GZahn

The tale of a socially-awkward man that becomes famous from one moment to the next, and finds himself unable to cope with it.

Albeit based on a fantastic premise, the whole movie makes us take a deep look inside. What is fame? What would you do if fame struck by accident? Who are you, really? How would you react to becoming famous from one day to the next? Questions get asked and the answers that really matter are not in the movie, but in you. As someone in the academic world, many scenes and lines just ring a bell. I guess it might be the same for most self-aware people, though.

Watch it, with your mind open, and grasp some of the questions and dilemmas that arise.

The movie itself isn't all that bad - it is catchy, rewards you with some tension and doesn't rely too much in hold-your-breath action sequences, as most of the present day thrillers do.

There are two issues, though.

First, and less troublesome, the plot. Nothing new, something of a mashup of Speed,Crank, and Phone. Booth. Really.

Second, and much worse, is the development towards the end - and the end itself. When the movie reaches its final sequences, there are plenty of moments when Liam Neeson's character could escape the situation, but he doesn't. The police response makes no sense at all. And worse, MUCH worse, is the ending, where essentially they forget all about how gravity works - the idea that it pulls you down, not sideways, and produce a completely unsatisfying end that leaves you with that feeling that you've just thrown 90 min of your life away (the worst thing is: this could be easily avoided, the director just decided to add a minute of tension, while making Newton and Galileo shake in their graves).

You could argue the acting is pretty bad, the special effects are absolutely poor and all that, but believe me: if you want a little over an hour of good old fun, this movie may well be for you.

The story is simple and maybe not that original, but works well. The scares work well, too. And, simply put, it works.