First look at Stephen Graham in "suspenseful" and "unsettling" thriller

A new thriller starring Stephen Graham alongside Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem has just released a first-look trailer. From writer-director Florian Zeller, known for The Father and The Son, the film centres on a star architect who's asked to design a bunker for a tech billionaire.

Superbly acted by real-life couple Bardem and Cruz, the film stars the former as renowned, award-winning architect Miguel Moreno, whose life with wife, frustrated book publisher Sofia (Cruz), and their two daughters is upended when an odd job comes his way.

Tech CEO Andrew, played by Paul Dano, wants the architect to design a bunker for himself and few others that can be able to withstand natural disasters, conflicts and riots, with the request causing a fracture between Miguel and Sofia.

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Graham features as Toby, Miguel's neighbour who lives in the garage next door, which he has just converted into a living space. When Toby builds a window that overlooks the Morenos' garden, Miguel is extremely upset and threatens to sue him.

Also starring are Mark Gatiss as Miguel's business partner, who's fairly excited at the prospect of designing a bunker, and The White Lotus' Patrick Schwarzenegger as novelist Jeremy, who works with Sofia.

Bunker has just screened at the BFI London Film Festival, with the festival describing the movie as "an unsettling moral puzzle".

Prior to its UK premiere, the film made its debut at Venice International Film Festival, where it received mixed reviews, currently sitting at a meagre critic score of 51% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Collider branded the film "a thoughtful, suspenseful thriller with a tinge of dark comedy that may not floor audiences, but it's well-made, sharply acted, and definitely worth your time".

Elsewhere, RogerEbert.com slammed the film as going too easy on the class conflicts it zeroes in on.

"Bunker is a bit too neat in solving the nuances of the social and class themes the story is rooted in," their review reads, with Vulture going as far as to call it a "crushing disappointment".

Bunker is released in cinemas on 19 February 2027.

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Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times and Digital Spy. 

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