There's a computer
hacker named Josh (Joanthan Tucker) who
hacks at other computers but he invades
the computer of Douglas Ziegler who is
developing a wireless signal and
accidentally releases a mysterious and
deadly force in which it gives people a
virus that they die from as well as
generating a suicide epidemic and
incresing the force and they seem to get
in when you log into your e-mail or cell
phone.
His girlfriend Mattie (Kristen Bell)
spotted Josh hanging himself as she also
encounters her other friends dying from
all of this in which she talks to her
shrink Dr. Waterson (Ron Rifkin) but he
thinks that she's being too paranoid.
She meets up with someone named Dexter
(Ian Somerheider) as they plan to make a
virus to put a stop to the worlds
destruction by this force and to save all
humankind but this force seems to try to
stop them from doing so and each town is
starting to get deserted too.
I love these types
of films imagining that electricity
especially from computers can come out
and get you by spreading a virus and
dying from it.
Borrows heavily from White Noise
but yet is not a ripoff to the film which
makes you jump almost as much with just
as much good special effects too.
The story was hard to understand but
still it doesn't matter as we have alot
of great shocks and performances
throughout the films plotline.
Good dark pictures makes it good so you
won't know what will come out and get you
making it a nice shocking surprise.
If you love ghostly invasions then this
is the film for you.
The acting is
quite good as Kristen Bell shows
terrific fearful expression and emotions
to her part. Plus she speaks very well
with her lines proving herself a worthy
character actress. She showed nothing but
terrific energy throughout all of this.
Ian Somerhalder is not too bad in
his role either showing a nice
seriousness to his part and being
energetic alot with the haunting around
him.
Rick Gonzales really stood out in
his part showing some interesting
characteristics to his part and really
knew how to act choked up during his
final part in the story.
Jonathan Tucker pulls it off
perfectly with his intense actions and
upsetting emotions as the first victim in
the film.
Ron Rifkin does a nice job with his
opinionated behavior as a psychiartist
making his part very real as a not so
sympathetic character.
We have a perfect effective cameo by
Brad Douriff as someone in a diner
since he really brings out his insanity
to his part.
There's a perfect
start with supporting actor Jonathan
Tucker walking the streets looking
nervous and looking around and then going
to a building with a silent feel to it.
Great shots on him looking around at a
library with some quick camera shots too
and other terrific shots like on a light
above flashing and the book shelf alley
ways. The best shots are with Tucker
slowly staring into a book shelf with an
empty space and then the camera focuses
into the space and then bit part actor John
Jurgens as a phantom leaps and and
grabs him which is guaranteed to make you
jump.
There's a great dark moment with lead
actress Kristen Bell walking to
her boyfriends apartment with a good
camera shot lloking down on her when she
is at his door and reaching for the key
on the top with her peeking in the door
calling to him. There's many goos camera
shots on her looking around in his suite
along with her opening his friedge and
spotting maggots with a good shocked
reaction on her and then a good
background shot on Tucker coming
from behind some plastic drapes walking
past her acting silent along with her
just wondering what the hell is going on.
Then there's perfect shots on Tucker
hung in a room with a frightened
expression on Bell's face
backing up.
There's many effective dialogue sequences
between Bell and supporting
actor Ron Rifkin as a
psychiatrist.
We have some great shots on supporting
actor Zach Grenier walking
towards a bus and the bus swerves.
Many good close up shots on Bell,
Christine Millian, Rick
Gonzales and Samm Levine at
their computer messaging to one another
and then a good shjot on a repeated
message by Josh saying HELP ME.
A nice shot on a corridor in Josh's
apartment room with Gonzales checking
things out with other angle shots when he
explores each room. A great close up shot
on Gonzales shocked at what he sees in a
room with a good effects image on a sprit
ghost along with him running and trying
to hide beside a bed. Then a great camera
shot looking up on the spirit looking
down with him screaming in terror.
A nice dialogue between Bell and
supporting actress Octavia Spencer as
a landlady having a brief argument.
We have another good argument between Bell
and Ian Somerhalder about the
computer that affected Josh.
There's a great dream sequence with Bell
walking around town showing torn down
buildings with Tucker standing
on one of the buildings along with some
fast action caemra terror shots.
We have a nice reaction on Tucker
in her bathtub screaming after she sees a
ghostly image in the water.
There's a perfect shot with Bell
standing in the streets and a watertower
behind her with someone jumping off.
Another great dark shot on Bell
in washroom and listening to a toilet
doorway with a good shot on her and a
ghostly image on the other end and then a
good shot looking up with her pushing the
door open and then a nice shot on a crack
of a door with an eye of a spirit looking
and Bell running out.
A good shot on Gonazales
freaking out like a child with Levine
watching him shocked and then some great
camera shots on Levine covering his room
with red tape.
A nice shot on Somerhalder and Bell
watching his computer with a dvd
installed showing Tucker trying
to keep his sanity about something but
just losing control which looked
extremely effective too.
There's a good dialogue between Bell
and Somerhalder discussing on
what's happening in a diner along with a
perfect camera shot on supporting actor Brad
Douriff acting crazy towards them
and getting demanding of what is
happening out there which gave it that
perfect strange feel to it.
Nice shots on Milian doing
laundry in the laundry room and talking
to bit part actress Riki Lindhome
as a neighbor doing laundry in which she
does well by behaving stand offish.
A perfect spooky direction on Milian
in the laundry room when she hears a
banging sound in one of the dryers and a
good shot on the door opening with
clothes being thrown out and all of a
supporting actor Joseph Gatt
climbs out and then hissies towards her
in which she does a great job by freaking
out and having wide eyed expressions too.
A nice presence by Milian rising
up from her bed after Bell walks
in as she does well not sounding good
telling her what these spirits want and
then dying with a effects on her
crumbling to dust and Bell
getting upset.
There's perfect camera angle shots on Bell
and Lindhome walking in a
deserted townand then bit part actors
playing residents named Robert
Crotworthy, Moira Price and
Di Quon catches them by surprise
and freaking out about what is going on
and to turn off power which looked truly
intense.
A terrific intense presence by supporting
actor Kel O'Neill obsessing on
taping up the room and acting crazy
towards Bell and Lindhome
first crying and then laughing
hysterically.
Some excellent fast camera shots circling
around Bell with a spirit as well as
showing her frightening expression during
many takes.
Terrific shots on a bunch of hands
grabbing Bell as she struggles.
Elia Cmiral composes
some great hissing sounds with some
awesome banging effects which will make
you jump with the story. There's also
some effective humming sounds too as well
as some scraping noises too.
Mattie
Webber: Just like Josh said, he
pulled something through...
Dexter McCarthy: Pulled ghosts
through the Wi-Fi? I just doesn't make
any sense.
Thin Bookish Guy: [adding to
their conversation] It makes all the
sense in the world. Do you have any idea
of the amount of data that's floating out
there? The amount of information we just
beam into the air? We broadcast to
everyone where we are, and we think we're
safe? The whole freakin' city is going
insane, and we're acting like it's
nothing. Well, it's not nothing. It's
something we don't understand, and it is
coming for us.
Goth Girl: You're freaking us out,
man.
Thin Bookish Guy: It's the end of
the world. That's what it is.
Goth Girl: Maybe it's the booze in
your coffee.
[last
lines]
Mattie Webber: We can never go
back. The cities are theirs. Our lives
are different now. The things that were
supposed to connect us to each other,
instead connected us to forces we could
never have imagined. The world we know is
gone, but the will to live never dies.
Not for us... and not for them.
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