''ATM'' is a 2012 American

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directed by David Brooks and starring

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, and

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. The film centers on three people trapped in an

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booth by a psychopathic hooded figure.

Plot

David Hargrove (

) is a

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having trouble asking out his co-worker Emily Brandt (

). At a Christmas party, he offers to drive her home. Reluctantly, he also agrees to drive home his drunk co-worker Corey Thompson (

). During the ride, Corey has David stop at a local

booth, needing to withdraw cash to buy pizza. The two join Corey inside the booth when he encounters card problems. The three spot a hooded figure in a parka coat lurking outside in the parking lot. David and Emily suspect the figure to be a robber and discover he cannot enter the booth without an ATM card. When the hooded man kills a dog walker like it's nothing, they attempt to phone the police, but Corey lost his phone at the party, David's phone battery is dead, and Emily's phone is in her purse in the car. The hooded man shuts down the booth's heater. David opts to negotiate their safety by giving the killer $500, earrings, and a watch. He uses this to escape to his car, where he finds out that the vehicle's ignition wires have been severed, and the car cannot start. He attempts to call 911 but is attacked by the man. He accidentally drops Emily's phone as he escapes. Emily uses her lipstick to write "HELP" on the booth's window to attract attention. The three of them are freezing when a security guard locates them. When the guard tries to call the cops, the hooded man beats him to death using a tire iron from David's car trunk, leaving the three shocked. When a man with a similar coat enters the booth, he is killed by David and Corey, but is revealed to be only an innocent janitor. Frustrated, Corey leaves but gets caught and stabbed by the hooded man. After several hours, David and Emily realize Corey is still alive. They retrieve him from outside, narrowly managing to return to the booth before the hooded man can get to them. The man blocks the booth door with David's car and tries to freeze them to death by filling the booth with cold water. Corey dies of blood loss and

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. David lifts Emily on his shoulders to trigger the

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alarm but he slips, causing Emily to fall and fatally break her neck. The hooded man slams David's car into the booth. Angered, David improvises a

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and throws it at the killer but the figure he sets ablaze turns out to be the dead guard. The police arrive but arrest David as the hooded man hides himself in the crowd. As David is driven away, he sees many figures wearing parkas in the crowd. The police recover surveillance recordings of the events in the ATM booth, but it is made clear that the killer had planned his actions so as not to appear in the footage, miraculously framing David for his crimes. In the final scene, the hooded man returns to his headquarters, where he begins to map out similar attacks on other ATMs.

Cast

as David Hargrove, a stockbroker who seems to have trouble with work, especially when a phone call with his customer "Mr. Dean" ended *

as Emily Brandt, David's love-interest and co-worker *

as Corey Thompson, David's lazy best friend and other co-worker * Mike O'Brian as The Man * Robert Huculak as Robert * Ernesto Griffith as Security Guard * Bryan Clark as Jerry * Daniel De Jaeger as Luke * Omar Khan as Christian * Aaron Hughes as Patrolman * Will Woytowich as Sargent * Glen Thompson as Harold

Production

Filming began September 2010 in

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. Actress Margarita Levieva was set to play the female lead before being replaced by

Reception

On the

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website

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, the film has a 12% approval rating, based on 26 reviews with an average rating of 4.06/10.

Release

The film was released to

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services such as

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and

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on March 6, 2012. On July 31, 2012, the film was released on

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and

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. Both formats feature the 90-minute R-rated version of the film as well as an 85-minute unrated

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. They also both include a behind-the-scenes featurette and the trailer.

References

External links

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