The Thinning
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Directed by | Michael J. Gallagher |
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Cinematography | Greg Cotten |
Edited by | Brian Ufberg |
Music by | Brandon Campbell |
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Distributed by | YouTube Red |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Thinning is a 2016 American
The film received a lukewarm reception from critics, though audience reception was more positive.
Plot
In 2039, due to Earth's human overpopulation, the United Nations instructs all nations to annually cut their populations by 5%. The United States implements the 10-241 or "the Thinning", a standardized test in which those who fail will be executed.
Blake Redding, son of
On the day of his last exam a year later, Blake makes a video saying that he will purposefully fail his exam to test his father's loyalty. Redding takes notice of this announcement, and test manager Mason King, also head of the Department of Population Control, is ordered to pass Blake regardless of his score. Mason switches his score with genius classmate Laina Michaels, passing Blake at her expense. Suspicious, a teacher named Ms. Birch secretly hands Laina a keycard so she can unlock the doors and escape. Blake cuts the school's power, allowing Laina to escape. That, however, is hindered by the school initiating lockdown. After using the keycard, Laina meets up with Blake.
After a series of escapades with the guards, Laina goes to the
Blake and the rest are taken underground, where many people are working for tech company Assuru Global. As Blake slowly wakes up from what was actually a sleep drug, he sees a blonde girl working: Ellie.
Cast
- Logan Paul as Blake Redding
- Peyton List as Laina Michaels
- Lia Marie Johnson as Ellie Harper
- Calum Worthy as Kellan Woods
- Ryan Newmanas Sarah Foster
- Michael Traynor as Mason King
- Stacey Dash as Kendra Birch
- Matthew Glave as Gov. Dean Redding
- Robert Gant as Vince Davi
- Kiersten Warren as Barbara Michaels
- Jana Winternitz as Ms. Cole
- Patrick O’Sullivan as Mr. P. Glass
- Amy Paffrath as Wendy Banks
- Jeff Corbett as Victor Woods
- Laura Harring as Georgina Preston
- Aria Leabu as Corrine Michaels
- Marcel Nahapetian as Joey Michaels
Reception
Adi Robertson of The Verge gave a negative review of the film, describing it, in comparison to other films about teenagers forced into a deadly competition, as "remarkable simply for being such a bad take on the formula."[1]
Sequel
On November 17, 2017, Logan Paul announced on his YouTube channel that a sequel, titled The Thinning: New World Order was starting production.[citation needed]
On January 10, 2018,
On October 16, 2018, Logan Paul released the trailer for The Thinning: New World Order. On October 17, Paul premiered The Thinning: New World Order to the public.[4]
References
- ^ Robertson, Adi (2016-12-15). "3% and The Thinning are this year's best and worst take on dystopian meritocracy". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Logan Paul, and the toxic YouTube prank culture that created him, explained". 3 January 2018.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (10 January 2018). "YouTube removes Logan Paul from top-tier Google ad platform, YouTube Red projects on hold". Polygon.
- ^ Alexander, Julia (17 October 2018). "Logan Paul's YouTube Premium movie is back on, months after controversy". The Verge. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
External links
- The Thinning at IMDb
- The Thinning at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Thinning on YouTube