Oscar® winners Adrien Brody (Best Actor, The Piano, 2002) and Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, The Last King of Scotland, 2006) star in this mind-shattering psychological thriller from the creator of TV’s Prison Break. Selected to participate in a two-week research project, a group of men agree to play inmates and guards in a simulation of life within a state prison. But as the 24 volunteers slip deeper into their roles, power corrupts, fears escalate and the experiment spins horribly out of control. Cam Gigandet (Twilight), Clifton Collins Jr. (Crank: High Voltage) and Maggie Grace (TV’s Lost) co-star in this intensely shocking film. Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker star as ordinary men who find themselves transformed by strange circumstances in The Experiment. Tempted by a large paycheck, 26 men agree to be divided into prisoners and guards and placed in a mock prison for two weeks–but within a matter of days, these seemingly sane men have turned the mock prison into a sadistic pressure cooker. The Experiment is in part a remake of a German film, Das Experiment, which was inspired by a psychology experiment conducted at Stanford University in 1971–an experiment sometimes cited as demonstrating an innate human capacity for sadism. But despite a strong cast–in addition to solid work from Brody and Whitaker, Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote) gives a typically strong performance–and some delving into several characters’ back-stories, The Experiment never quite grabs hold. Still, there are compelling sequences and a creepily effective use of infrared cinematography. Also featuring Maggie Grace (Lost), Ethan Cohn (Gilmore Girls), Cam Gigandet (Twilight), and Fisher Stevens (Short Circuit). Directed by Paul Scheuring, the creator of Prison Break. –Bret Fetzer
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October 24, 2010
#1
Review by Dayna Newman
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The Experiment was quite entertaining from start to finish.
It was very satisfying in story ,acting and conclusion.The experiment is where men are paid 1000 dollars a day to supposedly Simulate either a Prisoner or a guard,no one knows which they will be until they enter the facility..
Adrien Brody is an uber hottie in my opinion and a great actor and plays an anti violence anti war advocate,but just how long and how much can he take before he changes his way of thinking to an eye for an eye? The stand out was Forest Whitaker as a man given authority as a guard in a make believe world, but in actuality he’s s 42 year old man living with his coddling,emasculating mother. He see’s this as a way to get back at her by being cruel to those put in a weaker position because he feels weak in her presence.In one shocking scene he pops a woody just after handcuffing and humiliating Brody’s character.HMM?”
Cam Gigandet is evil as another faux guard who in his characters real life lives for sex,drugs and sleep..
He takes a shine to an effeminate faux prisoner and does some very evil things to him..This movie is quite brutal and hard to watch at times,some of the acts that are put upon Brody especially are very humiliating and would be hard for any man to take..
a favorite actor of mine,the much under rated Clifton Collins Jr plays another faux prisoner and baddy in typical Collins style to the hilt .The climax is a shocking and action packed.All in all a really good film.I would buy it and watch it again.
October 24, 2010
#2
Review by Eric L. Willard
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When looking up the new releases here on Amazon, seeing this movie NOT on the few movies listed on the main page was a real mistake in my opinion. I even went to 3 stores looking for this movie and the first 2 had no idea what movie I was requesting and didn’t even have it on release day! I saw a trailer for it a few months ago and immediately knew I had to have it.
Amazing performances by Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Clifton Collins Jr. and many more supporting roles, will have you sitting on the edge of your seat through the whole movie. It is clear, at the beginning, some subjects (men) are going to be trouble and as the movie moves along, power does corrupt even the best of the men but we feel for them because they are told, “you will not get paid if you do not follow and enforce the rules.”
I do NOT agree with Amazon’s review that this movie “never quite grabs hold”. By the end of the movie, I was almost in tears after watching men who respected each other at the beginning, couldn’t even look each other in the eye. There isn’t much more to say. The synopsis of the movie pretty much tells you what it is about.
5 stars and a must see.
October 24, 2010
#3
Review by Heidi Vargas
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I never would have expected that this one would have been this good, I never would have heard about it if my rental store didn’t recommend it today. Strange but different worth the watch!
October 24, 2010
#4
Review by Jake Blues
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Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker, two great actors. Paul Scheuring loads up on the tension, drama and the psycho-analysis. He is the Godfather of prison dramas. Clifton Collins Jr does another creepy character to perfection. Should be a cult favorite.
October 24, 2010
#5
Review by bridget3420
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The Experiment is a very intense and powerful movie. The acting was great and the plot was engaging. I would definitely recommend it to people who like drama and thrillers.