Circle (2015)

Starring: Julie Benz, Mercy Malick, & Carter Jenkins

Rating: 1 1/2 out of 5 stars

Science Fiction offers fans the chance to explore new worlds and possibilities, that they couldn't possibly imagine. In most cases, this is a good thing, but in others, viewers are simply left pondering. Pondering why anyone would think of something like this or how a film like this could be made. Circle is one of these films, which simply has no point, other than to frustrate viewers. I say this, because as soon as you start watching, you know that what you are watching is terrible, but you still feel obligated to find out what's going to happen at the very end. The film starts in a dark room, with one hundred people standing in red circles. If they try to move, a beam of light kills them, and every two minutes a beam of light kills someone else. The people figure out, rather quickly, that they are subconsciously deciding who the next one to go is, and then spend ninety minutes debating who should live, who should die, and why they are in a position to decide. The whole thing is really without rhyme or reason. There are literally no special effects or anything besides this little room, so the cast is huge. Everyone has their fifteen minutes of airtime and their own say, but in the end, what really mattered and what was it all about? I'm not going to tell you, but the end result of this twisted games, isn't worth the ninety minutes of your life that you will never get back.