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3.0 out of 5 starsA FILM WITHOUT AN ENDING THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
Reviewed in the United States ๐บ๐ธ on July 26, 2021
THIS FILM HAS A STORY THAT IS BARBARIC AT THE CORE, WHERE INTELLIGENCE TESTS DETERMINE WHO WILL LIVE OR DIE. IF YOU PASS YOU LIVE, IF YOU FAIL YOU DIE. IN THIS STORY APPARENTLY MANY OF THOSE WHO PASSED WITH HIGH SCORES WERE ALSO FOUND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NO PASS GROUP, THAT IS THE SCANDAL WHICH IS UNCOVERED BUT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IS NOT REVEALED. BUT THE REAL AND HIGHER ISSUE, THE EXTERMINATION OF INNOCENT NORMAL TEENAGERS EAR MARKED FOR DEATH BECAUSE THEY FAILED AN INTELLIGENCE TEST IS COMPLETELY BY PASSED THE ABHORRENCE OF THIS IDEA IS TOTALLY IGNORED AND THE ENDING COMPLETELY UNRESOLVED THERE IS A SCENE AT THE END WHERE MEDICAL PACKS ARE BEING PREPARED FOR WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND THE PROTAGONIST OF THE FILM A DRUGGED STUDENT ON THE WAY TO HIS DEATH SEES HIS GIRL FRIEND HANDLING THE PACKS, TO WHAT END? YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE. THIS FILM IS IN A REAL SENSE FASCISTIC. ALMOST A PARODY OF WHAT THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND HIS REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE TRYING TO DO IN 2021, TO RESTRICT THE VOTING RIGHTS OF ITS CITIZENS
STAN TAUB, REVIEWER