- Film Review
- Reviewed By Damon Wise
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2 out of 5
Adapted from his own play by Hunger screenwriter Enda Walsh, this macabre cyber-thriller stars Kick-Ass's Aaron Johnson as William, a charismatic outsider who creates an intimate internet chatroom where guests are hand-picked for membership. On the surface, William is your standard sulky teenage rebel, dismissive of both his rich author mother and authority in general. But what his new online friends don't realise is that he is also a dangerous and damaged individual who has chosen them for their character flaws and is manipulating them all, culminating in an effort to force one of them into suicide. Johnson shines as this amoral Pied Piper, and his sinister mission gives rise to some truly disturbing moments. Sadly, these plausible chills are offset by the film's clumsy youth-movie trimmings, which, through lurid visuals and ripe overacting by its largely unknown support cast, drain most of the suspense and interest from what what was clearly intended as a provocative morality tale.
Plot Summary
Psychological thriller starring Aaron Johnson. Five teenagers meet online, little realising that the most charismatic of them is in fact a dangerous loner, who is soon targeting the most vulnerable member of the group.
Cast and crew
Cast
- William
- Aaron Johnson
- Eva
- Imogen Poots
- Jim
- Matthew Beard
- Emily
- Hannah Murray
- Mo
- Daniel Kaluuya
- Grace
- Megan Dodds
- Rosie
- Michelle Fairley
- Paul
- Nicholas Gleaves
- Si
- Jacob Anderson
- Candy
- Tuppence Middleton
- Charlotte
- Ophelia Lovibond
- Ripley
- Richard Madden
Crew
- Director
- Hideo Nakata
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