The Experiment (2010)

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Director:

Paul Scheuring

Writers:

Paul Scheuring (screenplay), Mario Giordano (novel),

Stars:

Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Cam Gigandet

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrien Brody	...	Travis
Forest Whitaker	...	Barris
Cam Gigandet	...	Chase
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Nix
Ethan Cohn	...	Benjy
Fisher Stevens	...	Archaleta
Travis Fimmel	...	Helweg
David Banner	...	Bosch (as Lavell 'David Banner' Crump)
Jason Lew	...	Oscar
Damien Leake	...	Govenor
Maggie Grace	...	Bay
Rod Maiorano	...	Rex
Rachel O'Meara	...	Female Administrator
Jeanne Hopson	...	Gertrude
Jack Mishler	...	Henry (as Jack W. Mishler)

Storyline

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

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Plot Keywords:

psychological study | guard | control | prisoner | duct tape over mouth | 

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Taglines:

Prisoner #77 chose to be here.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong disturbing violence including a rape, language, some sexual content and nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 August 2010 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

A kísérlet

Filming Locations:

Alleman, Iowa, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$21,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Inferno Entertainment, Magnet Media Productions, Magnet Media Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Elijah Wood was originally cast, but bowed out after only a few days of shooting.

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Goofs

After using the fire extinguishers on the prisoners everyone is covered in white powder as if a powder apparatus had been used. The actual extinguishers used are of the CO2 type which is easily identified by the big "funnel" at the end of the hose and would not leave everyone covered in white powder.

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Connections

References Red Dawn (1984)

User Reviews

Clever, but…

Could've been done more with this one. Interesting story, slowly built, tensed, well portrayed characters (not just the main two), excellent acting (Brody and Whitaker especially), but in the end unfortunately fails to materialize all that in to something more. Apart from the plain ending and unnecessary undeveloped female character, everything else was done right and it is a gripping thriller indeed.

Probably the most important is that the movie succeeds in the main idea, catching the human nature and its transformation placed in certain conditions. As expected blinding of power and rebelling makes the violence slowly but surely spreads and the movie becomes more disturbing, answering my question why is it going straight to DVD.