This ambitious low-budget British movie really is not your typical Christmas-set film. Starting off with some worryingly simple stereotyped characters and too-obvious social comment as an estranged (white) son and his Asian girlfriend visit his parents' house for Christmas, the film then becomes less predictable and more engaging. Overnight, the house becomes mysteriously encased in an impenetrable covering and instructions start to appear through the TV, leading this powderkeg of a family through Saw-type challenges and decision-making, then some survival horror to eventually end up in an unexpectedly over-the-top finale that draws upon Independence Day, The Thing and Tetsuo. Writing and performances are not always as sharp as they could be, but the effort on display is to be applauded.
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