42 | The Experiment (2010)

i'm a huge fan of adrien brody, and was excited to see that he stars in this remake of the original german version "das experiment (2001)", which was based off a book, that was based off the real-life experiment done at stanford university in 1971 (http://www.prisonexp.org/). the storyline follows the original pretty accurately, with minor changes here and there to appeal to a more modern, americanized audience. i think the original version was much better, and much darker and intense... but this one does deserve a few kudos. forest whitaker did a great job, as did the other key characters in the film. i think the casting director hit the nail on head with this one! ...but i can't say the same for the writers. just wasn't up to par compared to the original.

3/5 (for reference, i'd give the original a 4/5)