The movie opens in a dark room with a bunch of lit up, red
circles around a center console. People appear standing on the circles. Every
few minutes, the console sends out electricity of some sort and kills one of
the people. After a few minutes of panic, the people figure out the rules of
this game they are forced to play. The person with the most votes will die
every few minutes (the time gets longer as fewer people remain) until only one
remains. What happens after that is anyone’s guess.
What a weird movie. The whole movie is a big debate over who
is the worthiest person to survive until the ending. There is small twist at
the ending but it’s nothing earthshattering. There is no real beginning or
ending. It is one big middle. There is minimal explanation of how they ended up
in the circles or what happens after the final person is left and no real
character development. The only actress I recognized was Julie Benz. Despite
this, I have been arguing with people since I’ve seen it over whether this is a good
movie or not. The choices of the characters make you think but there’s not a
lot detail about why this happened. It’s an hour and a half long but was paced
well. It didn’t feel like I’d been waiting to finding out the ending that long.
One person’s opinion is that some writers had a good idea but didn’t really
know how to flesh out an ending. I find myself agreeing with this opinion the
more I think about it. If you are curious or like character driven stories,
it’s on Netflix and worth the time to watch it. I’d love to hear some other
opinions on this one.
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