Would You Rather (film)
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| Directed by | David Guy Levy |
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| Written by | Steffen Schlachtenhaufen |
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| Cinematography | Steven Capitano |
| Edited by | Josh Schaeffer |
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| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Would You Rather is a 2012 American psychological thriller film starring Brittany Snow and Jeffrey Combs. It is based on the party game "would you rather," and centers on Snow's character, Iris, as she attends a dinner party, where she must partake in a life-threatening game to help her sick brother secure a donor. The film premiered at Screamfest 2012.
Iris, a young woman caring for her sick brother Raleigh, is unable to afford his treatment costs. Her brother's oncologist, Dr. Barden, introduces Iris to Shepard Lambrick, a philanthropist, who offers her a deal: if she wins a parlor game at a dinner party, his charitable foundation will pay for Raleigh's leukemia treatment and locate a bone marrow donor for him immediately. Dr. Barden was a former winner of the game. Iris reluctantly accepts.
The next day at Lambrick's manor, Iris is introduced to his son Julian and the other contestants: Lucas; Travis, a war veteran; Linda, an elderly, paralyzed woman; Peter, a gambling addict; Cal; Amy; and Conway, an alcoholic debtor. A steak and fois gras dinner is served but, Iris, a vegetarian, initially declines to eat it. Shepherd then offers her $10,000 to compromise her principles, and so she eats the steak. When Shepard realizes Conway is a recovering alcoholic, he offers Conway $10,000 to drink a glass of wine. When Conway declines he then offers him $50,000 to drink an entire decanter of Scotch. Conway accepts the $50,000 and reluctantly drinks the Scotch.
After dinner ends, the game begins. Shepard reveals it to be a version of the party game "Would you rather...?", in which players must choose between two options. Shepard gives his guests the opportunity to leave without playing, but everyone stays. After Shepard's butler, a former MI5 agent named Bevans, wheels in an electric shock machine, the drunken Conway attempts to leave but is shot dead. Each contestant is then forced to choose between shocking themselves or another person.
In the second round, each contestant must choose between stabbing someone in the thigh with an ice pick or whipping Travis three times with a sjambok. Travis submits to being whipped by Iris and Lucas to save anyone from being stabbed. Knowing Travis will not survive another whipping, Peter stabs and accidentally kills Linda when he hits her femoral artery. Cal agrees with Amy and chooses to whip Travis, who is eliminated when he becomes unresponsive.
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