Movies We Watch

This is a movie about technology, so they never ever date well as they are usually outdated tech wise by the time they show up on the screen. This one unfortunately used a script that appeared to have been written by someone that read WebCams for Dummies in 1998 and then wrote a script that didn’t get picked up until 2002 and no one bothered to update it in the least.

So here you have 4 “computer experts” having to explain a firewall and web cam to the chief of police. This film was not much more than a sad update to 8mm, taking snuff off film and putting it on the web (live).

Oh, and the acting was stiff, wooden, bad, uninteresting, unnatural, and just icky. Chiwetel Ejiofor, how hungry were you to have taken this film? You are such a good actor, this film took you down with it.

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Thomas is a young computer specialist who spends most of his (spare?) time on the net. He logs regularly on Cathy’s site and apparently runs a very strong – but platonic! – relationship with her: they only see each other through web cams. One day, while Thomas is connected, Cathy is murdered under his eyes. But when he calls the police to try to “do something” he realizes that he doesn’t even now her “real” name or address…. Apparently the only witness, Thomas will soon find himself involved in the investigation held by Claire, a young police officer who’s also a web specialist. Together they will discover in the real world as well as in the virtual one, very weird things….