An average intelligent movie showcasing naivety, trust, "friendship", sociopathic behavior and of course "unlimited" leaning and overuse of information and communication technologies such as the Net and smartphones.
The story is mildly intelligently told, the acting by the protagonist, cast and to a further degree the antagonist (are) believable and scary.
The storyline gets confused on the way and in the middle forward, lacks impactful events, is not super believable for the characters and involved detectives alike, is needlessly and un-credibly somehow violent toward the end and the ending itself lacks logical continuity and explanation as to the protagonist "desperate" action and the antagonist outcome. The serial-killing sub-plot is not well explored and gets diluted in the main spyware and cell phone control story.
Also, a little too much screen showing various related and unrelated social media messages in Korean (of course) that put an additional strain on the viewer's subtitle reading skills!
The movie overall is not bad, is a truly important production for Net "addicted" people out there, most of them very young, hopefully understanding the message, to try to rely a little less on their cells and #$^! Social media imbroglio and try to start a healthier lifestyle in the near future, if possible!
Though I'm pretty sure that they won't change their way of life and their constant (?-body position and pose) leaning on their cell phones is by itself very scary, let alone the misfits that they may encounter while using them.
The story is mildly intelligently told, the acting by the protagonist, cast and to a further degree the antagonist (are) believable and scary.
The storyline gets confused on the way and in the middle forward, lacks impactful events, is not super believable for the characters and involved detectives alike, is needlessly and un-credibly somehow violent toward the end and the ending itself lacks logical continuity and explanation as to the protagonist "desperate" action and the antagonist outcome. The serial-killing sub-plot is not well explored and gets diluted in the main spyware and cell phone control story.
Also, a little too much screen showing various related and unrelated social media messages in Korean (of course) that put an additional strain on the viewer's subtitle reading skills!
The movie overall is not bad, is a truly important production for Net "addicted" people out there, most of them very young, hopefully understanding the message, to try to rely a little less on their cells and #$^! Social media imbroglio and try to start a healthier lifestyle in the near future, if possible!
Though I'm pretty sure that they won't change their way of life and their constant (?-body position and pose) leaning on their cell phones is by itself very scary, let alone the misfits that they may encounter while using them.
- Screenplay/story: 6.5
- Development: 7.5
- Realism: 7
- Entertainment: 6.5
- Acting: 7
- Filming/cinematography: 7.5
- VFX: 8
- Music/score: 6.5
- Depth: 6.5
- Logic: 5.5
- Flow: 6.5
- Ending: 5.