Circle

"In here…everything gets you killed."

2015 1h 26m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 2,182

HorrorScience FictionMysteryThriller

Synopsis

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In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.

“In here…everything gets you killed.”

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Cast

Julie Benz
Wife
Carter Jenkins
College Guy
Cesar Garcia
Tattooed Man
Mercy Malick
Lesbian
Lisa Pelikan
Cancer Survivor
Molly Jackson
Little Girl
Sara Sanderson
Pretty Girl / Christina
Michael Nardelli
Eric

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aaron Hann
Writers: Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Circle Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aaron Hann, shot by Zoran Popović. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tom Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Julie Benz and Carter Jenkins and Cesar Garcia carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In here…everything gets you killed.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aaron Hann directs. Zoran Popović behind the camera. Tom Campbell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 11 years ago.
4Part of the "Circle Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Aaron Hann, shot by Zoran Popović. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Tom Campbell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Julie Benz and Carter Jenkins and Cesar Garcia carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "In here…everything gets you killed.".
9IMDB entry: tt3118452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "survival", "murder", "morality", "voting".

The technical file

Cinematography: Zoran Popović
Editing: Tom Campbell
Production design: Tom Lisowski
Costume design: Carrie Grace
Sound: Mike Draghi
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $250,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Circle (2015)

Part of

Circle Collection

Strangers are trapped in a room and forced to decide who would be the one survivor through a series of votes and debates about the worth of each human life.

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Kamurai2020-07-24
★ 9/10
Fantastic watch, will watch again, and can recommend if you're okay with on screen death and philosophical debate or game theory. (Think "Saw 2" with no gore.) It is always impressive when someone creates a good movie that occurs in a single location. Under the premise of alleged aliens abducting group of people forced to play a death game, we get to see what humans intend to do without authority in a structured environment. This movie is very "Twilight Zone". It's hard to cast for 50 "leads", and the "leads" kind of shift and rotate about during the game as people become targeted, but most of the actors in the game give a serviceable delivery in their roles, and while the production value is definitely there, you can tell that there just wasn't much necessary past the set and the kill mechanism. Hell, this looks so affordable, you could probably turn it into a regular show: there are party games with similar concepts. There isn't much to say without spoiling other than this is a lot of talking: literally discussing who should live and who should die. While I find such things fascinating, other people may want to watch romance or explosions, and there are plenty of those movies out there too.

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