Circle (2015)

Directed by

Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2,141 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Fifty strangers wake up trapped in a dark room and discover that one of them is killed every two minutes. They can vote for who dies, so they form alliances based on their own morals and biases.

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What happens

Circle is a 2015 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Aaron Hann and Mario Miscione. The ensemble cast includes Carter Jenkins, Lawrence Kao, Allegra Masters, Michael Nardelli, Julie Benz, Mercy Malick, Lisa Pelikan, and Cesar Garcia. It was inspired by the 1957 drama 12 Angry Men and was shot in 2014. It premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 28, 2015, before being released to video-on-demand on October 16. In the film, fifty people wake up in a darkened room, only to find that one of them is killed every two minutes or when they attempt to leave. When they realize that they can control which person is selected to die, blocs emerge based on personal values. A sequel was announced in June 2024 and began production in June 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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