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00:00Welcome back to Movie Recaps. Today I will show you a mystery, drama film from 2015,
00:05titled Circle. Spoilers ahead. Watch out and take care.
00:10A soft light comes on revealing people standing in a circle, unconscious. Suddenly, a young woman
00:15wakes up. She calls out, but no one answers. She tries to move in front of herself, but a buzzer
00:21rings. She sees that she's standing on a red circle. She tries to move behind, but the buzzer
00:27rings again. She tries to touch the soldier next to her, but the buzzer rings for that too.
00:32There's a circle glowing on her hand. A man from the other side of the room tells her to stop moving.
00:37He says they can see us. She asks questions he can only guess the answers to. Another woman wakes up,
00:43panicked. He tries to calm her, but she moves and a beam of electricity shooting from the middle of
00:48the circle of people kills her. Suddenly, the lights come on and everyone wakes, one man dies
00:54instantly. The first man tells everyone to stop moving, while a cop is looking for his gun. He
00:59tells everyone to stand still and not to touch anyone. A beeping sound can be heard and one of
01:04the men that was killed gets dragged away, as his hand glows as well. The beeping continues and the
01:09electrical charge starts building, it kills the first man before he can speak again. Everyone is
01:14panicking now, but as they are calming down the guy in the hat figures out that he's controlling the
01:18lights on the floor. The light stops in front of a woman and the electricity zaps her. As the others
01:24ask what's going on, the guy in the hat tells them to see how they can change the lights on the floor.
01:29Everyone tries per his instruction and they realize they can only see the light they are controlling.
01:34The hat guy says that they are the ones that choose who dies. The beeping starts and another
01:38person gets zapped. The beeping starts again as the pregnant woman looks around trying to figure out
01:43what is happening. The electricity zaps again and she says that they are actually voting.
01:48She says that they're killing off whomever gets the most votes and that they choose by closing their
01:52hands. Someone suggests they all vote for the dead one and they all agree, as the beeping is underway.
01:58When it stops, someone gets zapped regardless. The next time it beeps, they all try not voting.
02:04Suddenly all of the pointer lights come on and someone still gets zapped. The guy in the blue hoodie
02:08tells everyone to be quiet and suggests they develop a strategy, so they are able to figure out
02:13their situation and stop what's happening to them. His suggestion, to kill the older people first.
02:18Hat guy agrees, but not everyone else. Blue hoodie says they should start with the first one on his
02:24right and kill them off clockwise. Pregnant lady disagrees, but no one has a better idea. The beeping
02:30continues and the first old man begs, but the zapper gets him. Since the majority agrees with blue
02:35hoodie's strategy, they try to figure out what's happening to them. They ask the soldier, thinking he might
02:40know what it is, like an alien invasion or something similar, but he's just as confused as the rest of
02:45them. A man in the back starts speaking about what he remembers from before he woke up there.
02:50He is remembering being stuck in a traffic jam, then running before everything went dark. A few others
02:55say they remember the same thing. The beeping starts again and they vote, for the second old person.
03:01The guy remembers being pulled up in a ship. He also remembers a red room with bodies piled up,
03:06which he now thinks weren't dead, but actually drugged. They all vote for the third old person,
03:11as they continue their conversation. The fourth old person says he also remembers something,
03:16maybe the aliens, how they spoke and what they looked like. Some of the people don't believe him,
03:20thinking he's lying to save himself. But he gets zapped. Hat guy asks who'll be the next in line to
03:26get zapped. They point to the hat lady, asking her how old she is. The fact that she's only 52,
03:32changes the minds of the others. She tells them that she had cancer, but she'd beat it.
03:37Blue hoodie thinks that since she is more likely to die than the rest of them,
03:40she should be next. A doctor interjects, saying that's not true. To that blue hoodie says that
03:46since she's over 50 she needs to go, but some of the others disagree wondering how low the age limit
03:50would get eventually. Blue hoodie tries to convince them of his strategy to no avail. They kill him.
03:57Cancer lady suggests that they should start figuring out why they were chosen for the circle.
04:01Though some of the others think that it was a random scenario. She says that they should try
04:05to learn more about each other. Beth goes first and tells the others about herself. As she speaks
04:10the beeping starts again and she gets zapped. After that, most of the people think that they should
04:15not share their names and they're apprehensive about sharing anything else too. Craig goes next
04:20regardless, saying that the woman on his left is his wife. Someone asks who else knows each other and
04:26a man from the back speaks up, saying he knows the doctor. The two of them don't want to share
04:30how they know each other though. Craig continues, begging the people not to kill his wife. The
04:35beeping continues and another zap happens. Next they ask the Hispanic man to speak, but he doesn't
04:41understand English. The woman behind him says she'll translate. She asks him about his family and he
04:46says that he has three daughters down in Mexico. Red tie man starts the conversation about illegal immigrants,
04:52but the man in the flannel shirt asks him if he would need a green card to get abducted by aliens.
04:57They tell the translator to ask him if he was in the US legally and he says no. The beeping continues,
05:03but it zaps a young girl in the front row, to the surprise of some. The cop recognizes a guy from
05:08the front row Raul, because he beat up his own girlfriend. Cancer lady asks if he's sure it was
05:13him. The exchange between the cop and Raul becomes more about profiling and prejudice, than about what he
05:18could have possibly done for the cop to know him. When they start asking if he did beat up his girlfriend,
05:24he says that she got what she deserved. Next round, Raul gets zapped. After that,
05:29the blonde from the front row says that maybe they're supposed to figure out who's good and who's
05:33bad. She says there must be a reason why they're there, but the man next to her doesn't agree,
05:38saying that maybe the whole point is for them to kill each other while the aliens watch. However,
05:42the blonde guy behind her interprets her question as figuring out who deserves to live. So they wonder
05:48what they should base it on, while the beeping continues. It zaps the Muslim woman from the
05:52front row. The African-American man asks the racial question and stirs the conversation.
05:57The white people, at first, say that in that room nothing is fair and the other African-Americans
06:02tell him not to continue with the conversation, because he will only make himself a target.
06:07Hat Guy agrees with them. The question reveals how people actually feel about race. The cop is the next
06:13one to speak, revealing his racism and prejudice. The beeper starts, the cop dies. The soldier thinks
06:19that they shouldn't talk about their opinions and prejudices, but the African-American man disagrees,
06:24saying everything should be on the table. The soldier and the translator say that they shouldn't
06:28turn on each other and instead try to figure out what is happening to them. The next time they vote,
06:33they try voting for themselves, but it doesn't work. So they try voting for the person next to them.
06:38Someone still gets zapped, because somebody made a mistake. They try the same thing again,
06:43and the pregnant woman helps the kid next to her. Suddenly, the pregnant girl and a man are chosen,
06:49so everyone votes again. The man gets zapped. The guy from the back says he voted for the man,
06:54because he saw him voting for the pregnant girl. He says that the way the game was designed,
06:59in the end it will get down to the pregnant girl or the kid. To that the blonde guy from the second row
07:04replies that if they get rid of them, everyone will have a better chance. The guy in the flannel
07:08shirt says that it should be one of them to walk out, but red tie disagrees. Cancer lady says that
07:13the pregnant girl counts as two people. The voting begins and it's another tie, between an older woman
07:19and the kid. They vote for the lady. The guy from the back and the soldier think that they should
07:24protect the two of them, but the man with the glasses wants to know what they're like first.
07:28He asks the kid questions when the voting begins and it's another tie, between the pregnant girl and the kid.
07:34The guy standing behind them says to kill them both, but he gets zapped instead.
07:38Craig suggests they should ask for volunteers. They go around the circle, but no one steps up,
07:43until a teenager says he'll volunteer. They argue if they should ask him why he would do it.
07:48Eventually he does answer, saying he doesn't want to kill anyone. Flannel shirt says that he's a kid
07:53and that it's not fair to let him do it. Red tie and glasses man disagree, so hey ask if he's sure.
07:59An older gentleman from the back volunteers in his stead and when the beeping starts,
08:03he walks off from his circle. Red tie and glasses still insist they should ask for volunteers,
08:08but they're not willing to do it themselves. Flannel guy thinks that everyone except the
08:12pregnant girl should step forward. Glasses asks the teenager if he still wants to do it and after the
08:18beeping, he steps out and dies. Next, everyone expects the soldier to volunteer. But he doesn't
08:24want to, because he thinks he's sacrificed enough in his life. He wants to get back to his family and
08:29meet his kid. Time is running out and they wait for a volunteer. A woman from the back does it,
08:34because she's lost her son. The deacon tells her that she will see him again. She says goodbye and
08:39walks out of her circle. The man in the black suit antagonizes him, when they find out he's a deacon.
08:45They finally reach the religion question. The man in the black suit, tells them that they have only
08:50one god now and it's the zapper. He gets mad and tries to find the other atheists in the circle.
08:55The beeping starts and he thinks they'll all choose him. Both him and another girl are chosen.
09:00She gets zapped. He continues to antagonize everyone, by asking the blonde next to him if
09:05she's a porn star. She says no, but he keeps pushing her and offending her. The next voting
09:11round comes up and he dies. While the blonde is crying, Glasses man says that they should take into
09:16account if some of them have children. Craig says that him and his wife have a daughter. Glasses thinks
09:21that the ones that don't have children should sacrifice themselves. Red tie man asks a woman
09:26from the back if she has any kids or a husband, but she throws the question back at him. While
09:31he's answering another girl gets zapped. Then the woman tells them about her life and they find out
09:35that she's gay. Red tie is clearly a homophobe and the others take offense to what he's saying,
09:40so in the next voting round, he dies. Blonde guy asks what happens at the end when only two are left.
09:46Would they tie? So the guy in the back suggests that one of the two wouldn't vote and would
09:51effectively be sacrificing themself. Flannel guy says that he would sacrifice himself and
09:56cancer lady implies that they should pick someone they would trust to make the right decision.
10:00The translator says that no one can be trusted. Blonde guy says that they all should decide.
10:05The blonde woman asks what happens if it comes down to the two of them? The doctor says they could
10:10decide for them. The voting is underway in her and the man that knows her are tied. They die together.
10:15The blonde guy is convinced that they should decide who out of the two of them should die,
10:19but the soldier thinks he's just manipulating everybody to get rid of both the pregnant girl
10:23and the kid. Craig asks who would they choose out of the two, then Glasses asks the pregnant
10:28girl what she does for work. The others don't think it's a fair question, as he continues explaining
10:33that it's important to know who contributes more to society out of them. The translator says that
10:38what's important is that she's pregnant. Glasses antagonizes the pregnant girl, when another voting
10:43round starts and kills hat guy. Flannel asks Glasses what he does and he answers that he's a banker and
10:48a contributing member to society. Glasses antagonizes all of them, but the translator gets zapped.
10:54Most of the people think that the Hispanic man should be next, when the man from the back says that
10:59one side killed the translator because she would never vote for the kid or the pregnant girl. Now that
11:03the question of sides is raised they start counting each other to see which one stands where. Who will be
11:08the ones to vote for the girls and who won't? The vote begins and the kid and the Hispanic man tie.
11:14He sees what's happening and he sacrifices himself for the girl. Glasses antagonizes the soldier and
11:19he aligns with the side that wants to kill the two girls. Him and the blonde guy get the couple and
11:24the African American man on their side. The voting starts. The kid is in a tie again, but this time
11:30with Glasses. The African American man and the blonde man say that they should let him both die.
11:36But only Glasses dies, because the wife changes her vote. They find out it was her, but she says
11:41that she didn't change it, she just didn't vote. Flannel guy says that they all know that they
11:45will die and that it's better to go out with some dignity. Craig thinks that he's implying that the
11:50kid should die and the pregnant girl should remain last. The blonde guy wants to get the blonde woman
11:55on his side, but when he can't he says that they should vote for the flannel guy so that they could
11:59even things out and have more time to talk about everything. They vote for the flannel guy. Next,
12:04they try to find the majority for each group, so the soldier suggests they vote for the wife,
12:09to test the husband. At the last second Craig switches his vote and the soldier says that they
12:13all vote for the African American man. After he dies, the blonde guy gets angry at Craig and says
12:19that they're probably not even married, trying to turn everyone else against them. They all start
12:24asking them questions, but the wife caves when one of the women asks for his name. She doesn't even
12:29remember when he said it before. Craig caves and says it was her idea, but they still kill him.
12:34The fake wife tells them that she didn't lie about her kid. The blonde guy keeps reminding everyone
12:39that they are all killers, but he promises the wife that if she joins his side, he will keep her alive.
12:44He asks the older man what side he's on, but the man doesn't speak. Then he asks the woman next to
12:49him to join him by playing on her feelings about her family. The voting begins and ends with a five-way tie
12:55between the blonde guy, the soldier, cancer lady, blonde woman, and the gay woman. Only the blonde
13:01guy remains after the re-vote. The deacon is crying and the blonde guy continues with his strategy,
13:06then asks the pregnant woman for her vote. She says no. The guy in the back stays on his position
13:12about the strategy. The deacon apologizes to the pregnant girl and steps off. The guy in the back
13:17and the blonde guy realize that they would need to change strategies, so the blonde guy says to trade
13:22with him for one of the girls and he'll give him the fake wife. The voting begins and they all vote
13:27except for the older man. The wife dies. The guy from the back says that the older man never voted
13:32during the whole ordeal and he made it all the way to where they are. The guy in the back and the blonde
13:37guy argue about him, with the first one making the other one think they will all vote for the older
13:41man. But, him and the pregnant girl have an understanding about who they will be voting for.
13:46The zapper kills the blonde guy. Only four of them remain. This time they will all vote for the
13:52older man, because they don't have another choice. He dies. The guy is left with the two girls and
13:57they talk about the reason why all of it is happening. He says that maybe the aliens are
14:02conducting an experiment to see what humans are like and what matters to them. The pregnant girl
14:06asks why they would do that by making them kill each other, so the guy answers that by choosing who
14:11dies they can see the way people judge each other and how they think. Next, he tell the two girls that
14:16the two of them would have to decide which one of them dies, he can't make that decision for them.
14:20The kid cries, because she's made her decision. She'll go, for the sake of the baby. He tells
14:26her that they'll go together, but at the last minute when the kid steps out of her circle,
14:30he votes for the pregnant girl. Both girls fall over, but nothing happens, he's still trapped in
14:35the room. Another vote begins, he curses the aliens thinking that they'll kill him regardless and he
14:40doesn't vote. When the beeping stops, he sees that he's tied with the baby and has to choose between
14:45the baby and himself. He chooses the baby to die. He wakes up outside looking up at a spaceship.
14:51When he stands up, he sees that there are more than one of them. He played everyone in the room
14:55to get to the last round of the voting circle, knowing what he would do if he got there. He saved
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