Like Dogs

Abducted off the street and kept in a concrete kennel, Lisa quickly becomes the focal point of the experiment. As the 'alpha' among the captives, she learns to read the room and manipulate the environment to survive. She evolves from passive compliance to strategic resistance, leveraging the project’s tools against it.

A long-time captive who shares the kennels with Lisa, Adam bears the marks of repeated restraint. He initially helps hatch an escape plan, but the authorities keep the escape limited by collars and by the illusion that freedom is possible. His alliance with Lisa reveals a pragmatic, desperate side and a willingness to risk everything for survival.

The facility’s manipulative operator who runs the experiment, drugs the captives, disables cameras, and tests their responses. He murders Dr. Fischer, exercises control through fear, and uses Lisa’s memories to shape her reality, revealing a sexual assault and coercive power dynamics.

Initially a captive, Erika grows suspicious of George and becomes a crucial ally to Lisa. She helps uncover the truth, warns about the doctor’s actions, and ultimately joins the escape, though the ending shows the risks of surviving in a burning facility.

A higher-up overseeing the project who shows a callous disregard for consent and documentation. She is confronted by Lisa over missing paperwork, and is killed when Lisa asserts control over her own body and the experiment’s ethics.

A figure who appears as a controlling presence within Lisa’s mind, reflecting the experiment’s coercive authority. This hallucination highlights the blurring of reality and manipulation within the kennels and raises questions about what is real.

One of the captives’s past lovers who looms in George’s revelations, illustrating how the project weaponizes personal history. The ex-boyfriend imagery underscores Lisa’s manipulation of relationships as a method of psychological torture.