Too many fans seem to be blown away

Sadly Over-hyped

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Just amazing!!!! This had all the elements of surprise and amazing twists. Human nature and decision making under duress has been showed flawlessly. The promise of greater good just to attain selfish gains, group psychology but the best moments were still the humanity that shines through, the brave heroes who are Gods in themselves...just amazing...ten stars!!! People who are giving this movie low ratings maybe just couldn't digest this situation or couldn't follow the decision makings and the dialogue...any way...u people suck! If you are sitting down to write a review, perform that duty honorably and truly. This movie doesn't deserve less than an 8 or 9, and for me it was a tenner!

This movie has the feel of having been written for the stage: lots of dialogue, minimal special effects and props, a simple premise leading to lots of drama and interpersonal wrangling, etc.Still, I assumed this, and for a while it made me not want to finish watching the movie. Who wants to watch a bunch of people in a room working out their conflicts? Especially a movie where I didn't recognize any of the actors?Of course, there have been many *plays* made into movies composed almost entirely of people in a room talking, arguing and emoting - and the movies were fabulous. Oleanna, 12 Angry Men, Glengarry Glen Ross, etc.I found that as time wore on, my interest was piqued enough to make me stop wanting to NOT watch it. Indeed, really wanted to find out what happened at the end, and whether some of the ideas the characters described were true or not.Things I didn't like: some of the characters were "inconsistent". Their emotions and reasoning seemed to shift too often to be believable. Ultimately, I'm guessing this was a script issue, but it made the movie a bit less plausible than it could have been. Also, without getting into details, the ending left me feeling a bit unsatisfied.Things I liked: this was unexpectedly entertaining, and it'll leave me thinking about the premise for a little while. I'll probably recommend it to a few people, and that doesn't happen too often.

I really want to imagine that this movie was pitched after the writers went through some internet comment forums, took the most common themes of moral argument, re-imagined them in a life or death scenario, and scripted out who would ultimately be left alive. Then the CEO boss people told them that the movie needed some context, and they panicked and chose aliens.Luckily for them I love reading comment wars, so I enjoyed this movie just to hear the people arguing with each other over who deserved to live. I think it could've been a really good movie if they had put just a little more effort into the background story and characters. Although I do think it managed to get across quite nicely how easily we sentence people to judgment based on very fast and surface level interactions.I did think it was a fairly realistic representation of how people generally think, however I did not buy at all that it was how most normal people put in that situation would actually act. For starters, I imagine there would be a LOT more confusion and panic at first and people fainting, puking, and accidentally killing themselves by leaving their circle. I would also like to think there would be at least a few more people out of 50 who would refuse to play along with voting for others to die...Anyway, decent movie, probably worth a watch on a lazy weekend evening, but I'm not going to go around recommending it to everyone.

Think that your are in a room with 49 other foreigners. Once you realized that an electric machine-gun killing somebody every 2 minutes, you are trying to survive with some strategy. On the other hand, you decide who will die or should die. This movie exhibits the society's visible and hidden values and prejudices. I strongly recommend you to watch this movie. No blood, no action, meaningful conversations and easy to watch.