Stella Raphael is in a suffocating, soulless marriage to the new deputy of a psychiatric hospital and ripe for the dark charms of inmate Edgar Stark. A passionate affair begins between the two, but the stronger their relationship becomes the further Stella's life begins to unravel. Adapted from Patrick Mcgrath's novel and from the same director of the excellent ‘Young Adam', Asylum is a comparatively un-engaging affair considering the impassioned anguish and tragedy that befalls all those involved.