=2011-07-06|access-date=2014-03-15}} George Lang of ''[The Oklahoman](/source/The_Oklahoman)'' wrote, "''Phase 7'' does not redefine its genre, but it provides a goofy counterpoint to Stephen King's ''The Stand'', showing that the slack and incompetent could inherit the Earth."{{cite news|url=http://newsok.com/movie-review-phase-7/article/3585286|title=Movie review: Phase 7|last=Lang|first=George|work=[The Oklahoman](/source/The_Oklahoman)|date=2011-07-15|access-date=2014-03-15}} Peter Keough of ''[The Phoenix](/source/The_Phoenix_(newspaper))'' rated it 3/4 stars and wrote that the film, though derivative, "distinguishes itself by its suffocating setting, its low-affect tone, and its cast of flaky characters."{{cite news|url=http://thephoenix.com/boston/movies/123740-review-phase-7-fase-7/|title=Review: Phase 7|last=Keough|first=Peter|work=[The Phoenix](/source/The_Phoenix_(newspaper))|date=2011-07-12|access-date=2014-03-15}} Chris Hewitt of the ''[St. Paul Pioneer Press](/source/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press)'' praised Federico Luppi's acting but said that the film is "just not scary."{{cite news|url=http://www.twincities.com/movies/ci_18462027|title='Phase 7' review: The real horror? It's just not scary|last=Hewitt|first=Chris|work=[St. Paul Pioneer Press](/source/St._Paul_Pioneer_Press)|date=2011-07-13|access-date=2014-03-15}} Peter Martin of [Twitch Film](/source/Twitch_Film) called it "a very dry parody with a relatively modest pay-off".{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2011/07/phase-7-review.html|title=PHASE 7 Review|last=Martin|first=Peter|work=[Twitch Film](/source/Twitch_Film)|date=2011-07-13|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081121/http://twitchfilm.com/2011/07/phase-7-review.html|url-status=dead}} Bill Gibron of [Pop Matters](/source/Pop_Matters) rated it 7/10 stars and wrote, "Before it blunders its way through the ending, ''Phase 7'' is a very smart and very clever film. Once it's over, the inherent issues become more and more obvious."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/post/144696-survival-of-the-wittiest-phase-7/|title=Survival of the Wittiest: 'Phase 7'|last=Gibron|first=Bill|work=[Pop Matters](/source/Pop_Matters)|date=2011-07-08|access-date=2014-03-15}} Josh Rode of [DVD Verdict](/source/DVD_Verdict) called it "a lightly amusing yet violent study of humankind's baser nature."{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/phase7.php|title=Phase 7|last=Rode|first=Josh|work=[DVD Verdict](/source/DVD_Verdict)|date=2011-11-11|access-date=2014-03-15|archive-date=2014-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831204758/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/phase7.php|url-status=dead}} === Awards === Goldbart won Best Screenplay at Sitges.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/sitges-celebrates-christmas-rubber-1118025822/|title=Sitges celebrates 'Christmas,' 'Rubber'|last=Mayorga|first=Emiliio|work=[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=2010-10-18|access-date=2014-03-15}} == References == {{reflist|30em}} == External links == * {{Official website|http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/selects/releases/phase7/}} * {{IMDb title|1568816|Phase 7}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|phase_7_2011|Phase 7}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120323163819/http://www.argentina.ar/_es/cultura/C2634-filman-una-pelicula-sobre-la-gripe-a.php The director talks about the film] {{in lang|es}} Category:2010 films Category:2010 black comedy films Category:2010 directorial debut films Category:2010 science fiction films Category:2010 Argentine films Category:2010s comedy thriller films Category:2010s disaster films Category:2010s dystopian films Category:2010 Spanish-language films Category:Apocalyptic films Category:Argentine black comedy films Category:Argentine science fiction films Category:Argentine thriller films Category:Films set in Argentina Category:Films set in Buenos Aires Category:Films shot in Argentina Category:Films shot in Buenos Aires Category:Spanish-language black comedy films --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Phase 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_7) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_7?action=history)). 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