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It's out on the 22nd of March... my local cinema is amazingly planning to show it (profits on the Grinch must finally be fluctuating) and here's a plot summary:
Thirty years later, Stanford Prison Experiment lives on
They came looking for a quick way to make easy money. Now, they're just looking for a way to stay alive. The Experiment is a non-stop ride of emotion and revenge played against the simulated reality of prison...where the price of a man's life is equal to his ability to survive.
It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men. Two weeks. The payoff, a breezy $2000. Investigation of aggressive behavior in a simulated prison environment, the "game": Assign eight men as "the guards" and twelve men "the prisoners." While the prisoners are locked up and ordered to follow the rules, the guards are instructed to keep order. But giving a man a little power makes him do unexpected things. Take away a man's pride and humanity - and it makes him do even worse! As each day passes, power and authority battle rebellion and retribution with increasingly violent results, blurring the line between what is "real" and what is the "experiment."
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Okay, so I'm a sucker for film blurbs, but it does seem quite good and it got a good review on the cinema's site (strange that, a cinema giving 5 stars to a film it's going to show..)
Anyone seen it or going to see it?
Thirty years later, Stanford Prison Experiment lives on
They came looking for a quick way to make easy money. Now, they're just looking for a way to stay alive. The Experiment is a non-stop ride of emotion and revenge played against the simulated reality of prison...where the price of a man's life is equal to his ability to survive.
It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men. Two weeks. The payoff, a breezy $2000. Investigation of aggressive behavior in a simulated prison environment, the "game": Assign eight men as "the guards" and twelve men "the prisoners." While the prisoners are locked up and ordered to follow the rules, the guards are instructed to keep order. But giving a man a little power makes him do unexpected things. Take away a man's pride and humanity - and it makes him do even worse! As each day passes, power and authority battle rebellion and retribution with increasingly violent results, blurring the line between what is "real" and what is the "experiment."
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Okay, so I'm a sucker for film blurbs, but it does seem quite good and it got a good review on the cinema's site (strange that, a cinema giving 5 stars to a film it's going to show..)
Anyone seen it or going to see it?
Sounds a bit like that Ben Elton book - satire of reality TV shows.
Hm, looks OK. Can't say it would be something I'd love, by the sounds of it.
What I AM going to see, though, is the remake of the Time Machine:
Bad Points: Samantha Mumba trying to act, Hollywood remake.
Good Points: Guy Pearce - The Man.
It's got Guy Pearce, therefore I see it. Simple rule :-)
Also Blade II, because I enjoyed the first Blade.
And I'ma hopeless fan of the Mummy films, because they are just what I love in shallow Hollywood fun, but The Scorpion King, out April 16th, looks terrible, because it's got the Rock in.
And another note (Sorry about this, Happyman), I saw Armageddeon on Tuesday, and it's not as bad as people make it out to be. For one thing, Steve Buscemi made me laugh. It's really REALLY badly shot though.
What I AM going to see, though, is the remake of the Time Machine:
Bad Points: Samantha Mumba trying to act, Hollywood remake.
Good Points: Guy Pearce - The Man.
It's got Guy Pearce, therefore I see it. Simple rule :-)
Also Blade II, because I enjoyed the first Blade.
And I'ma hopeless fan of the Mummy films, because they are just what I love in shallow Hollywood fun, but The Scorpion King, out April 16th, looks terrible, because it's got the Rock in.
And another note (Sorry about this, Happyman), I saw Armageddeon on Tuesday, and it's not as bad as people make it out to be. For one thing, Steve Buscemi made me laugh. It's really REALLY badly shot though.
It's out on the 22nd of March... my local cinema is amazingly planning to show it (profits on the Grinch must finally be fluctuating) and here's a plot summary:
Thirty years later, Stanford Prison Experiment lives on
They came looking for a quick way to make easy money. Now, they're just looking for a way to stay alive. The Experiment is a non-stop ride of emotion and revenge played against the simulated reality of prison...where the price of a man's life is equal to his ability to survive.
It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men. Two weeks. The payoff, a breezy $2000. Investigation of aggressive behavior in a simulated prison environment, the "game": Assign eight men as "the guards" and twelve men "the prisoners." While the prisoners are locked up and ordered to follow the rules, the guards are instructed to keep order. But giving a man a little power makes him do unexpected things. Take away a man's pride and humanity - and it makes him do even worse! As each day passes, power and authority battle rebellion and retribution with increasingly violent results, blurring the line between what is "real" and what is the "experiment."
-------
Okay, so I'm a sucker for film blurbs, but it does seem quite good and it got a good review on the cinema's site (strange that, a cinema giving 5 stars to a film it's going to show..)
Anyone seen it or going to see it?
Thirty years later, Stanford Prison Experiment lives on
They came looking for a quick way to make easy money. Now, they're just looking for a way to stay alive. The Experiment is a non-stop ride of emotion and revenge played against the simulated reality of prison...where the price of a man's life is equal to his ability to survive.
It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men. Two weeks. The payoff, a breezy $2000. Investigation of aggressive behavior in a simulated prison environment, the "game": Assign eight men as "the guards" and twelve men "the prisoners." While the prisoners are locked up and ordered to follow the rules, the guards are instructed to keep order. But giving a man a little power makes him do unexpected things. Take away a man's pride and humanity - and it makes him do even worse! As each day passes, power and authority battle rebellion and retribution with increasingly violent results, blurring the line between what is "real" and what is the "experiment."
-------
Okay, so I'm a sucker for film blurbs, but it does seem quite good and it got a good review on the cinema's site (strange that, a cinema giving 5 stars to a film it's going to show..)
Anyone seen it or going to see it?