The Clinic

The Clinic

Year: 2010

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: English

Director: James Rabbitts

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While traveling across the country with her fiancé, Beth suddenly finds herself alone in a remote clinic, where a mother’s worst nightmare unfolds. Confronted with hidden truths and a desperate need to protect her child, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her baby safe.

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1

Narrow escape and motel stop

After a near road accident, Beth and Cameron pull into a small-town motel to recuperate. The night is tense as they discuss their plan to start a family, but the mood shifts when Cameron returns from a stroll to find Beth missing.

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2

Cameron is arrested and dies in a crash

Cameron is arrested for attacking the motel owner and attempting to escape. His escape attempt ends in a car crash, killing him and leaving Beth's disappearance unresolved.

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3

Beth wakes in a warehouse with her baby stolen

Beth awakens naked in a warehouse, submerged in an ice-filled bathtub and reveals a C-section scar. She realizes her baby has been surgically removed, and the cold surroundings confirm she has been abducted.

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4

Three other mothers and a wounded witness

Beth encounters three other mothers who also had their unborn children removed. They come across a barely alive woman whose open womb hints at a brutal scheme and who declares her child to be blue.

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5

Babies in cages and the deadly tag system

The group discovers that the babies are alive and locked in cages, each with a colored clip that matches a tag sewn inside their mothers' abdomens. The only way to match a mother to her child is to remove the internal tag, a procedure that would kill the mother due to blood loss.

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6

Murderous plan unfolds

One mother decides to kill the others to secure her baby. The others fall one by one until Beth confronts and fatally injures the woman, who warns Beth to care for her baby and threatens to drop the last tag into a hole.

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7

Babies vanish and Beth is knocked out

After the killer dies, Beth discovers the babies are no longer in their cages. An unknown assailant knocks her out, leaving the fate of the children uncertain.

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8

Russians reveal the scam

Beth awakens to find herself chained to the floor as a Russian couple inspects her baby. They reveal that the operation is a scam: prospective parents are chosen based on the mother's performance in the 'experiment', and the winning child becomes the one adopted.

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9

The mastermind flees with Beth's baby

The woman running the operation escapes with Beth's baby, forcing Beth to fight back and free herself from her restraints.

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10

Beth learns her own past

During the confrontation, Beth discovers that she herself was a baby taken from this facility and adopted by her own parents, revealing a chilling twist about her origins.

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11

Revenge and escape with her child

Beth exacts revenge on the operator and escapes with her child, reclaiming her life as she escapes the facility.

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12

Months later: grave visit and possible father

Months later, Beth visits the grave of her biological mother and goes to meet the man she believes could be her biological father, closing one chapter while leaving questions about her past.

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