The Thinning

In 2039, Earth is overpopulated. The United Nations declares that all nations must cut their populations by 5% each year. The United States implements the 10-241 or "Thinning", a standardized test in which those who fail are executed.

Blake Redding, son of Texas governor Dean Redding, is dating a girl named Ellie Harper, both of whom do not study for the exam. Blake passes the exams, while Ellie fails the exam. Blake calls his father in an attempt to free Ellie, but he refuses.

On the day of his last exam a year later, Blake makes a video saying that he will purposefully fail his exam to test his father's loyalty. Redding takes notice of this announcement, and test manager Mason King is ordered by him to pass Blake regardless of his score. Mason switches his score with genius classmate Laina, passing Blake. Teacher Ms. Birch secretly hands a keycard so she can unlock the doors and escape. Blake blacks out the school, allowing Laina to escape. That, however, becomes impossible as the school goes under lockdown. After using the key card, Laina meets up with Blake.

After a series of escapades with the guards, Laina goes to the server room to check the scores. She finds out that test scores are shuffled, resulting in the wrongful deaths of many students with passing scores, like Ellie. Laina gives it to her friend Kellan, who is friends with a news anchor. The power is turned on, and Laina is caught on camera, and is taken to the Thinning. Blake, still in the disguise, attempts to release all the failed students, but gets in a fight with other guards. After the photos are leaked, Redding has no choice but to execute all of those who actually failed, including Blake. As the lockdown ends, Laina is reunited with her younger sister Corrine and Ms. Birch, who has been taking care of Corrine since their mother's death.

Blake and the others are shown in a large elevator underground, where many people are working for tech company Assuru Global. As Blake slowly wakes up from what's actually a sleep drug, he sees a blonde girl working: Ellie.

• Logan Paul as Blake Redding
• Peyton List as Laina Michaels
• Calum Worthy as Kellan Woods
• Lia Marie Johnson as Ellie Harper
• Matthew Glave as Gov. Dean Redding
• Michael Traynor as Mason King
• Aria Lyric Leabu as Corrine Michaels

Adi Robertson of The Verge gave a negative review of the film, describing it, in comparison to other films about teenagers forced into a deadly competition, as "remarkable simply for being such a bad take on the formula."[1]

On November 17, 2017, Logan Paul announced on his YouTube channel that a sequel, titled The Thinning: New World Order was starting production.

On January 10, 2018, YouTube announced that production of New World Order was put on hold, as part of repercussions instated upon Paul for posting a controversial video in which he visited Aokigahara, a Japanese forest known for being a common place for suicides to occur, and filmed a dead body.[2] This sparked outrage across social media against Paul, forcing an apology from himself and repercussions from YouTube, including delaying The Thinning: New World Order and his appearance in the upcoming season of YouTube Red series Foursome, but the criticism still continues.[3]

On October 16, 2018, Logan Paul released the trailer for The Thinning: New World Order. On October 17, Paul premiered The Thinning: New World Order to the public.[4]

• The Thinning at IMDb
• The Thinning at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Thinning on YouTube