Lord of the Flies (2013)

Lord of the Flies is a 2013 American low-budget thriller/horror film. Unlike the previous adaptations, the cast is college students instead of young boys and includes females. It is often considered a combination of the 1990 film and Alkitrang dugo, a 1975 Filipino film based on the book.

Summary
A plane carrying a college football team heading from Los Angeles to Sydney crashes on an uncharted island in a remote region of the South Pacific. The film's plot is virtually the same as the novel and the differences are listed below.

Main Characters

 * Ralph (The head of the college's student council and the main character)
 * Jack (The arrogant and brash captain of the football team and the main antagonist)
 * Owen "Piggy" (An obese, bespectacled waterboy and Ralph's right-hand man)
 * Allison (Ralph's girlfriend)
 * Scott (Ralph's best friend who remains on his side throughout the movie)
 * Cindy (Jack's girlfriend and the only other female survivor)
 * Sam (A football player on Ralph's side)
 * Eric (Sam's identical twin brother who is also on Ralph's side)
 * Roger (Jack's best friend and his right-hand man)
 * Simon (A shy and quiet football player who sides with Ralph)
 * Todd (A deeply religious football player who allegedly saw "the demon" and uses scripture to coroborrate his claims)

Differences Between the Film and the Book

 * The survivors are college students.
 * There are two female survivors: Ralph's girlfriend, Allison, and Jack's girlfriend, Cindy. Allison helps Ralph lead everyone and Cindy initially is on Jack's side, but is driven away by his increasingly primitive behavior.
 * There are two additional survivors: Ralph's best friend, Scott, and Todd, a deeply religious football player. Todd becomes a hunter and Scott is murdered by Roger during the final chase scene.
 * Ralph is always a friend to Piggy, as is Allison.
 * Piggy's real name is "Owen".
 * The survivors were on the island for approximately 26 days (as mentioned by Allison).
 * There is only one school of students.
 * The group does not use the phrases "Biguns" and "Littluns" for each other.
 * The fire that presumably kills one of the boys in the book does not happen.
 * The only characters from the book that are in the film are Ralph, Jack, Piggy, the twins, Simon, and Roger.
 * The survivors are of differing ethnicity and creed. Todd is Fundamentalist Christian, Cindy identifies herself as Atheist, two survivors are African-American, and one is Asian.
 * Allison discovers that Piggy's glasses can make fire.
 * Piggy never mentions his aunt or asthma, although he does mention his parents and grandparents.
 * The Lord of the Flies never talks to Simon in the film.
 * Simon's death is much less violent. Ralph and Piggy also do not take part in killing him.
 * When Jack leaves the tribe, the whole re-election scene is left out; instead, he just leaves the tribe and asks who wants to come with him.
 * Piggy names himself as that is what people have called him over the years.
 * The creature is referred to as "the demon" by Todd, who allegedly saw it.
 * Jack has brown hair.
 * The reason Ralph is voted leader in the film is that 'he's president of student council'.
 * Jack has 10 other football players and Cindy when he leaves Ralph's group.
 * Two flashlights are present.
 * Simon finds the demon at night.
 * Ralph and Piggy are awake when Piggy's glasses are stolen.
 * Sam and Eric defect from Jack's group during the final chase scene.
 * The ending is very different: Ralph, Allison, Cindy, Sam, and Eric lie to the naval officer by claiming that there is no one else on the island, Despite some skepticism, the officer loads them onto his boat and they leave. When the boat is a considerable distance away, Jack and his tribe arrive on the beach and snap back to reality upon seeing the vessel. Realizing what they have done and the fact that they will likely never be rescued, the hunters turn against Jack and lynch him. The final shot in the movie is Jack's head mounted on a stick in the remains of the jungle and the fates of the rest of the hunters are left unknown.

Reception
Like the 1990 adaptation, the movie received mixed to positive reviews, with a slight majority being positive. Most praised the faithfulness to the book, while criticizing the few changes and additions.