I feel sorry for the ridiculous reviews from viewers that have not seen "Das Experiment" and are happy watching this silly American crap. The writer and director Paul Scheuring is ridiculous, using sexual premises and sadistic situations freely. The decadent Forest Whitaker is awful, and he should have paid more attention in the acting of Justus Von Dohnanyi in the original film, as the sadistic Berus, instead of using grimaces.
Hollywood, as usual, made a remake showing how to destroy the German masterpiece. "Das Experiment" is a must-see movie, which will certainly provoke reactions on the viewer.
Tense, powerful, having a wonderful screenplay and outstanding direction and performances, it is another great example of how the absolute power corrupts. The German "Das Experiment" is one of the best and most powerful movies of the Twentieth-First Century. Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 1 / 10 How to Destroy a German Masterpiece Under those circumstances, Travis, or the rebellious Prisoner #77, will have to explore his limits. However, devoid of their civil rights and their identities, the volunteers will soon find themselves dragged into a dangerous and volatile situation, as the sadistic warders begin to take extreme pleasure in enforcing their authority. Now, inside a controlled environment, two hand-picked groups of twenty inmates and six guards must follow a simple set of basic rules, while high-tech cameras monitor the entire makeshift jail.
For a handsome $1,000-a-day reward, the unemployed pacifist, Travis, decides to take part in a controversial two-week behavioural experiment that will attempt to simulate life within the prison walls.