WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW!!
I've seen this movie yesterday in a cinema near me.
The story is about a game show featuring Russian Roulette, called 'Live'. The idea is that five of the six candidates walk away with a considerable prize (5 million). The spectator sees how this idea is thought up and sees the whole media circus prior to the airing of the game show.
For me, this was when the movie (finally) got interesting: would they actually go ahead with Live? Who would live and who would die? I will not reveal the end; I will give my criticism instead.
The idea is interesting: How far will (/do) these television (game) shows go? However, the problems with a Russian Roulette television show are obvious: - a contestant can chicken out at the last moment, the more so when more contestants before him/her fire a blank (the odds increase against the contestant); - if the first five persons fire a blank, the sixth bullet will be the real bullet and the last contestant will also be aware of this. I doubt that a contestant would be inclined to play under those circumstances; i.e. with a view to certain death and no prize.
This could be remedied by spinning the chamber after each shot.
However, there's another problem that is a bit harder to solve: - a contestant can use the gun to shoot someone else than themselves;
So, in my opinion, the idea was nice but could have been more elaborated.
I've seen this movie yesterday in a cinema near me.
The story is about a game show featuring Russian Roulette, called 'Live'. The idea is that five of the six candidates walk away with a considerable prize (5 million). The spectator sees how this idea is thought up and sees the whole media circus prior to the airing of the game show.
For me, this was when the movie (finally) got interesting: would they actually go ahead with Live? Who would live and who would die? I will not reveal the end; I will give my criticism instead.
The idea is interesting: How far will (/do) these television (game) shows go? However, the problems with a Russian Roulette television show are obvious: - a contestant can chicken out at the last moment, the more so when more contestants before him/her fire a blank (the odds increase against the contestant); - if the first five persons fire a blank, the sixth bullet will be the real bullet and the last contestant will also be aware of this. I doubt that a contestant would be inclined to play under those circumstances; i.e. with a view to certain death and no prize.
This could be remedied by spinning the chamber after each shot.
However, there's another problem that is a bit harder to solve: - a contestant can use the gun to shoot someone else than themselves;
So, in my opinion, the idea was nice but could have been more elaborated.