The Occupant

2025

Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

25
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 25% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 2585 2.6K

Director

Hugo Keijzer Photo
Hugo Keijzer

Top cast

Ella Balinska Photo
Ella Balinska as Abby
Rob Delaney Photo
Rob Delaney as John
Stuart Graham Photo
Stuart Graham as Archie
Vanessa Ifediora Photo
Vanessa Ifediora as Beth
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959.49 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 57
1.92 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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1 hr 44 min
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1.74 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
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1 hr 44 min
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4.66 GB
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1 hr 44 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TheCinemaRoom24 4 / 10

More Survival, Less Science Fiction

This film had a decent foundation as well as its concept, but The Occupant falls for the oldest trick in the book when it comes to a science fiction film and that's when they relegate it for filler near the end. Instead its a survival story with a character facing a predicament both physically and figuratively.Survival stories are usually exciting because you watch a character struggle and dig down deep to survive precarious oppositions and get back to civilization in one piece.Our lead actress Ella Balinska does try her hardest but her character isn't very interesting on the page, other than the usual guilt riding characteristic. It is also quite slow paced and for a film clocking in at about 100 minutes, it means it could easily have been trimmed in the editing department.It is however a beautifully shot film from Dutch director Hugo Keijzer, The musical score from Renger Koning is pretty solid as it adds to the film's overall vibe. When you finally get to the pinch of sci-fi this movie holds in the third act, it is enjoyable but too little too late.Was really hoping for a much better and stronger film, but sometimes you get shortcomings.
Reviewed by paul_m_haakonsen 4 / 10

A bit too slow paced and uneventful...

Without knowing a single thing about the movie, as I stumbled upon it by random chance, I still opted to watch it and check what director Hugo Keijzer had to offer.Writers Philip Michael Howe, Hugo Keijzer, Roelof Jan Minneboo and Xiao Tang put together an okay enough script. However, the narrative does struggle a bit with the pacing. Now, there was a lot of potential to "The Occupant", but ultimately the writers didn't fully deliver on that potential.I literally wasn't familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list. But that was actually something that spoke in favor of the overall impression of the movie, as I do enjoy watching unfamiliar and new talents on the screen.The movie does have a lot of nice visual shots, which definitely helped establish the atmosphere and mood of the movie."The Occupant" certainly is a watchable movie, but hardly one that I would recommend you to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that warrants more than a single viewing.My rating of director Hugo Keijzer's 2025 movie "The Occupant" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.
Reviewed by RogerWilliamsUser 4 / 10

A lot of a lot

Where to start?Was looking forward to this.Sci-fi vs reality.Human difficulty vs deathNo spoilers, this is a movie of three parts and they just fail to join up.Lots of open ends, with no answers.Full of promise and yet delivers less and less as time goes on.I was hoping the end would be transindetal or sci-fi laden, no such luck.
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