Action

Stairs

ActionHorrorSci-Fi

Special ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.

Year

2020

Duration

1h 42m

IMDb

3.9

Trailer

Cast

TP

Tom Paton

Director

Shayne Ward

Will Stanton

Bentley Kalu

Ben Garrett

Samantha Schnitzler

Kia Clarke

Alana Wallace

Hayley Nolan

Toby Osmond

Jack Ford

Sophie Austin

Emma Walker

Spencer Collings

Carter Harris

Simon Meacock

Shaun Buxton

Phoebe Robinson-Rodrigues

Rachel Ryan

JS

Julia Szamalek

The Prisoner

Matt Malecki

Mateus

Rachel Warren

The Mother

PB

Piotr Baumann

Pavel

TP

Tom Paton

Writer

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Comments

10 comments

heembeautyMar 20, 2026

Christophe NdoumeMar 14, 2026

film d'action

Rupal Parmar ParekhAug 7, 2024

Females minus femininity doesn't mean fit for combat. Forced gender equality aside, absurdity, stupidity and nonsense are universal in this super-cheesey flick which tries to be relevant with senseless violence & murder loaded down with gore and unlikable characters... not even watchable enough to get to the premise of the never-ending stairs... when they got to the chopper and started dialoging if you can call it that, I stopped suffering this trash; to nver look back. Booo..

👾NEYO SAN😎May 23, 2023

You don't need an overinflated budget and over the top special effects to keep people entertained. I quickly got bored with the transformers movies and was unable to finish that yawn-fest, the avengers, yet quite happily sat through this movie.

👑Royal_kreesh👑May 23, 2023

The Ascent is not what I thought it would be (and when a film has three titles, it is seldom a good omen of quality). I assumed it would be some mysterious staircase encountered on a mission by our intrepid special ops group, but it just turns out to be an officeblock. Saves on sets, I guess. We also get to see earlier scenes replayed many times, which is a treat. Also, the Eastern European country where the special ops action tales place is strangely blue (perhaps everyone involved was a big Eiffel 65 fan?). So, is watching a group of characters wandering up stairs, while periodically stopping for existential chats and the odd pointless fight while trying to keep apace of a demonic force while rave-style lights keep a-flashing exciting? Well, I'd rather be stuck in a timeloop endlessly watching a Shayne Ward concert than watch this film again.

ƧƬƦツLaGazelMay 23, 2023

Very average film that could have been executed better. The interesting storyline which could have been explored in more depth leaves you underwhelmed. You can see the film has a tiny budget and with this the action sequences dont have the desired effect. Go elsewhere for similar Groundhog Day style films. Happy Death Day or Edge of Tomorrow spring to mind

Yeng ConstantinoMay 23, 2023

Low budget horror about a special ops task force who find themselves climbing a never ending stairwell starring Shayne Ward (ex Coronation Street and Pop star). Has a bit of a 'twilight zone' vibe. Set pieces are nicely executed, script and performances decent and there's a bold use of colour to set the tone.

you.girl.didiMay 23, 2023

This film is distributed under several names; 'The Ascent' AKA 'Stairs' AKA 'Black Ops'. Probably done so the unweary accidentally watch this God awful film twice. A psychological drama that certainly plays with the mind. It certainly disturbed mine.😒

Tamanda Tambala❤️‍🔥May 23, 2023

There are some really excellent British films out there. This is not one of them. I realise it must be hard to make a whole film from an idea, but surely at some point you would step back and say, 'Actually, these people are b**** awful actors.'? Or someone points out that the dialogue is terrible? I'm a big fan of the never-ending staircase theme. Not of this film though.

StoblaneMay 23, 2023

But where everything else falls apart for this movie is the terrible acting cheap sets and the overall bad effort to make a somewhat boring movie out of a great concept in a few words the execution was just abismal