I couldn't even properly empathise with the maincharacter played by Brody. Even the presence of two giftedactors (Brody and Withaker) cannot rescue the poor cinematography andawful diluted script. It's a pale and poor remake of the brilliant German movie 'DasExperiment', which blew my mind first time I saw it. Overall, The Experiment it's somewhat enjoyable but not nearly as good as the original.It's as if the title 'The Experiment' refers to Hollywood finallytrying to create a remake that surpasses the original. In almost every film that see him in, he acts like he has a speech impediment and to be honest, it adds nothing to his performance. On the other hand, Forest Whitaker was absolutely awful. Regarding the acting, I thought Adrien Brody did a pretty good job and Cam Gigandet was delightfully nasty as he usually is. They played a big part in the original and in this remake they are nowhere to be seen and it truly diminished the story.
I'm talking about the people behind the cameras, the scientists watching and conducting the experiment. Also, it's one thing to put your own spin into a story but this remake eliminated an entire dimension of the original film. I didn't think there was real tension, and the film lacked that gritty look of the original, instead it looks sharp and polished. One of the consequences of doing so is that the film felt extremely rushed and therefor the payoff wasn't that great. What's most important, the characterization and the character development which are the things that make this story, were completely thrown aside. The problem with this remake is that, as in most things Hollywood, it's all about big name actors and big fights and nice camera angles. It's actually quite surprising that it took such a long time (9 years) for Hollywood to assassinate, pardon me, remake this very interesting story which is actually based on the Stanford prison experiment that took place in 1971 and was highly criticized afterwords. Although brutal the film was brilliant in the way it explored human nature, human instincts, and one's moral compass. I had some hope for this film because I remember seeing the original Das Experiment more then a year ago and enjoying it. At first the tenants are divided randomly into prisoners and guards, but soon a spiral of violence begins. The study examines aggressive behavior in an artificial prison setting. $14,000 for two weeks, it is easy-earned money. The experiment begins when 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control. The Experiment is a 2010 American thriller film directed by Paul Scheuring and starring Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker,Cam Gigandet and Maggie Grace.The film is also a remake of the 2001 German film Das Experiment, which was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.
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