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| runtime = 101 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = $600,000 | gross = }} ''Exam'' is a 2009 British psychological thriller film written by Simon Garrity and Stuart Hazeldine, directed by Hazeldine, and starring Colin Salmon, Chris Carey, Jimi Mistry, Luke Mably, Gemma Chan, Chuk Iwuji, John Lloyd Fillingham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Adar Beck and Nathalie Cox. This film was unofficially remade in Telugu in India as ''Key'' in 2011.〔http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-key/20110718.htm〕〔http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/key/telugu/key-movie-reviews-4380-2.html?sort=negative〕 ==Plot== The film is set in present-time United Kingdom in an alternate history. Eight candidates dress for what appears to be an employment assessment exam; they enter a room and sit down at individual desks. Each desk contains a question paper with the word "candidate", followed by a number, from one to eight. The Invigilator, a representative of the company named DATAPREV, explains that the exam is 80 minutes and consists of only one question, but there are three rules: they must not talk to the Invigilator or the armed guard at the door, spoil their paper, or leave the room. If they do, they will be disqualified. As the exam timer starts, it turns out that the papers are blank; one Chinese candidate is immediately disqualified for spoiling her paper. The seven remaining candidates realize they can talk to each other and work together. "White", who is arrogant and rude, suggests nicknames based on physical appearance: ''Black'', ''White'', ''Brown'', ''Blonde'', ''Brunette'', and ''Dark'', refer to their skin and hair colours, and ''Deaf'' for one candidate who does not pay attention to the others. The candidates use the lights, bodily fluids, and fire sprinklers to reveal any questions on the paper, with no luck. It is revealed that the company in question is responsible for a miracle drug which a large part of the population are dependent upon after a viral pandemic, including ''Brunette''s partner. ''White'' takes control of the group and engineers the disqualifications of ''Brunette'' and ''Deaf'' for spoiled papers. ''White'' taunts the others, saying he knows the question but will not tell them. ''Black'' subdues ''White'' and ties him to a chair; ''White'' says he needs his medication, implying he has the virus, but the others do not believe him. ''Brown'' then accuses ''Dark'' of being a plant from the company, as she demonstrates much knowledge about the internal workings of the company. After ''Brown'' tortures ''Dark'' into revealing that she works for the company, ''White'' goes into convulsions, showing he has the disease. ''Dark'' asks the unseen Invigilator for help and is disqualified. ''Blonde'' retrieves the medication for ''White'', reviving him, and the others release him, demanding to know the question; White suggests that there is no question and that the company is going to hire the last remaining candidate. ''Black'' steals the guard's gun, but it requires the guard's fingerprint ID, giving ''White'' time to steal it. ''White'' forces ''Brown'' to leave the room at gunpoint, disqualifying him, but when he forces ''Blonde'' to leave, she turns off the voice-activated lights, allowing ''Black'' to attack ''White''. When the lights are turned on, ''Black'' dies from a gunshot, and ''Blonde'' is hiding in the hallway, with one foot still inside the room. Before ''White'' can kill her, the exam timer runs to zero. When ''White'' addresses the Invigilator, he is disqualified, as ''Deaf'' had earlier set the countdown forward by a few minutes. ''Blonde'' then remembers that ''Deaf'' had been using glasses and a piece of broken glass with an exam paper earlier but was ignored. Taking the abandoned glasses, she finds the phrase "Question 1." on the exam paper in minuscule writing. ''Blonde'' realises that Question 1 refers to the only question asked of them by the Invigilator: "Any questions?" She answers, "No." The Invigilator and ''Deaf'' enter; the Invigilator reveals ''Deaf'' is actually the CEO of the company and inventor of the cure for the virus, which can also heal any wound. The bullet that hit ''Black'' contained this cure, and he awakens, healed. With the drug about to be released to the public, the company needed to hire someone who was not only able to make tough choices but is also compassionate, which ''Blonde'' had demonstrated throughout the exam. ''Blonde'' passes the exam and accepts her new job. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Exam (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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