I believed the exact opposite. The man made it clear that the rule is to NOT talk to him. So, when he asks, "Do you have any more questions"? It was an attempt to immediately disqualify the candidates that gave an answer, regardless if it's yes or no due to being unable to follow a simple direction.
@@tailgunner2 I believe the answer should have been written on the paper as: Yes, I do have a question or No,I don't 🤷♀️. Since there was a camera monitoring them. The camera should be able to notice their answer on the Paper.
I remember a similar trick 'test' from fifth grade: The first question was something along the lines of 'read every question before answering any of them' and then you had to read all the way down, getting more and more ridiculous as it went, until the very LAST question said 'Only follow questions 1 and 2' and 2 was 'write your name'. There's a couple variations out there, but the ultimate point was 'can you follow directions'?
Writing your name would disqualify. Last question overrides everything except 1) read every question 2)write your name 1) says to read every question. It doesn't say to answer it.
I love how even after passing the test Blonde would still decline the offer if someone had actually been killed She truly is the smartest and most empathetic of them all
@@leothechonkycat killing someone isn't the only punishable crime in that room, lots more criminal acts were committed. She initially refused the offer because the company was immoral and then accepted it when it turns out they didn't kill the participant but they company is still immoral for everything else in that room.
The blonde girl was so smart there, she was quiet enough to not targeted and outspoken enough to not be targeted at the same damn time. Apart from that, this shit was a genuinely really good movie.
i would have thought that the test was to keep the sheet safe and clean or something, because when number 2 wrote something they said she 'ruined' it lmao
One of the best movies I seen tbh. It turned a small idea to such a big one. And it was crazy to think that the “any questions ?” was actually a question. Great movie
People are too influenced in "king of the hill" or "last man standing" genre that there are actually movies that actually doesn't kill anyone or anything. There should be more of this
@@Dominating_Hand It's again about tricking you. All of the candidates were tricked that there is a designated question on their paper while the question was already given. In the example, tons of people will say Yes immediately and essentially fail.
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This movie was actually a very interesting study of human nature under serious pressure. Exam, Circle, Cube, and others in this sub genre are my favorite type of movies - and a recap doesn't do it justice.
I love the fact that the candidates were so ingenious, testing every possibility and brainstorming with each other to figure out the solution. A truly magnificent concept to play around with.
Heard a story in an exam where people are asked to write 6 pages of essay on the topic “ courage “ ! And the person who got first rank skipped the first 5 pages and at the bottom of 6 th page wrote “ this is courage!” and handed the sheet to the invigilator leaving the exam hall.
"Brown has been watching squid game" dude! I am always looking forward to when you will distract me with a joke, make me pause and laugh a little when I watch your stuff
When Deaf wasn’t saying anything to anyone and started crying really says that he’s a much bigger part of the story. I knew he was gonna be important but to be honest I didn’t know he was the CEO.
This reminds me of a “test” my 5th grade teacher made us do. My teacher handed us all a piece of paper with a bunch of directions and words. The top says read all directions as you go along each one. We were all so young and naive, and we didnt throughly read all the directions because it was so many words. We “skimmed through it” throughout the directions it made us perform some crazy things with the paper, like ripping it, and even eating it. We all had fun, but some of the other classmates weren’t doing the same things others were. Our teacher then tells us that in the directions it tells us to stop and direction #4 which was just folding the paper, placing it down, and being quiet. We could have avoided eating paper if we just read the directions carefully. It was so funny and explains why reading is very fundamental.
Definitely! I love these bottle-style films. If you want to check out a classic, try 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet! Or for more of a thriller try out Cube, directed by Vincenzo Natali.
Same, I think one great thing they did here is avoid cliches (like, the cliches that there has to be only one survivor, and the rest must die). And that the setting is only the room, we get curious about the outside world.
Mystery recap: This is just like a school exam. 2 seconds later: breaks glass, sets paper on fire, shoots someone, pee on the paper, make someone eat paper 💀
As a Student majoring in Psychology this movie is an entire representation of what i am studying rn, its called projective techniques (like rorschach tables or others more) its basically a test used as a "white paper" in which the candidate reflects the psychological characteristics of his character, as deaf says " the paper reflects our image" the concept is actually interesting
When I was a freshmen our history teacher would quiz us on a new topic every morning. One day he just wrote “why” and then asked us why. Only one person answered and her answer was literally “why not”. Turns out it really was the right answer we just overthought too much.
@@magicmulder I think any answer could’ve worked but we were under the impression that he would want an over complicated answer. He was known to be a computer class
I remember having a question that is "What's the Full Name of Your Professor?" and it's worth 30 points haha my Professor only said his First and Last Name when he first introduced himself so everyone in the class basically botched a free 30 pts sadly.
@@BULD0SIS oh there are plenty of professors who trolled similar like that, one is a professor who makes us memorize scientists and their specific contribution, instead of guessing which scientist contributed to that, she showed us in the exam 4 different pictures of scientists who looked similar with no names given and we need to choose the right one in each question which really pissed me and my friends off.
Kind of a similar situation when I was in the hiring process for a job. The guy hiring my group had us sit in a classroom. He stood at the front of the room and said, "Tell me *one thing* and I will write it on the board." A girl raised her hand and asked, "One thing?" He simply repeated, "One. Thing." He then pointed to her and she said, "One thing." He then wrote it out letter for letter on the board. He pointed to the next person. Same answer. He wrote it down. This happened 5 more times, his expression was flat, didn't react at all. He pointed to me and I said, "I". Everyone looked at me like I was crazy. He locked eyes with me, nodded, and wrote *I* on the board. Everyone was flabbergasted. All he wanted was something to write down but they all overthought it.
@@haveaniceday9995 haha imagine if they just gangraped that CEO guy. Suddenly his corporation has normal, generic auditions and nobody talks about the "test"
So basically, if someone had answered a 'No' when the invigilator asked them if they had any questions, the candidate would have been selected and movie would have ended there?
Missed opportunity, when the invigilator asks at the start if anyone had any questions, someone could've asked one and been immediately disqualified for trying to communicate with him
@@cristian44137 what if someone said "No", would they got disqualified because they tried to talk to the invigilator, or would they pass the exam because it is the correct answer ?
I literally predicted too many things about this movie. It’s like they usually make easy misdirection, but they just stuck with it. The girl who was an inside plant, the weird guy ceo, everything they tried in the room. I feel like a high school lit class wrote this movie lol
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The exam is actually a simple but profound thriller. The real goal at the end was to reveal our own personalities. Our strength and weakness. Dark, the psychologist had a big chance but he didn't keep her mind cool. She got desperate asking help for a man that was about to die. She had the morals. Blonde on the other way kept thinking about other solutions and how to use what she had as tools. Then when she was about to exit shouts lights off and her foot never left the room. Smart, with morals but very, very self control in a very stressful situation and still looking for solutions instead of staying with the problem. Great choice for a big job. This can help anyone to improve our own tempers and characters, look into ourselves to realize which our real strengths and weaknesses are. Good luck!
Nobody is talking about the guard being the true MVP, man literally let everyone do what they want as long as they follow the rules stated, he even let them steal 2 things from him
I accepted to pass a test at Uni for a psychological department. A list of unrelated questions making no sense together. I answered the best I could. Later I stumbled on the notebook of the professor. He did not evaluate the work done, but our reactions to an exam that makes no sense. I think a blank questionnaire would have done the same. Since then I am very good at job interviews.
I love movies where u cant tell who will win. Most movies like squid game often have a main character competing and its more likely they will win. I enjoyed to see how smart blond was and I was happy to see that a movie finally showed somebody you wouldn't think win.
@Unidentified User The movie is 12 years before Squid Game (and even 2 years before the creator of Squid Game even think about creating it). But yes, a very nice coincident
I have definitely learned that failing to ask clarifying questions when presented with a problem does mark you lower in intelligence because you are not shoeing critical thinking - always ask followup clarifying questions!
What I don't get is the fact that you get disqualified for talking to the invigilator and guard so how the hell did she get away with answering verbally to the guy, cuz they had no way to know of deaf being the CEO and this movie was super circumstantial
soon as i thought “of course the black guy dies” they caught me back😂 had me in the first half. this has to be one of the best recaps yet. super unexpected
i actually had a test like this in uni. in one class we could decide if we want to write a test or a book review to get graded. i was the only one that wanted to take a test. on the exam day i went into the professors office and got my test sheet. it was empty apart from the official things like name and student ID. when i asked him he said i should just write about a topic from class that i felt comfortable about.
Both brown and white have watched squid game 5:41: brown starts talking about VIPs 10:16 : white remembered about squid game and tried to kill everybody
Actually the instruction was "if YOU CHOOSE to leave the room for any reason". Number 2 didn't choose, she was dragged by the guard. She broke several rules, but not that one.
I’m a middle school teacher. I’ve done a version of this in my class with those who answer the question getting a bonus 100% grade and those who don’t face no consequence outside of not getting a bonus. Fun watching them spend 40 minutes trying to figure out how to get the bonus.
Imagine healing bullets being used in public or in battle. "Ayo I got shot over here" "Oh wait imma shoot you with the heal bullet" *shoots them 5 five times*
The whole Deaf being the mastermind was so obvious. Once you've watched enough "Killing Games" (Obviously not a killing game per se) you already know these kind of plot twists. The whole "Foot still inside" was nice tho.
I thought the answer would be to obey the rules and wait for the timer to run out. This would be saying the question was 'Can you obey our rules?' obeying would be the answer. This would be a practical use of testing the candidates: Don't damage or alter the item you are given, Don't leave the area you are assigned, Don't question your superiors. The question and answer were perceived to be simple. Changing the lighting, triggering sprinklers, combining broken glass and spectacles to see tiny text...that's not simple.
He doesn't ask wether they have any questions. He asks "Any questions?" quite a significant difference given the context. He did not ask them for questions, he presented the one they had to answer.
So what are you supposed to do ? Say no out loud? Write on someone elses paper the word no? Or when he asked is there any questions shake or nod your head ?
everyone is missing the point that one of the rules was to not communicate with the invigilator and the guard so answering the invigilator's question would've meant disqualification
@@nochance3914 I understand, I'm not perfect but this is utterly low. A backward thinking. It's like devil already possessed most of people. I'm just sad with how it's generally accepted.
I love how the guard was just chilling there while everything was getting out of hand.. I was surprised when "white" used the guard's hand and was threatening everyone with the gun Honestly I'm glad and really satisfied that he didn't won and that the bullet wasn't actually a bullet but that magical medicine..
I knew that deaf was the CEO about like 5 minutes into the movie. The typical plot twist when the people that organize these kind of games like to watch it from up close or even being part of them (Saw 1, Squid game, etc). This is just another day in the office. The team all have skills and flaws. In order to keep the organization going they need to cooperate but situations like this are very common (LOL). The CEO is usually just like Deaf... He/She is just there but its completely useless.
And they typically look handicapped. Saw 1 dead, Squid game old guy with dementia, here deaf french dude barely speaking. In a sense, the least suspicious characters around.
This movie actually spoiled Squid Game for me cause I expected one of the contestants to be the head or designer of the game. It was just a matter of figuring out who. The old man was the obvious choice cause he's player number 1 and every game made him recall his childhood, but I also suspected Sang-Woo a couple times. But by episode 5 I was convinced
More Puzzle room or Escape room. Sg wasnt it's didn't stay with game rules in place ..it changed it. Anyone goes. Smh part 2 should not be different n beside those are America games lol Everyone world wide be safe in this on going Pandemic Virus Still.
Wait they designed the whole exam over the idea that no one would answer yes or no when the guy asked if anyone had anymore questions? That would've been a short movie. "Does anyone have any question?" "Yes, where is the bathroom?" "Congratulation, you're hired".
"yes!" "Just kidding, you talked to me, the invigilator; and thus proving the point that this comment is not true". Edit: I'll make it clearer If anyone responds "yes" or "no" they are literally responding the invigilator's questions. And one of the points said you will be disqualified if they are talking to the invigilator
My mom once took a test where the instructions at the top said "Write your name on this test and then immediately turn it in" and she was the only one who actually read the instructions, everyone else did the whole test.
No it’s not. It’s quite easy you just answer “no sufficient information is provided.” A lot of question like this are on exams meant to trick you. Just gotta be smart.
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I was at university with the writer/director; Stu Hazeldine. We started off making short films there on Super 8 and VHS video. I got to see a private screening of this before it was put on general release...back in the day we both wanted to be feature film directors: He's now a scriptwriter, mainly, and I ended up being an assistant director on TV and music videos! Nice to see this film of Stu's get an analysis video after all these years.