Similar short film review

For a similar short film review I used a film called "Room 8" by James W. Griffiths. This film is a thriller that also contains supernatural elements like our film. The film is similar to ours because the antagonist doesn't seem hostile, but then unveils him self as dark. In this film the antagonist has a box which is a separate dimension, parallel to our world, only smaller and contained in a box. The antagonist tricks the protagonist into thinking he can use it to escape the prison, but then he traps him in a matchbox, presumably forever, along with several other people. He then orders the guards to send in another prisoner. In our film Agnar is gatekeeper of purgatory and has the power to trap people in purgatory forever so this film relates to ours strongly.

 The film starts with a man (Character A) who looks like he's been beaten, being transported into prison. The weather is snowy and the lighting grim. He's ushered into a prison cell where an old man (Character B) is waiting for him.

   He tries to converse with the old man but the old man refuses to give him his name or tell him how long he's been imprisoned. The camera angles in these opening shots are strange because even though Character A is being imprisoned the camera angles are level or low, portraying him as a powerful character, however this could be to emphasise a roll reversal as Character A is imprisoned by Character B inside a match box later on in the film.
 
   They then have a brief conversation after Character A discovers a red box on the bed. I think the box was coloured red to represent danger, in our film our Agnar wears a red tie. Character A asks about the box, but Character B insists that he shouldn't open the box because he might regret it, but says it in such a way that it plays on Character A's curiosity.

   Character A decides to open the box and discovers it's supernatural abilities. At first he's intrigued by the box and plays around with it. However he soon realises the box's potential to help him escape from prison. He gets the old man to open the box for him so he can jump over the wall and escape from prison. He bids him farewell and jumps over what he thinks is the wall of the prison but is actually the wall of the box. Character A starts running, but not realising that he is actually just running along the prison floor. The old man then traps him inside a matchbox and puts him in a drawer with lots of other matchboxes with people insiode.

This is a strong relation to our film because in our film Agnar says that if Alex fails to save his own life he will be trapped in purgatory forever with "the rest of them". The difference in this film however is the role reversal. At first the old man is  portrayed as quiet and feeble but in the end we see that he is a master of deception and traps people in prison, presumably forever. In our film Agnar is always portrayed as powerful, but he also has a forgiving side which allows Alex to save his own life.

After this scene there is a track in shot going closer to the old man's back, this could be to represent that we don't know his true identity. He then turns his head to the side and calls for the next prisoner, implying that he just traps person after person. This ending has mystery, which is similar to ours because in opur film Alex thinks he's saved his own life and escaped Agnar, but his friend Zac comes to talk to him and shows that he found a mask identical to Agnar's on the way to his house.