Circle is a 2015 psychological thriller directed by two first time directors named Mario Miscione and Aaron Hann. Circle stars an ensemble cast of 50 people, a bunch of unknowns, and a few familiar faces, most notably Julie Benz of Dexter fame. What drew me to Circle was its intriguing story (plus it's on Netflix so it's free yo), Circle is about 50 strangers that show up in a room in a circle and have to vote on who gets killed until there is one left. The vote happens every 1-2 minutes so they're forced to make a decision or a random person gets killed by this mysterious orb in the middle of the circle that strikes each person with a bolt of electricity. There's death but 0 gore, after 7/8 people die the group begins to debate a way to do this as logically as possible. The movie really gets at you because it makes you think of yourself in the position and how you'd handle it. The film quickly starts going down a pretty dark path all of 10 minutes into the movie when the group decides to kill of the oldest members of the group to buy themselves some time to debate what to keep doing.
The movie tackles a lot of big issues, it brings up age, sexuality, religion, race, veterans and some parts really hit you hard.
It's an interesting movie that's hard to talk about without giving much away but it's definitely worth the watch and it'll make you think a lot for a 90 minute movie.
Rewatchability: ?/5, I very honestly don't know how rewatchabal this movie is, while I can totally see myself wanting to watch this again and watching it with friends, I don't know if knowing the movie's end will take away from the viewing experience again.
Rating: 4/5, I liked this movie a lot, I didn't expect much from it which could be the reason I rated it so highly but it was a good movie, it'll make you think and I will definitely be recommending it to friends.
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