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Before watching a movie, turn on your TV to maximum brightness - then you may be able to see something. But if you watch a dark screen 50% of the time, it's not a problem, you won't lose anything. A boring movie about a dirty (literally) girl who lives in a pigsty and saves energy. The entire movie is shot in a dark room with the windows draped and no lights on in the room. Almost all the light comes from the monitor, you can hardly see anything, not even the faces of the actors. The idea of the movie, the script, dialogues - as it seemed to me written by a junior high school student or a neural network (although, in my opinion, a neural network can write a better script). I did not empathize with the protagonist of the movie, and during the viewing (I watched this "masterpiece" to the end - and it was not easy) I would like that someone would kill her as soon as possible and turn on the light in the room.... My doctor friend said that Covid had a strong influence on some people - and their intelligence decreased (to put it simply, people became dumber), I think this movie is made by such people for "self-similar". I don't recommend watching it.

Loved the concept of a headset ( I'm sure one of these is in development somewhere right now) that allows one to interact with video games with your mind rather than use a controller, like if you play doom you would attack things you see by thinking about it and choosing the weapons by using your thoughts. Pretty awesome to say the least. It would truly change competition gaming to a very high level unheard of in our lifetimes. But this movie goes a bit off the rails as the agoraphobic young girl does a video game competition for a lot of money and her friend bets on her winning to get even more , but her haunting visions take her over and her also dead agoraphobic mother begins to use her and do unspeakable things. She basically turns into a nightmare of a person. Not for the squeamish, some gore, a few really scary bits. I just wish they took it in a more positive direction instead of just another horror movie. Nothing questionable, no nudity or foul language. Not for the kiddos. Enjoy.

After the bad reviews I had read on several websites, I didn't have any faith in this movie.... but until you see it you can't say anything. It's a good drama with touches of sci-fi and horror. The fact that the whole movie takes place in an apartment may put off a type of viewer looking for more action, but in my point of view this fact plays totally in its favor.

The film shows us a very tough mental illness. The fear of the outside world is creepy on its own and as someone who knows what the subject is about, for X circumstances, I can only thank the director and screenwriter James Croke for the respect they show for this disorder.

Two separate mentions deserve the two leads - Alexis Ren as Jen, Hana's (Sasha Luss) only friend and her contact with the outside world is very tender, almost romantic and inevitably tragic. Alexis embroiders it. And what about Sasha Luss in her role as Hana, the woman whose world is based on video games, with a tragic past and a no less sad present. Both of them shine with their own light.

Special mention to the special effects, which fortunately are more effective than gimmicky.

A film full of details that does not deserve such a bad review.

4.2 out of 10 when this review was created.

OK so how many films have the reviewers watched? The low score doesn't equate to the film I have just watched on Amazon. Like a stage play in the one room, most storytelling has been done before but you need to tell it in a new and unique way. The story went along at a good pace and had a start, middle and ending. Plenty of decent action and the headset gimmick was pretty good. I would say the budget was low on this one so kudos for making something unique.

Plenty of movies miss the mark on the entertainment scale and if you are at a loose end looking for something a bit different then just give this some of your time.

So it's not really a sci fi or a horror movie even though there are some elements of it. Kinda like a lower budget black mirror episode. It's a single location movie but it doesn't look low budget the CGI is good in couple of scene where it is used. The acting is fine also.

The movie deals with a terminally online young woman getting a new technology which links her brain with her computer. Stuff starts happening.

The pacing isn't the best there's some filler here considering there isn't an hour and half worth of plot.

The movie is kinda sad and disturbing. Might be triggering to some people.