History Film / Detainment

* AdultFear:
** Your two-year-old child being kidnapped from a shopping center and killed by two primary school boys.
** Finding out that your ten-year-old child was responsible for such a terrible crime.

* DeathOfAChild: The entire plot of the film revolves around the killing of a two-year-old.

''Detainment'' is a 2018 short drama film directed by Vincent Lambe. It is an account of one of the most disturbing crimes of the past century, namely, the 1993 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger murder of a Liverpool toddler named James Bulger]], by two boys who were themselves only ten years old. The film focuses on the two young perpetrators being questioned by the police (about 80% of the dialogue is taken word-for-word from interview transcripts).

** Finding out that your ten-year-old child was responsible for such a gruesome crime.
* AnachronismStew: At one point during the opening sequence, when the boys are seen shoplifting from a candy store, a ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' toy can be seen in the background. ''[=SpongeBob=]'' started in 1999; the crime took place in early 1993.

''Detainment'' is a 2018 short drama film directed by Vincent Lambe. It is an account of one of the most disturbing crimes of the past century, namely, the 1993 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger murder of a Liverpool toddler named James Bulger]]. The film focuses on the two young perpetrators being questioned by the police (about 80% of the dialogue is taken word-for-word from interview transcripts).

* HeroicBSOD: Venables loses his composure many times during the film, but by the end he is wailing and screaming "make it stop!" over and over while punching his dad, who just sits there with [[the kind of stare you’d expect one to have upon finding out that their child murdered someone in such a gruesome manner]].

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thompson is shown acting defiant and angry during his interviews, shouting back at the police and not showing the tiniest bit of remorse. Venables is crying in the way one might expect of a child accused of such a thing - but of course, his behavior in committing the murder fits this trope.

* HeroicBSOD: Venables loses his composure many times during the film, but by the end he is wailing and screaming "make it stop!" over and over while punching his dad, who just sits there with a ThousandYardStare.

* HeroicBSoD: Venables loses his composure many times during the film, but by the end he is wailing and screaming "make it stop!" over and over while punching his dad, who just sits there with a ThousandYardStare.

** Finding out that your ten-year-old child was responsible for such a terrible crime.

* HeroicBSoD: Venables cries numerous times when the police interview him, but when they ask him about the batteries that had been found in Bulger's mouth, he totally loses it.
--> '''Detective #1''': I think there's still some things you haven't told us, Jon... the batteries. Why were the batteries there?
--> '''Detective #1''': Jon, is it horrible what happened to the batteries?
--> '''Venables''': No, I don't know anything about what Robert did to the batteries.
--> '''Detective #1''': Why are you crying, then?
--> '''Venables''': 'Cause you'll blame it on me... that I had them! I don't know about the batteries! I don't know! I don't know! ''(gets up and starts to punch his father, who sits there with a ThousandYardStare)''
--> '''Detective #2''': Hey! Hey, don't go to punch your dad.
--> '''Venables''': Me dad thinks I do and I don't! YOU SAY I DO, AND I DON'T - HOW DO YOU KNOW HE GOT KILLED?!!
--> '''Detective #2''': Calm down, Jon! Can you tell us what happened to James' mouth?
--> '''Venables''': I don't know, I never saw nothing!!
--> '''Detective #2''': Jon, you've got to admit yourself that you saw everything that happened there. Because you ''were'' a part of it!
--> '''Venables''': '''(crying)''' No, I never...
--> '''Detective #2''': So you can't say you didn't see!
--> '''Venables''': [[IWantMyMommy No, I want my mum...]] Please, I never... Please, I don't know! Make it stop, Dad! '''PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!'''

---> '''Detective #1''': I think there's still some things you haven't told us, Jon... the batteries. Why were the batteries there?
'''Detective #1''': Jon, is it horrible what happened to the batteries?
'''Venables''': No, I don't know anything about what Robert did to the batteries.
'''Detective #1''': Why are you crying, then?
'''Venables''': 'Cause you'll blame it on me... that I had them! I don't know about the batteries! I don't know! I don't know! ''(gets up and starts to punch his father, who sits there with a ThousandYardStare)''
'''Detective #2''': Hey! Hey, don't go to punch your dad.
'''Venables''': Me dad thinks I do and I don't! YOU SAY I DO, AND I DON'T - HOW DO YOU KNOW HE GOT KILLED?!!
'''Detective #2''': Calm down, Jon! Can you tell us what happened to James' mouth?
'''Venables''': I don't know, I never saw nothing!!
'''Detective #2''': Jon, you've got to admit yourself that you saw everything that happened there. Because you ''were'' a part of it!
'''Venables''': '''(crying)''' No, I never...
'''Detective #2''': So you can't say you didn't see!!
'''Venables''': [[IWantMyMommy No, I want my mum...]] Please, I never... Please, I don't know! Make it stop, Dad! '''PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!'''

''Detainment'' is a 2018 short drama film directed by Vincent Lambe. It is an account of one of the most disturbing crimes of the past century, namely, the 1993 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger murder of a Liverpool toddler]] named James Bulger. The film revolves around the two young perpetrators being questioned by the police (about 80% of the dialogue is taken word for word from interview transcripts).

The film opens with the boys in question, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, being taken to the police station with their parents where they are interrogated by the police. Venables is terrified at the prospect of being punished for what he has done; Thompson keeps his head held high and swiftly denies any involvement. Gradually, the police get the boys to confess what they have done. As the boys grudgingly tell their story, a series of flashbacks plays out that show them walking through the streets of Liverpool with Bulger before they stop at the rail yard and beat him to death.

** Finding out that your ten-year-old child was the perpetrator of such a terrible crime.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Aside from a bump on Bulger's head from the first time they hit him, none of the violence inflicted on him is shown on camera.
* HopeSpot: Twice during the flashbacks, bystanders notice the three boys and ask if Bulger is okay, and for a moment it looks like he will be rescued, but nothing happens.
** The first time, an old woman asks what happened to Bulger when she notices a bruise on his forehead, and Thompson says they found him near the hill. She tells them to take him to the police station and sends the boys on their way, without accompanying them.
** The second time, two concerned women ask where the boys are taking Bulger. One woman resolves to take Bulger to the station herself, but when she asks the other woman to look after her daughter while she does so, the other woman declines as her dog is afraid of children, allowing the boys to proceed.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thompson is shown throughout his interview as either sullen or defiant, shouting back at the police, not showing the tiniest bit of remorse. Venables is crying and scared in the way one might expect of a child accused of such a thing--but of course his behavior in committing the murder fits this trope.
* VillainousBreakdown: Venables loses his composure many times during the film, but by the end he is wailing and screaming "make it stop!" over and over while punching his dad, who just sits there with a ThousandYardStare you’d expect one to have upon finding out that their child murdered someone in such a gruesome manner.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Thompson is shown throughout his interview as either sullen or defiant, shouting back at the police, not showing the tiniest bit of remorse. Venables is crying and scared in the way one might expect of a child accused of such a thing--but of course his behavior in committing the murder fits this trope.

* GoryDiscretionShot: James Bulger is shown with a bump on his head from the first time the boys hit him. Otherwise none of the violence inflicted on him is shown on camera.