The Experiment Page #5

Synopsis: 26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Paul Scheuring
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.4
R
Year:
2010
96 min
813 Views


You're letting this guy

f***ing run the show?

You're still not following the rules.

- You need help.

- Still arguing about the rules.

I'm not trying to instigate anything.

You need to get help, okay?

You need some f***ing help.

You know what I need?

I need you to clean that toilet.

- That's what I need.

- Enough. Enough of this sh*t, man.

Toilet! It's not cleaning itself.

Let's just stop this, all right, guys?

Let's stop.

You're in charge.

Does that make you happy?

Toilet! I need you to clean my toilet!

- F*** you!

- F*** me?

F***. You.

I don't normally like to use profanity,

but f*** you!

F***...

You are a prisoner, 77.

But your pride is getting in the way.

I think I need you to say it for me.

Say, "I am a prisoner."

F*** you.

Say it.

F***...

Say it.

Go to hell.

Stop it, please.

Then say it for me.

I...

I am...

A prisoner. A prisoner.

A prisoner. I am a prisoner.

Yes. Yes. Yes, 77.

That is exactly what you are.

Hey. Talk to you for a minute?

Come on.

Let's go.

- How come we can't talk back in the room?

- Some of the guys just wouldn't wait.

Whatever you guys are going to do,

please don't do it.

I think it's pretty clear by now there will be

a zero tolerance for breaking the rules.

Bosch will be joining the prison population.

He will be referred to now as Prisoner 76.

Is there a problem with that, Prisoner 77?

Good.

I am an equitable man. Equitable. Equitable.

Not once, not once can you accuse me

of breaking the rules.

The rules, they help us

because they guide us...

So that we can exist. So that we can exist.

Exist in this world.

Everybody's not happy with their lot in life.

They have a position, he has a position,

and all of you, all of you,

you have your positions.

And I, I have a position.

Without the rules, there's chaos.

Put that back on.

I said, put that back on, 77.

Did you hear me, 77?

Put it back on! You put that back on.

You get back in the line.

Don't take another step. What're you doing?

Just let him go by? Stop him!

Open the gate. You in there.

- We're done.

- Seventy-seven.

You hear me? We're done.

We're done.

Nobody speaks to them, do you hear me?

Nobody.

Nobody can speak to them.

You don't say one single word to them!

That's rule number one now.

Nobody speaks to them!

That's my friend!

You f***ing lowlife! You piece of sh*t!

You couldn't just shut the f*** up,

could you?

You brought this on your f***ing self!

F*** you!

Divide the prisoners up.

Isolate them so they can't communicate.

The only strength in numbers

I want inside this place is ours.

How the f*** can you listen to that sh*t?

I can't even f***ing think.

All I know is I'm out of here.

You do know that any decisions we make,

we make together?

Well, this thing's over.

We used violence

and the experiment's done.

Is it? It's been a lot longer than half an hour

and red light hasn't come on yet.

So f***ing what?

If you think about this rationally,

it was the prisoners who did the violence.

We just responded commensurately.

F*** commensurately.

And f*** that f***ing red light!

How can you say that?

The red light,

that's the only thing that we have!

Don't you realize that?

It's the only way that we can know.

Where's my music?

You can feel what's happening, right?

You're f***ing crazy. You know that?

Can you feel it?

What? Camera? Camera.

Why? Why would you have...

Why don't you stop this? Why?

I'll f***ing kill you. Kill. I'll f***ing kill you.

I'm going to take that tape off of you.

And you're going to give me what I want.

Okay?

F*** you.

You're a f***ing f*ggot. You know that.

Aren't you afraid? Yeah. Yeah.

I know you.

You didn't think I would see?

You didn't think I was smart enough?

Please don't hit me again.

Hey, I was going to try to be nice.

F***ing kill you.

Please.

You know, if your mouth

doesn't want to play nice,

we'll just have to use the other end.

No. No, no, please. Wait, wait. Time out.

- Shut up!

- Time out, time out.

No. Please don't do this.

Hi.

Go to sleep, motherf***er, go to sleep.

You think fags are funny?

Who's funny now?

- Hey, kid. You all right?

- No. Thank you. Thank you.

You still want to go along and get along?

F*** no.

These boys must think I'm somebody else.

Everybody's out, man.

Hey, buddy. Hey, man.

No, no, no. Come on.

Barris, we got trouble.

Coming for you!

Jesus.

Jesus. What'll we do?

We get ready.

You're f***ing losing it, man.

They outnumber us two to one.

Maybe, but they're still prisoners.

And they're still scared of us.

We're the authority here.

Does that look like they give a f***?

F*** your authority.

About f***ing time.

What're you doing? What are you doing?

We got to stand and fight!

This is our world!

You cannot take it from us! No!

Why are you doing this?

We're still guards! Guards!

This is your fault!

You still think we're higher

on the evolutionary chain than monkeys?

Yeah.

'Cause we can still do something about it.

The facility is actively leased

by a corporate think-tank

reported to have ties to the government.

A spokesperson with the Monad Corporation

tells us the facility has been used

for psychological testing.

Yes, we'll testify. Whatever it takes.

A guy died in there.

A guy named Benjy Putterman.

... arrested the lead researcher,

a Dr. John Archalata,

and charged him with manslaughter.

We'll bring you more

as the situation develops.

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Paul Scheuring

Paul T. Scheuring (born November 20, 1968) is an American screenwriter and director of films and television shows. His work includes the 2003 film A Man Apart and the creation of the television drama Prison Break, for which he was also credited as an executive producer and head writer. more…

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