Absolutely Brilliant!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie was so bad that i made an account just to rate it, bad acting and plotting. And i only watched it for like half hour.

I swear this is the worst movie I have ever EVER seen!I thought the story sounded good, but the writers made this into an unbelievable boring cheap looking dated piece of trash!Nothing makes sense. The story does not fit into the events.It is so unbelievable and I found myself hating it all the way through the 30 minutes I endured! ...after that I switched off.The actors were awful and the director must of been some hyper video blogger who became famous through YouTube.Just because it was produced by 'YouTube Red original movies' I think this poorly made movie got more credit than it deserves. I reckon most of the extras and cast were probably top video bloggers from YouTube, instead of real actors who have a soul.This movie was soulless - you might like it, if you are some dumb teenager though.

yet I watched it and possibly you can do it as well it's not that boring after all. So what's wrong with it? Well as many have said, 95% of people there are completely stupid and should be "thinned" immediately. I can accept guards in masks so that they could hire less actors(there is no budget on IMDb and i haven't been searching for one, but it had to be low). (Spoilers below) Now what I really disliked - tech specialist who needs as he said 3o min to connect few cables to PC? OK maybe they skipped many steps, but still even now backup generator could turn itself on automatically, so why that great society would forgot this technology...Last and least probably but i haven't found that in other reviews. Lets say 9th+ graders are fit for work but what happens to those little kids? are they fed and taken care of until they are also fit for work. Either way this system doesn't help to reduce population it's just some form of slavery therefore it would not help mother earth AT ALL.

may contain spoilersThis was my first time viewing Youtube Red. I'm a sucker for these types of dystopian films and after seeing countless adds on Youtube had to make a point of seeing it. Based on this I wouldn't pay the subscription for Youtube Red but may in the future if content improves. The basic outline for the script is not bad but would have benefited from some additional review to catch and fill in plot holes prior to filling and release. Not sure if I missed something at the beginning but the whole background behind the thinning was not given til almost twenty minutes in, and in a cheesy children's video. If someone missed the promos explaining this they are lost. That said the promo's had most the films high points and therefore was pretty predictable. From the start you are just scratching your head. Here are students going in to take a life or death test, students cheating and security measures to catch cheaters, nervous students make sense. They act like this is a high steaks test - but not a life or death test. The tests are taken on touchscreen tablets, why are they walking in with backpacks? Rather than carrying in things that they don't need to take the test why not have a scene where someone is making plans to pass on their prized possessions if were to fail? Then you realize that the tests are given at the school its self. The tests are only given once a year yet one of the students implies that the guards are there watching the entrances every day. If so every school is set up like a prison and has an area specifically for executing those being thinned out. This sounds expensive and inefficient. Why not have them be expected to report to a central, secure location once a year? This could have been done with minimal changes. It also would change the idea that the scores the tests are scored locally against your population. Wouldn't that make parents look to move to the areas with the lowest performing schools? Why stay and compete for your life in a state with the highest academic scores? Shouldn't the tests be scored and decisions be made from a larger pool than just a single school? Then you have the guards coming and taking those who failed out of the test room. This is the worst possible way to isolate those who failed. Couldn't they have one of several room numbers show up on their tablet for them to go to and it is not til they reach the room that they find out if they passed or find themselves locked in when they find out they failed. Yes, students fought when they were first being told they failed but afterwards have no problem marching single file down the hall to the execution chamber. Why does it take so long to conduct the thinning if there is no verification of the results, no chance for friends and family to visit and say final good byes, no last meal? They even had a strange scene where those being thinned were forced to change clothes. Why? This wasn't used as means of throwing in some gratuitous nudity and everyone complies. Not one of those says something along the lines of "If I'm going to die I'm going to die pretty". Why not have at least one person try to flee so the guards can show some competence before the lead character escapes and the man hunt starts? Wouldn't recommend going out of your way to watch this, but would only say that if you do don't do so with a person who will talk during the movie, nitpicking everything wrong with it. It is also set up for a sequel and with it could be done if they are determined to create a stronger script, and fill in some more back story on the decisions and events leading up to the story.