Control is a 2004 direct-to-video movie. It was produced by an American production company, but was filmed in Bulgaria.
A convict gets a second chance at life if he agrees to undergo behavior modification.
Oliver is a death row inmate who is given a lethal injection before a room of witnesses. He awakes in the morgue to find that he had only been administered saline and anaesthetic. A neuropharmacologist, Dr. Copeland, tells him that he has a cho...
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Control is a 2004 direct-to-video movie. It was produced by an American production company, but was filmed in Bulgaria.
A convict gets a second chance at life if he agrees to undergo behavior modification.
Oliver is a death row inmate who is given a lethal injection before a room of witnesses. He awakes in the morgue to find that he had only been administered saline and anaesthetic. A neuropharmacologist, Dr. Copeland, tells him that he has a choice: either agree to be a human subject for an experimental drug trial with potentially serious or fatal side effects, or he will be returned to death row to receive a true lethal injection.
Oliver opts for the drug trial, where he is administered a "calming" medicine on a daily basis and tested extensively to see if his sociopathic tendencies decrease. Twice, Oliver fakes being relaxed to lull the guards and scientists into a false sense of ease, where he attempts an escape.
Over time, the medicine and psychological counseling do appear to...
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