Test of Nerves

It is the ultimate test for the ultimate contestants. All eight of them, packed into a room with pencil and paper, and not knowing what the test could possibly be. Exam is not so much about decoding what the content of a particular evaluation process is, as it is about personalities. It is a test of how different people react to a specific circumstance – quiet resignation, logical thinking, violence, anger – and how such a process can be used to select winners from losers. For a movie that is shot in a single room and has an ever-decreasing cast of characters, this one comes through rather nicely

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