Alarm is a 2008 Irish thriller film written and directed by Gerard Stembridge and starring Ruth Bradley and Aidan Turner.^[1][2]

Overview

Alarm was filmed primarily in Dublin, Ireland.^[2] The lead actors are Aidan Turner (known for his role as Kíli in the film series The Hobbit) and Ruth Bradley (known for playing Garda Lisa Nolan in Grabbers).^[1]

Premise

After witnessing the murder of her father by burglars, Molly is living with friends and seeing a psychiatrist (Emmet Bergin) to deal with her panic attacks. She dreams of finding a house where she can live alone. Upon buying her dream house in a Dublin suburb, she gives a house-warming party and one of her friends brings along an old classmate of Molly's, Mal. Molly had fancied Mal during school, and now they become a couple. With a new house and a new boyfriend, things seem perfect.

However, her house is soon burgled again and again, although her neighbours are spared. Molly suspects that someone she knows might be involved.

Cast

• Ruth Bradley as Molly
• Aidan Turner as Mal
• Owen Roe as Joe and Mossie
• Tom Hickey as Frank
• Anita Reeves as Jessie
• Emmet Bergin as Psychiatrist
• Alan Howley as Peter
• Fionnuala Murphy as Receptionist
• Alan Martin Walsh

Release

Alarm was shown at the Irish cinema in 2008.^[1] On 30 November 2010 an American DVD was published by the IFC Film studios.^[3]

Critical reception

When director and writer Gerard Stembridge introduced Alarm to the audience he said that he had wanted to do a "swan song for the Celtic tiger" (i.e. Ireland's economic boom in the 1990s). Furthermore, he had wanted to create a good old-fashioned thriller.^[4] However, critics doubt that he succeeded with this, noting that the plot is predictable. Many scenes were filmed at night and the action during these scenes is hard to see.^[5]

References

External links

• Alarm at IMDb