10 Upcoming Movies with INSANE Plots

10. The School Duel

Let's kick this list off with what's sure to be one of the most controversial films of the year - The School Duel.

Todd Wiseman Jr.'s thriller takes place in a dystopian near-future Florida, where gun control has been abolished and the state has come up with a radical solution to curb school shootings - hosting a statewide competition where students fight to the death.

Quite how the full logic of this concept tracks remains to be seen, but given that gun control and specifically school shootings are one of America's great contentious issues, any film that engages with these concepts as heightened genre entertainment is going to draw a heavily polarised response.

The title suggests it'll be more of a 1v1 affair rather than an especially unhinged, stateside take on Battle Royale, but don't be shocked if this one is just too politically sensitive to get much of a substantial release, and ends up being quietly sloughed onto streaming in most territories, regardless of its actual quality.