取材自美國著名戲劇作家亞瑟・米勒 (Arthur Miller) 不朽作品《嚴峻的考驗 The Crucible》，台灣青春崩壞系電影《時下暴力》首次劇場融入電影拍攝，將舞台劇搬上大銀幕，由劇場界重量級人物謝盈萱、朱宏章，以及影視劇三棲演員王自強、陳家逵、新銳演員李劭婕、呂名堯等跨界演出，八十後年輕團隊「壹玖八七」廖哲毅和陳心龍初生之犢，不畏社會成見，以群眾募資方式打造屬於台灣年輕人的電影。電影與原劇描繪中古世紀女巫審判冤案的劇情雙線併行，以寫實迷幻的風格拍成另類現代校園陰謀，描述一樁高中體罰事件引發而出的熱血抗爭，逐步揭露成長中的殘酷真相和社會的冷漠現況，什麼才是擁抱他們青春靈魂的靈丹妙藥？

Young independent filmmakers Liao Che-I and Chen Hsin-Lung reinvent Arthur Miller’s The Crucible into a modern high school setting in this tense and searing youth film. A group of students accuse a teacher of severe corporal punishment that sent Qin Ai- Lin (Li Shao-Chieh) to the hospital. Unsatisfied with the school’s handling of the matter, the students, led by Ai-Lin’s friend and admirer Li Lun-Hua (Lu Ming-Yao), escalate their protests while the accused teacher denies wrongdoing. As the scandal grows, Lun-Hua notices that the events surrounding them are eerily similar to the play he is reading. Interspersing play scenarios with the film’s narrative, Conspiracy depicts with verve how lies and obsession spiral out of control into persecution and violence.