20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Acting
Forest Whitaker's terrifying descent from meek to menacing.
Writing
The $14,000 question: how fast would YOU turn monstrous?
Direction
Prison drama veteran Scheuring knows how to build dread.
Director
Paul T. Scheuring
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is actually a remake of the 2001 German film 'Das Experiment,' which was itself based on Philip Zimbardo's infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment.
Zimbardo himself criticized the film for sensationalism, which is rich coming from the guy who let his own experiment spiral into psychological torture for six days.
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