The Thinning

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With the emergence of YouTube Red, there has also been an emergence of original films and series. "The Thinning" is one of these films. "The Thinning" is a sci-fi thriller with major dystopian themes. In the not- so-distant future, the population of Earth has reached an all-time high, and in order to keep the population from getting out of hand, students are "required" to take a test at each educational level until they are eighteen years of age that determines whether or not they are fit to live on Earth. This test, known officially the 10-241 test, is also known, as the title of the film suggests, the Thinning. But is everything legitimate? Logan Paul, best known for his work on Vine, stars in the leading role as Blake Redding, son of the governor of Texas and perhaps the most popular kid in his entire school. Blake has become disillusioned by the outcomes of the test, because of what happened to his girlfriend Ellie, played by Lia Marie Johnson, who is perhaps best known for her tenure with Fine Brother Entertainment where she was part of Kids and Teens React. So, when Ellie is "thinned out," Blake decides to teach his father a lesson by purposely failing the test to see if he actually follows through with the Thinning because the governor has to give the official okay before the Thinning actually happens. This prompts Blake's father to alter the ultimate results so that Blake can actually live. This does not sit well with Blake. At the same time, on the other end of the popularity is Laina Michaels, played by Peyton List, who is perhaps best known for her role as Emma Ross on "Jessie" and "Bunk'd." Laine is perhaps the most intelligent student in the entire school, so everyone is completely surprised to find out that she failed the test. This includes her best friend Kellen, played by Calum Worthy, possibly best known for his role on "Austin and Ally" as Dez, who is constantly sending footage from the security cameras to a news station from his dad's account. Throughout the rest of the film, Blake and Laina team up in order to find out what is happening with the tests because they both know something is up. Honestly, this film was a lot better than I expected it to be. The acting was very well-done and the overall story was very good. We've all probably seen or heard of this plot a million times, but the way this one was in this film was actually very good. Michael Gallagher directed and produced this very well and my heart was racing throughout. The ending of this film might not sit well with some viewers. Spoiler alert: Blake and Laina find out that many of the test results have been tampered with, including Ellie's. This somehow, and by somehow I mean by way of Kellen, makes its way to the news and the story is out. Blake's father Governor Redding, who has announced that he plans for President of the United States is faced with a difficult decision, but ultimately decides that releasing those who passed and replacing them with students who failed, including his son, is for the betterment of his reputation. The way he gives his speech close to the end is very reminiscent of politics today. The reason I say that this might not sit well is because it's not a particularly happy ending, but it's very realistic. But, maybe there is something at the end of this film. During the last few scenes, the viewer sees a truck driving towards a fenced-in facility. Then, the scene switches to a maintenance elevator with...the students who were just recently thinned out. As Blake opens his eyes, who does he see but Ellie who had been thinned out the year before. Like another review suggests, this film as the possibility to have sequels. If this does happen, hopefully they can keep the same pace and affect that this one had.

(dear IMDb staff, can you please not delete my reviews because Trump supporters don't like my OPINION? Or because they're right wing, pro-American sycophantic butt kissers? Thanks! Otherwise, please email me the reason why you let my reviews be deleted by right-wingers) So, to solve global warming issues via reducing the population, Americans voted for a law that allows the slaughter of school aged (6-18) kids. That's a ridiculous premise, only put there to invoke fear of any government (except of course, STATE governments, which are magically exempt of abuse..... Texas, anyone?). Anti-government flicks like these always utterly FAIL to make clear that such measures are NOT imposed on "the people". The people actually VOTED FOR THAT. Like they did with Trump, they actually are gambling that nothing bad will happen to THEM, only to "other people" (blacks, Latinos, the poor etc.). And like with Trump, they will discover too late that this isn't so: they TOO will get culled (kicked out of the health care system, see their jobs exported to China). Just take a look at West-Virginia to see the effects of proud rednecks getting exactly what they voted for: sheer misery. The acting, aside from Peyton List is so-so. The lead guy is also way too square jawed, and is kind of repulsive to look at. His chin looks like a pick axe, it's actually like he's a comic book/CGI version of someone real. The production value is not that bad, but since almost everything takes place in the school that's no great accomplishment. The film completely fails to make clear why population reduction via childmurder is preferable to either making abortion freely available to everyone or, simply using green energy, or even nuclear. It seems other countries, like China, ARE TOO, doing exactly that and are of course much more humane than America. Of course, being more humane is quite easy for China if America is acting like Dylan Roof and is BUTCHERING LITTLE CHILDREN. Anything other than that is more humane. Far-fetched? Considering Trump just took health care from NINE MILLION kids, and no-one in the media is making a big stink about it... nope. 1/10 The Melancholic Alcoholic.

I just finished seeing this movie. Too bad you can only watch it on YouTube Red. I think it should have had a theatrical release. I wish it were at least on Netflix, On-Demand, and RedBox. This is a movie starring Peyton List. Peyton List is a young actress that a lot of people are familiar with. She's a natural beauty!! She's been doing shows on the Disney Channel, like Jessie. We also remember her as Holly Hills in the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movies. She was Greg's crush and she was presented with beauty and charm in those movies. This is the only serious movie/action movie I'm aware of her in. She isn't presented for her beauty and charm in this movie like she was in the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid movies. She's instead presented as like an ordinary girl in high school, and intelligent. We see more of the romance between her and the guy she likes, than we ever between with Holly Hills and Greg Heffley. It's nice to see somebody we are familiar with finally in an intense role. Now, we can ask what made this movie great? First, as I mentioned the mood in my title, I'll start with the mood. The movie has a very strong mood to it presented throughout the film. It gives the film a dark atmosphere, and it's not one of the upbeat happy kids programs we remember Peyton List in. The whole idea of The Thinning sounds a little scary. The music, choreography of the scenes, the lighting, the reactions of the characters, the halls, the guys in the masks, and the idea make this a very dark film. The lighting really gives a mood to the film as a lot of the movie takes place in a building with dim red lighting. You could almost swear it was nighttime out, when it was supposed to be day. Another thing that makes the movie great is the idea. We've all taken tests, and we can be familiar with how intense we may be when we are studying for serious tests. We have taken tests in classrooms, and this movie reminds us of comparing our test scores to other students, along with our intelligence. Sometimes we may feel like our test scores determine our intelligence, and feel stupid if we get a low score, even though we should not feel that way. I'm sure you're at least aware that the plot of the movie is about executing people who get low test scores This movie gives a feel of having an intense test session at school as I'm sure most of us if not all of us have felt that way. But, it makes you ask yourself, "what if a test I was taking at school was a life or death situation, like in this movie?" Another thing to mention which makes this movie great, is I thought this movie gave a perspective of the Holocaust. From today's perspective we see the Holocaust and World War II as events that happened a very long time ago, not really effecting us who are alive today. This movie will give you a little perspective of what if something like the Holocaust were happening today in America? At least that's what I thought, even while watching the trailer. It's supposed to take place in the future in an unspecified year. Some of the technology is a little ahead of what we have. But, we see the movie more of a perspective from today because it mostly looks like it takes place today. All in all, this movie was a good movie that will keep you focused on what happens, and feel for the characters. It's a different plot from what I've seen, and again makes us ask ourselves of what if a school test we took, would be a life or death situation depending on our score. That's a scary thought. I'm so happy we finally see Peyton List in a serious role. I'd recommend this movie if you're up for an action movie with a dark mood. This would be it. I really enjoyed the movie, but I'd give it a 9 because of the ending, eliminating a point. The ending didn't really seem to make sense, and makes some of us want a part 2. But, the rest of the movie was enjoyable and I'd definitely recommend it.

How does logan paul ruin everything he touches? this is as bad as that Boo madea movie, but at least madea tries to be annoying for the laughs. Logan is just annoying when hes standing there breathing in this movie. plotholes galore i wont spoil anything if you want to feel like pulling out your hair out of stress just watch this movie. only positive reviews are from his fans from youtube and he somehow has over a million of those.

This is basically "The Purge", but without the horror or any fright. They took the same concept and tried to make it into a PG-13 thriller. There was one good twist, but that was it. The acting was pretty poor. The villain guard was not convincing and I hope to never watch Logan Paul in another movie that is attempting to be taken seriously. I won't deny that there was potential for this film, but as it stands, the fact that the ratings for this are so high is dumbfounding and shows how low our standards have become. It felt like a college movie project and I have to assume that 16 year olds are the audience and intended audience.

The acting was pretty good. All unknowns I think. The premise is fairly up to date. The idea that the government decides who lives and dies based on some idea that there are too many people on the planet is being toyed with today. Agenda 21 is a climate change control program that will allow government to decide where people are allowed to live in order to save the planet. That's a real program that may come into play soon. I liked the part where the little kids are shown propaganda films on how to make the earth happy by allowing themselves to be killed off. It's pretty scary when you think of how it could happen to us today if we don't push back on the far left climate change nonsense. I'm not sure how overpopulated the earth was in this scifi world, but today we hear people say there are too many on the planet when in reality we could fit everyone on the planet in an area the size of the state of Texas living no closer together than in NYC. Hard for many to believe, but it's a fact. We definitely have plenty of room today. In that respect, I liked the way they touched on this political issue and made a very good adventure out of it. Some complained of the ending, but I thought it was very good. I won't say what happens, so there's some mystery left. All in all I was pleased with this movie. I see lots of garbage, and this was definitely not that. There were a few flaws, but they were easy to overlook.

There are definitely spoilers that follow. The requirement to suspend one's disbelief is large in this film. It also seems to be written by a strong left leaning liberal mind but that's almost a certainty in our entertainment culture in the US. First, one must accept that the United Nations has grown to a point where it can dictate to all nations an annual 5% reduction in population as a response to Climate Change. Then it must be accepted that Americans have willingly approved a system that executes a large number of school age children one every year for low test scores. This starts with children in the 1st grade. As if The Purge isn't out there enough already this film includes the execution of what appears to be more than 5% of each school's class when you look at the class size and number of students executed...starting with 5 year old children. I'm not sure if this is supposed to make us fear Climate Change or politicians more as it is implied this is very popular with the Texas government and its Governor who will run for President. Obviously this couldn't have happened in California, right? The big twist at the end is that a huge global business is behind it all and the kids aren't actually being executed...they're being forced to work at the factory making the tablets the students use for the annual test. It didn't show any younger or older children at that point so maybe they work for one year and then they execute them...hard to know...what is certain is that even 5% of every child taken every year would be way more tablet assemblers than required. They take 5% every year from 1st to 12th grade...essentially only 54 of 100 survive to graduate high school. Here is another thing that must be accepted...the parents who allow their children to go to school one day knowing 1 in 20 won't return home also do not demand their body to have a funeral..to bury. These are just a few of the major things you must accept to begin enjoying this movie...a low budget is not responsible for a nonsensical story plot.