Latency

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.

Worst movie ever... trust me you've seen it all in that trailer, you'll lose your time if you ever decide to watch it.

I stumbed on the trailer then said to myself that maybe my sons who are gamers will like to watch this, guess what after a few attempts trying to convince them to watch the movie we all sit down (they haven't seen the trailer) and we watch this.

It was incedibly slow to get to any interesting part which most are from the trailer, after 30 minutes I started to skip 10 seconds here then 10 seconds there without missing a thing because nothing was happening! I don't know why they stretched useless parts so often.

Whatever, I told my sons that exceptionally I will take a few minutes to get on IMDb and write a well deserved review. There am I.

"Latency" has a pretty interesting premise, and the viewer is immediately thrown into some virtual action with the main character, Hana. She is a professional gamer who suffers from acute agoraphobia. Shortly after receiving some highly advanced new gaming equipment, strange things start happening, and it seems like the new equipment is trying to control her. As I mentioned, the premise sounded really interesting, and the effects in the opening scene looked pretty decent. Sasha Luss does a good job as Hana, though her accent slipped a few times.

Another thing that felt unrealistic was the portrayal of this absolutely beautiful and flawless woman, who also has an equally attractive girlfriend, played by Alexis Ren, as a professional gamer who spends most of her time playing online games. While it makes sense in terms of her agoraphobia, it was hard to buy into this setup in the movie. I'm not saying that beautiful women can't be gamers, but in this context, it felt unconvincing.

Another issue is that the movie ultimately leads nowhere, with a narrative that is fairly mainstream and predictable. The ending was unsatisfying, with many questions left unanswered and multiple plot points leading into a void. Overall, the result was pretty unspectacular and below average. [4.7/10]

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.

Based on the low score of reviews, I wasn't expecting much. While more of a psych drama than a horror, it had great moments. The ending definitely felt rushed, and the character development could have used some more work. At the end of the film you are left with more questions about Hana and I definitely think they should have expanded more on her charsgter. The horror elements in the film seemed unnecessary and did not add anything of value to the film. Visually, this film was very pleasing to watch with great CGI and I am a big fan of the set design, I think it told a lot more about the character than the script did. Overall, I liked the concept and things could have been done better but I enjoyed watching.