Director: Derry Shillitto
Cast: Jonny Phillips, Ziad Abaza, Elleese Bradshaw, Sonny Middleton, Esmee Matthews
The Correction Unit is a 2025 British horror-sci-fi film directed by Derry Shillitto, set inside a bleak government facility where troubled young offenders become unwilling test subjects for cutting-edge artificial intelligence designed to reshape human behavior. Dark, claustrophobic, and confrontational.
What is The Correction Unit about?
When a group of volatile teenage delinquents are transferred to a remote, high-security institute, they quickly discover that rehabilitation is not on the agenda. The facility's administrators are running covert AI experiments aimed at reprogramming criminal impulses at the neurological level. Locked in, monitored at every turn, and stripped of basic rights, the young detainees must find ways to resist a system that treats them as raw data rather than human beings. Alliances form inside the concrete walls as the technology grows increasingly invasive, and the line between correction and erasure begins to blur.
Cast & crew
The film stars Jonny Phillips alongside Ziad Abaza, Elleese Bradshaw, Sonny Middleton, Esmee Matthews, Anique Taylor, Kirsty Smedley, and Bella Ramsey. Ramsey brings recognizable international profile to this British indie production. Director Derry Shillitto works with a largely emerging ensemble cast, placing them in claustrophobic, high-pressure scenarios that demand sustained physical and emotional commitment throughout the film's hundred-minute runtime.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, The Correction Unit speaks to themes that cut across cultures: state authority over individual bodies, the ethics of using technology to control human will, and what happens when institutions designed to protect young people become instruments of harm. The horror-sci-fi blend is a tradition well-loved among Iranian film audiences who grew up watching suspense-driven genre cinema. The film is available with Persian subtitles on K-Time, making the English-language dialogue fully accessible without needing any prior familiarity with British slang or setting. It is a straightforward genre watch best suited to viewers who enjoy institutional horror and dystopian premises.
Where & how to watch
The Correction Unit is available on K-Time with Persian subtitles (original English audio). Watch on your browser, TV, or phone with no VPN needed and no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime — no extra download required.