I think we better set out sights fairly low for this one, as despite a cast including Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Travis Fimmel and Clifton Collins Jr., it's heading straight to DVD in the US, which doesn't suggest anyone has much faith in it. It's a great shame, as the movie is a belated remake of Oliver Hirschbiegel's excellent 2001 German movie of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the infamous 1971 Stanford prison experiment into the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or a guard. In the movie, a group of people looking for cash agree to take part in an experiment, where they will become either prisoner or guard, and while the rules say the guards can't hit the prisoners, things quickly spiral out of control. Click below to watch the trailer, but ever the promo makes it look a bit silly and OTT.
