The warriors

After going through a psychological test showing that they are within the category “normal”, a group of people are divided in to two teams, who will play a war game against each other. That is the starting point in this series. They start out playing small games with psychological aspects, then they are taken to a paintball course where things get more serious, and then on to military exercises in the Swedish woods. The aim of the series is to find out if anyone can be turned in to someone acting in an evil way, and how far they will eventually go. The program is based on Philip Zimbardos classical experiments in the 70s, where it was the prison itself that created the violence. With the recent experiences of western soldiers misusing their power during the occupation of Iraq, this program seems all too relevant.