Ghost Machine is a British science fiction, directed by Chris Hartwill and based on a screenplay by writer Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth. It stars Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor is an Australian actress and model. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in the films Transformers, Shutter, and Splinterheads.-Personal life:Taylor was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the...

, Sean Faris

Sean Faris

Sean Hardy Faris is an American model and actor. He is well known for his roles as Jake Tyler in Never Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi in The King of Fighters, and Rick Penning in Forever Strong.-Life and career:...

 and Luke Ford

Luke Ford (actor)

Luke Ford is a Canadian-born Australian actor.-Early life:Ford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but raised in Sydney, Australia. He attended Parramatta Marist High School in Westmead, Sydney, and once worked at the Winston Hills Hotel, and a short stint at Universal Magazines in...

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Plot

The military sees itself only in Outpost being confronted with an overwhelming essence. Tom and Vic are military technicians, and video game freaks, smuggle a top-secret, virtual warfare program in a disused prison, there to experiment with them. But what should first be a cool thrill, becomes a deadly reality, a vengeful nature has manipulated the software and kidnapped all acting in the real world. When their companion Jess hears of this case, it begins a seemingly hopeless rescue mission and is also drawn into this virtual world, which can be just as deadly as real war. In the final level of this game, death awaits!

Cast

• Sean Faris
  Sean Faris
  Sean Hardy Faris is an American model and actor. He is well known for his roles as Jake Tyler in Never Back Down, Kyo Kusanagi in The King of Fighters, and Rick Penning in Forever Strong.-Life and career:...
  
   as Tom
• Rachael Taylor
  Rachael Taylor
  Rachael Taylor is an Australian actress and model. She made her leading role debut in the short-lived Australian program headLand. She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in the films Transformers, Shutter, and Splinterheads.-Personal life:Taylor was born in Launceston, Tasmania, the...
  
   as Jess
• Luke Ford
  Luke Ford (actor)
  Luke Ford is a Canadian-born Australian actor.-Early life:Ford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but raised in Sydney, Australia. He attended Parramatta Marist High School in Westmead, Sydney, and once worked at the Winston Hills Hotel, and a short stint at Universal Magazines in...
  
   as Vic
• Joshua Dallas
  Joshua Dallas
  Joshua Dallas is an American actor who played Fandral in Thor, a film adaptation based on the Marvel Comics character. He is currently starring in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time.-Early life:...
  
   as Bragg
• Hatla Williams
  Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir
  Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic television, film actress and singer.-Biography:Vilhjálmsdóttir graduated in 2004 at the Guildford School of Acting in Guildford, Surrey, she worked in this time for ITV and the BBC.-Movie career:...
  
   as Prisoner K
• Sam Corry as Iain
• Richard Dormer as Taggert
• Jonathan Harden as Benny

Production

The film was shot in September 2008 in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 in the city of Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

 at the Crumlin Road Gaol

Crumlin Road Gaol

HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the only Victorian era prison remaining in Northern Ireland and has been derelict since 1996...

. It based on a storybook of British screenwriter Sven Hughes.

Release

Ghost Machine premiered on 1 February 2009 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and was released in the United States as direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 production on 22 December 2009 over Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a U.S. based home entertainment and production company and is a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz, LLC. It was previously owned by IDT Entertainment until 2006 when IDT was purchased by Starz Media. Anchor Bay markets and sells feature films, series,...

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Documentary

The American filmmaker Mark L. Cowden

Mark Leon Cowden

Mark Leon Cowden is an American film maker, television paranormal investigator, author and former musician. He began a professional career in music in his late teens before moving to the United Kingdom in his mid 20's to begin working in film and television.-Early life:Originally from Muskogee,...

directed for the United States release "The Making of Ghost Machine", which was coming out as part of the DVD release on 22 December 2009.