The Thinning: New World Order

The Thinning: New World Order (2018) is a dystopian thriller you can watch online on iFILM. Director Michael J. Gallagher picks up the story of a school exam that decides who lives and who gets cut.

Laney Michaels once exposed how the Thinning test was rigged, and now she's working inside Governor Redding's campaign. His son Blake, meanwhile, sits trapped in an underground camp for students who failed — and he's planning the kind of escape no one before him has dared to try. Logan Paul, Peyton List and Lia Marie Johnson lead the cast. At a tight 89 minutes, it never lets the tension settle.

The film grew out of a web series, and it hits the anxieties of the YouTube generation head-on: scores, ranking, the cost of one wrong answer. Good pick if you like Hunger Games-style teen dystopia without the heavy melancholy. Stream The Thinning: New World Order (2018) online on iFILM.