Invasive

I stumbled across this film and decided to give it a chance. At first, it does appear low budget and the first "test", which we would come to learn about later felt a little cheesy but passable. As the film carries on, we meet three lead characters, one of which is rich but has an odd, sort of dry humor/douche like dismissive nature to him. Strange but observant as you watch him. Then we meet the two other leads, one of which we learn some backstory on (female) and the other (male) we only learn little things about as it's revealed.

Now, watching this film you wouldn't really know what the plot is about but we see these characters live their best life by taking advantage of others with reason. And this is where things start to unfold because of what is first seen followed by what is eventually found. At this point, this is where the film feels more solid. The rich, odd man oddly resembles actor Jeremy Sisto and Christian Bale, and there's moments where you get a little bit of "American Psycho" vibes in the disturbing portrayal of himself.

When the secrets are revealed behind what's really happening in this house, the drama unfolds between multiple characters. The film holds your attention pretty decently to its end. I rate this one a 7/10.

Staying late after a party, a woman looking to squat in a billionaire's elite mansion home inadvertently discovers the shocking secret to his fortune when the revelation that his life-saving medicinal cures are tested on other random strays like her and must try to get out of the situation alive.

This was a generally disappointing thriller without much going for it. The main aspect that this one has for it is the idea that there's a shocking secret unearthed within the lab and the survival instincts to get out alive before everything falls south. This is handled incredibly well with the initial reasoning for her being there and staying at the property only to find everything upended when the owner returns ahead of schedule and sets out carrying on the day-to-day life he normally leads unaware of her presence until trying to get away alerts them that something's going on. This starts a thrilling and generally intriguing series of chases around the house where the gruesome nature of the experiments being performed and how it all takes place inside the cramped confines of the one location makes everything feel all the more tense with some surprising revelations at play helping to enhance the experience. It's what pretty much makes this one enjoyable overall. There are some issues here holding this one down. The main detriment of the film revolves around the lack of macabre shenanigans for much of the running time. With so much of the first half revolving around the two sitting around the house enjoying their time alone in a lavish technologically-impactful mansion that allows for a lighthearted feeling until it gets to a point where they have a more distracted idea the more they stay there. Very little of this tends to be dark or thrilling which makes for a sluggish time to get going as there's barely anything going on that makes for a generally tense time until halfway through so it all comes together rather lackluster. That also highlights the series of twists present highlighting the overlong finale where it keeps introducing plenty of additional elements to keep everything going for little payoff which is what holds this one back.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, and Brief Nudity.

Excellent. Captivating. The lead actress is extraordinarily talented. She was similarly great in the Blood and Water series also filmed in South Africa.

The movie does contain disturbing images but it didn't give me nightmares.

Very topical subject and lots of high tech gadgetry.

Please check out the Netflix series Blood and Water. Khosi Ngema is definitely one of my favorite actresses. Very beautiful. Toughtful and expressive.

This was filmed in Capetown South Africa. 🇿🇦 Professionally done. Well acted. Good story.

I would watch anything this actress is a part of...she's THAT good.

10 stars.

IMDB should allow users to rate a movie 0.

Painful to watch seriously. Horrible acting, especially by the Kayleigh character. I saw this movie only based on the positive reviews for this movie on IMDB but sampling bias is to blame I guess.

There is no story to be honest. You could shoot this movie in 30 minutes and still it would be the same. The antagonist and his monologues are so irritating. The director wanted to make it seem profound but it was lame. He keeps on saying about people wasting his time and he keeps wasting his. After a point, it became predictable and I blurted out laughing.

This is the type of B-grade (or is it C-grade or even D-grade) movie which requires you to leave your brain at home. The first 5-10 minutes seemed promising and OMG did the movie go downhill after that or what. You cannot relate to any of the characters. Repeat any of the characters. Be it the two couples or the policeman or the experimental subjects. Predictable is another adjective which aptly describes the movie. I could predict the twists and turns (which seemed to impress some of the other reviewers) in the movie a mile away. Yawn !!

Sometimes you get the idea of a movie and do not make it. This movie belongs to the above category.

This movie was much much better than I expected and I am happy about it! I put this movie on for background noise, thinking it was gonna be a goffy script and even goofier acting, but surprise surprise!

I have to say.that I low key hoped that the villain would be a vampire.lol Yes, there are a few things that happen that require suspected reality or better yet, for the viewer to not take the movie as non-fiction...no different than any other fictional movie. That said, there was also a part of me that kind of wanted the heroine to have a change of heart and join the villain, buuut that desire did not last long at all, more like a brief thought. Kudos to every actress and actor. Kudos to the director and every person that made the movie possible. I have no complaints.