Circle Page #5

Synopsis: In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Every two minutes, one of them must die... Executed by an electrical pulse generated from a source within the chamber. At first the attacks seem random, but, soon the strangers realize that they, as a group, have the power to decide who will be the next to be killed: by the power of the vote. Mob mentality at its finest hour. A chance to control the machine. How will they choose who deserves to die? What happens when there's only one person left? "Circle" is a film about humanity. How we value one another and how people react when they are forced to make decisions under the worst possible circumstances. It's a film that speaks to the very core of what makes us human - Who we are, what we believe and ultimately, the lengths we will go to in which to save ourselves.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Production: Taggart Productions
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
NOT RATED
Year:
2015
87 min
Website
3,461 Views


Half the girls in L.A. have

fake b*obs.

Yeah, and I'm sure

it's great for business.

- I don't do porn!

- Who paid for them?!

Tell them. Go ahead.

Oh, it's okay, sweetheart.

Who paid for them?

- Was it your employer?

- No.

- No?

- I-I mean, he did,

but it's not like that.

He did? No?

Oh, now it's getting

really difficult to decide.

No, David is my boss,

but We're also...

I am not...

ah, aha!

You see, Stacy over here thought

if she gets those double d's,

oh, David's gonna love her.

I mean, he's gonna love her way

more than his own wife and kids.

I mean, who cares

if they're already a family?

It's never stopped you before,

has it?

What, are you gonna run off

with him?

You're gonna have a bunch

of kids on your own?

Settle down by the beach?

Is that what You're gonna do,

Stacy?

I think

we should take into account

if people have families,

children.

Why? How many kids do you have?

- I have seven.

- Of course you do.

- Yeah, I got 12.

- Yeah, I got 26.

Oh, now, now, come on,

seriously!

Shouldn't that be taken

into consideration?

Yeah. Yeah, we have a daughter.

Yeah.

Emily. She's 3.

We all got families.

Yeah, your kids

ain't gonna save you in here.

Hey, and I'm not asking

to be saved.

I'm just saying...

If you don't have children,

maybe you should volunteer.

I think that's reasonable.

Yeah, well, maybe some of us

want to have kids someday.

- Yeah, well, I still am a kid.

- Yeah, me, too.

And I think

that if you don't have children,

you should do the right thing

and step forward.

How old are you?

What, me?

35, but I have a kid.

- Just one child?

- Yeah, a daughter.

- You married?

- Yes.

What does your husband do?

I don't... uh...

You don't what?

Why the sudden interest in me?

Well, We're

all just being honest.

I just thought

I'd ask you a question.

Well, I'm not on trial,

so how about you tell us

about your life?

Easy... I'm 41.

Uh, I've got two boys,

an 18-month-old baby daughter.

Married to the same

amazing woman for 12 years.

Um... That's it. Your turn.

Sh*t.

Still waiting.

I raised

my four younger siblings

during my father's

heroin addiction

and my mother's

clinical depression,

then attended vassar

under a work-study scholarship

before serving in the

peace corps for three years

in Nepal,

and then returned to the U.S.,

where I've worked

for a non-profit ever since.

Okay, but you still haven't

answered my question.

What does your husband do?

I have a wife.

Oh!

So, You're a lesbian.

Yeah, so, what?

It doesn't make any difference.

That's not necessarily true.

Dude, so she's gay.

Big deal... what's the matter?

What, you think it's okay

for a child to be raised

with two gay moms?

It's not f***ing 1950, dude.

Yeah, seriously.

Mind your own business.

What, you think it's okay

to raise a baby girl

in that environment?

Two gay moms having sex

all over the place?

It's not as bad as two men,

but it's still wrong.

Maybe it's a good thing

that You're here.

You're gonna give

that little girl a chance

to have a normal life.

Whoa, whoa.

Come on, man.

Where are you going with this?

- I'm not homophobic or anything.

- Yeah, right.

Do you think that this is

someone worth dying for?

I know a lot of you

are religious.

This country was based

on family values.

This is a woman who has sinned.

Doesn't that mean something?

We've all sinned.

Yes, but some more than others.

I mean, maybe that's

the whole point of this thing.

Maybe if we figure out

who the sinner is amongst us,

that maybe

this whole thing will end.

I mean, we have no idea

what these aliens want.

I mean, maybe that's the answer.

So aliens want me to die

because I'm gay?

Look, nothing personal.

I'm just trying

to get this to stop.

You think I'm the only one?

Cowards.

My son's gay.

And There's not

a damn thing wrong with him.

- What if he had a point?

- Just drop it already.

No, no,

not about the gay stuff.

I mean,

what if one of us dies...

the one they want.

This all ends.

Jesus, we just keep going

in circles.

Why Would they single

one of us out?

We have a problem.

What?

Well, this guy said

that one of us might make it

out of here alive, right? Yeah.

Yeah, because we Can't vote

for ourselves.

Right.

Well, I'd like to know

what's gonna happen

when There's

only two people left.

What do you mean?

If There's

only two people left,

you can only vote

for the other person.

- Sh*t, they Would tie.

- And they Would both die.

No, no, no. Not necessarily.

One person doesn't have to vote.

Wait, what?

- A sacrifice.

- Yes.

What does that mean?

It means that if it comes down

to one of us and one of them,

we don't vote.

Somebody Would have to sacrifice

themselves to save the other.

Yeah, right.

And who Would do that?

I Would.

Sure you Would.

I Would. Wouldn't you?

I really don't know

what I Would do.

Let's hope it doesn't

come down to you, then.

At least he's being honest.

In here, the truth

gets you killed.

In here,

everything gets you killed.

We should pick someone

we can trust.

We Can't trust anyone in here.

I think we know that by now.

Well, somebody's gonna

have to do it.

We should decide.

We don't have

to decide anything.

Whoever's left in the end

will make that decision.

What if it comes down

to the two of them?

Well, then,

they'll have to decide.

Or we can decide for them.

You should have never

married that a**hole.

I know.

Together.

What happened?

- They tied.

- How romantic.

I thought if no one voted,

I-I-it chose randomly.

Not in a tie, I guess.

See? They both Can't live.

That means

one of them has to go.

They're not going anywhere.

One of them has to die.

You guys want them to decide?

A little kid?

That's too much responsibility

for a child.

Yeah, he's right.

We need to be the ones to do it.

Do what?

He wants us

to kill one of them.

I'm just saying

we do what needs to be done.

Bullshit! You're just trying

to save your own f***ing ass.

It doesn't save me

any more than it saves you,

but it guarantees that one of us

will make it out of here alive.

Otherwise, we will all die.

Listen, this is a trick,

all right?

Once he gets one of them

out of the way,

he'll just go after the other.

Don't fall for his bullshit.

If we had to choose

one of them,

who Would it be?

What do you do?

- What?

- Oh, come on, man.

Hey, it's a fair question.

What do you mean,

like, for work?

Yeah. Of course it'd be the guy

in the sweater vest to start

this class bullshit, right?

Hey, hey, hey!

We're trying to decide

who deserves to live, right?

Oh, and, uh, career choice is

the way to do that.

I'm just saying

that some people contribute

more to society than others.

Who cares what she does?

She's pregnant.

That's what matters.

Well, there are plenty

of babies.

I mean, people have

lots of babies.

The world has enough single moms

on welfare.

She might be unemployed.

So, what?

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