From the offset there are shades of a made for television appearance. This doesn't last for the entirety of the film but the standards don't rise very far above it and the voyeuristic nature of the story will appeal to fans of reality TV shows like "Big Brother". It's strengths, unsurprisingly, lie in the performances; Brody is an excellent leading presence and fine support is delivered by a towering Forest Whitaker but the inclusion of Maggie Grace's love interest is entirely unnecessary, adding little to no substance to the film and could have been completely dropped without it making any difference whatsoever.
In retrospect, it's a lazily written script that's the films biggest downfall. Where the original instilled a sense of realism, this version just seems staged. The premise is still thoroughly intriguing though and all the more so, with the knowledge that it was based on a real experiment that took place in at Stanford University before it all got out of hand.
It's decent enough to pass an hour an half of your time but don't expect anything special. It's the performances that make it worthwhile but overall, it's just another example of a completely unnecessary remake. If anyone is unfamiliar with the events or the original German film then this film will go down nicely. However, it'd be wise to seek out Hirschbeigel's version instead. Not what I was expected but interesting all the same, It would have been interesting to see how this movie would have faired had it go into wide release. Its not like the cast wasnt big enough because they were!
Some points in the story seemed a bit odd and unecessary and perhaps thats why. But it was amausing and not too long. This was one good thing, I think if this film would have been any longer my attention would have been dropped. But it wasnt bad. More Top Movies Trailers Forums. Apocalypse Better Call Saul: Season 4 Castle Rock: Season 1 The Deuce: Season 2 Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3 The Walking Dead: View All Photos 4.
A team of scientists are conducting a psychological experiment that requires the participation of 20 subjects. The rules are simple: Though the guards are specifically instructed to maintain order without the use of force, no one is prepared for what happens when mutiny erupts, and civility erodes. R for strong disturbing violence including a rape, language, some sexual content and nudity.
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Fisher Stevens as Archaletta. A sound studio in west London is currently being converted into a "social environment" into which the 15 volunteers will be introduced some time before Christmas. Although they will be arbitrarily divided into the oppressors and the oppressed, and encouraged, through a system of "privileges" and "punishments", to resent each other, Reicher is keen to downplay the prison analogy. It works just as well, he says, as an office or a school, where one set of people have power over another.
But with clinical psychologists in permanent residence and a green light from the British Psychological Society's ethics committee, the BBC hopes that The Experiment will have lasting scientific value as a study of how people relate to authority, as well as make compelling television.
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They are prepared, however, for the inevitable accusation that The Experiment is Big Brother with even less taste. The psychologists involved, all highly respected, argue that they wouldn't have touched the operation if they thought their expertise was being used to legitimise something tacky and exploitative.
Alex Haslam, from Exeter University, and Reicher, from St Andrews, have spent the past year working on an outline that, they say, differs crucially from Zimbardo, so that the worst that will come out of The Experiment is dull television. Secondly, there will be hour monitoring of the volunteers by independent psychologists.
And an ethical body will be observing us to ensure we don't get sucked in. These safeguards address several of the oversights that allowed the Zimbardo experiment to get out of control. In spite of all of this, we had already come to think so much like prison authorities that we thought he was trying to con us - to fool us into releasing him. Furthermore, the Zimbardo "guards" were given what they considered to be a free hand.
It demoralised the volunteers so thoroughly that they lost all sense of the artificiality of the project.
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One prisoner developed a psychosomatic rash over his body when he learned that his "parole" request had been turned down. None of this could possibly happen in The Experiment, insist its organisers. Some of the worst excesses happened because there was inadequate supervision of what was going on inside. We have been able to reap the benefit of what he did, to design something that's a little more stable, a little safer.
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We're certain it will be more controlled and therefore more productive in terms of the science. But creating the psychological impression that they have no privacy is important to us. Other "punishments" will include solitary confinement, the withdrawal of favourite foods and the rationing of cigarettes. The big question is: Prisoners will be set demoralising tasks with Sisyphus-like pointlessness, which will be, as Holmes says, "something repetitive, the purpose of which won't be absolutely clear".
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Surely this is a device to provoke them into outrage? People say, 'Wouldn't that make good television?
Zimbardo's reaction to The Experiment has been one of initial horror, followed by a more qualified concern and, if it weren't for the television element, possible support. For years, he has been frustrated that the notoriety of his experiment made a whole generation of psychologists overcautious.
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We ask people things like, 'Imagine you were a guard, how would you behave? Videotapes should be checked every day, and there should be the option of an independent overseer blowing the whistle at any time. He is, none the less, sceptical of The Experiment being made into a television show. Obviously they are doing the study in the hopes that high drama will be created as in my original study; if not, it will be boring.