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The Circle
Fraternity / Fraternité
Canada / USA 2001
produced by Gary Howsman, Anthony Esposito (executive), Harel Goldstein (executive), Tova Laiter (executive)
directed by Sidney J. Furie
starring Treat Williams, Robin Dunne, Gianpaolo Venuta, Daniel Enright, Dylan Trowbridge, J. Adam Brown, Jamie Robinson, Malin Ackerman, Aaron Poole, Gordon Currie, Stewart Arnott, Alex Karzis, Anaya Farrell, Ken James, Dan Petronijevic, Leland Tilden, Jack Newman, Jenniver Hill, Michael Zeldin, Harvey Sokoloff, Jim Thorburn
written by Brian Hannan, music by Gary Koftinoff
review by Dale Pierce
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The Circle, also issued as Fraternity in some places isn't a bad
film.
The plot might be a bit tired, but it isn't unwatchable by any means.
Secret Society themes have been used and reused in film over the
decades. Remember The Lords Of Discipline, The Brotherhood Of the Bell
and The Skulls ? Well this movie does more of the same.
A group of students at an all male school called Runcie, decide to
create their own secret society which does favors for each other and
helps them gain good grades by cheating. When a file cabinet is broken
into, the administration puts two and two together and the secret club
is called on the carpet. From there, things take a violent twist.
Which student will rat out whom ? What student is willing to kill the
others in order to save his own ass? What student trying to hunt down
the bastard doing the killing will be next in line or will he, playing The Hardy
Boys, be able to solve the mystery?
Well, that's what they get for forming a secret society, trying to cheat
instead of believing in honesty and fair play and for thinking
their clique so much smarter than everyone else, right ? If you think
along these lines, you will actually root for the killer. If not, you
will find it a better than average, but far from spectacular venture.
Gordon Currie, better known for his chilling potrayals of Nicolai, the
antichrist in the Left Behind series and as the sympathetic vampire in
the Canadian cult classic, Blood &
Donuts, appears in this and adds
to his credentials at least. It seems a bit funny to not hear him
speaking with that Romanian accent.
As usual, I am not giving the ending away.
I have seen better, again citing The Lords Of Discipline, The
Brotherhood Of The Bell and The Skulls, but without further compare and
contrast, this one is still worth watching.
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review © by Dale Pierce
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