The Experiment (2010)

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This was an interesting one... The Experiment is based off of a real life experiment where psychologists created a mock prison and assigned people to roles as guards and prisoners.  It was pretty infamous for revealing just how far people will go when given enough power with no consequences. 

This is also a remake of the original German movie Das Experiment, which is considered to be a much more accurate and all around better account of what really went on.  From the very beginning you can tell this one is going to be chock full of Hollywood "improvements".  They cut out some extremely important parts of the original.   The psychologists have a brief cameo at the beginning, but from then on all you see of them is cameras.  The German movie actually had snippets of their responses to what was going on as they observed, which drastically helped the story feel more believable. Without this, the remake constantly leaves you wanting more information.  It's almost frustrating.

The whole thing gives you an interesting look into the minds of different types of people, but it just feels so inaccurate compared to the far superior Das Experiment.  The acting is excellent, and they definitely get you cheering for the prisoners by the end, but it's still just not worth it.  It's such an obvious cash in, you are really much better off picking up the old one.

The Experiment gets a 2/5 for being an awful rehash of what was originally an awesome movie.

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  1. MicheleSeptember 28, 2010 at 3:38 AM

    Cool man!
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  4. UnknownSeptember 28, 2010 at 6:18 AM

    ah this film, I hope they make it better. Germans films arent so good -.-

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  5. MikeSeptember 28, 2010 at 6:45 AM

    Thanks for the review, will be sure to miss this one then

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  6. Archivist X0042September 28, 2010 at 7:13 AM

    2.5/5 for me..wasnt THAT bad

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  7. Mister SharafSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:31 AM

    will check

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  8. Uncle NihilioSeptember 28, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    I'll check it out, thanks.

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  9. LewisSeptember 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    supporting yo :)

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    weird i did not know they made a german movie about this. i guess i should check it out. thanks for letting me know

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    Interesting review, I got to watch it!

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  12. Biff TannerSeptember 28, 2010 at 3:08 PM

    Not a bad film lil diff though

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  13. David DavidsonSeptember 28, 2010 at 3:53 PM

    I remember learning about the actual experiment in Social Psych last term. Interesting stuff.

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  15. LewisSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:00 AM

    awersome movie

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2010 at 11:36 AM

    like it

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  17. jj_srkSeptember 29, 2010 at 1:58 PM

    just goes to show you that our current power structures are false and that authority's feel they are above us

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  18. RoodNverseSeptember 29, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    cool gonna check it out

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