The Thinning
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The Thinning is a American 2016 sci-fi thriller produced by Legendary Digital Media and released exclusively on YouTube Red. The film stars Logan Paul, Peyton List, Lia Marie Johnson, Calum Worthy, Matthew Glave, and Ryan Newman, written by Michael Gallagher and Steve Greene, and also directed by Michael Gallagher.
Plot
In a dying world, population control is dictated by an aptitude test in high school. When two students discover the test is all smoke and mirrors and hiding a larger conspiracy, they go against the system to expose the conspiracy and take it down.
Why It's Not Thin
- Terrible acting and dialogue.
- It stars YouTubers/Viners, but not just any, ones known for banking off their looks for attention and followers. The lesson here: A large number of subscribers and followers does not equal acting talent.
- Logan Paul. Of all the people in the world to cast, they chose Logan Paul, a terrible individual whose fame comes from his looks, asinine stunts and comments, and clickbait videos. He also endorses the illegal actions, lies, and racist comments of his brother, Jake Paul.
- The overused dystopian culling off the human population premise, but set in a high school with standardized tests.
- Use of high school jock and bully stereotypes.
- Blake Redding (Logan Paul) is just an over-privileged douche that does not see the consequences of his actions, and his character does not evolve throughout the film.
- They use iPads to do their tests, which would probably never happen, especially when it's shown that one of the characters can hack it.
- Terrible twist ending. Spoiler alert: The kids don't get killed off if they fail, instead they become brain-dead and put into a factory to assemble tablet computers.
- Lack of sufficient worldbuilding, like explaining how the American public came to accept what is essentially eugenics.
Redeeming Qualities
- The fact that Logan Paul's character fails the test and gets taken away does in some way reflect his own level of intelligence in real life.
- The teacher using the female student for sex in exchange for her passing the test, only to let her fail and get taken away, is a horrific yet clever concept which actually seems realistic enough to happen in real-life.
Trivia
- This is the first web movies that is actually had some production and a official distributor, meaning it qualifies as an actual movie.
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