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An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
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This movie was so deep I need to watch something happy *puts nemo in dvd player
Reality TV has gone too far and it should not move any further. Also society might derail if it continues this path. So let's watch out for that. The predictable preachy plot of the movie is one thing and at least it doesn't take any prisoners. But the message is being hammered so hard, that any subtlety is being lost entirely which is a shame.
The game show concept we see here and the blood lust of the viewing public is almost comical. Not because of the consequences, but because of the cliches it serves to. So the inciting incident at the beginning will spin the whole thing out of control, but with a very easy to spot goal/target. If you shut out the obvious, you may be able to "enjoy" the movie ... if not you may stay clear from this
The game show concept we see here and the blood lust of the viewing public is almost comical. Not because of the consequences, but because of the cliches it serves to. So the inciting incident at the beginning will spin the whole thing out of control, but with a very easy to spot goal/target. If you shut out the obvious, you may be able to "enjoy" the movie ... if not you may stay clear from this
The show, this was a different taste different type for me, havent seen a movie like that, the main idea was peoples sacraficing for each other, and all this tv propaganda to gain financial support attention and confidence, and how is money affecting people how they act with it, the exchange was soul for money, we all know money is controlling the world its the main cause of violent and disturbing, the message was clear and simple from it, the characters were acting great all of their appearances were there, giancarlo espocito was really there with his great performance and great role, wasnt long wasnt boring, i was just keeping with the story from the beginning, they delivered the ending and we got it how things changed, this movie aint for all people you might not find it intresting but its good for its genre, 6/10⭐
4/10 - decent social commentary, but not one that I need to ever see again
I was primed for a cheap schocks, bad taste kind of movie and this was definitely more thoughtful and considered than that. What I couldn't get my head round for the entire running time (and what really dulled my enjoyment of the film) was how the host could at any point believe he was doing the show for the betterment of people (be they relatives/individuals/audience). It just wasn't a rational conclusion for a non- seriously mentally ill person to draw (as illustrated by the fact that everyone else in the movie thought the direct opposite). On a positive note I was impressed by the bombast of the ending even if it did get a little (more) ridiculous.
Did you know
- TriviaPremiered at South by Southwest Film Festival 2017.
- GoofsNear the end of the movie, there is a Japanese "participant" who commits seppuku. This is a Japanese ritual suicide also known as Hara-Kiri, that the protagonists wrongly refer as "Hari Kiri".
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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