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Nacho Vigalondo's latest is a cat and mouse thriller that takes place entirely on a computer desktop, with various windows to webcams popping up and edits made by panning between them. Elijah Wood once again finds himself in the centre of a low budget thriller with a very restrictive setting however unlike Grand Piano, the cinematic potential here is far less and they make some pretty big technological jumps to make things work.
Surprisingly the visual style was not a problem for me. I guess it's how we're used to seeing the world now anyway. The story becomes very convoluted and the big twists at the end were real head scratchers. The film manages some genuine tension and the way action plays out in this environment is really interesting.
The suspension of disbelief the film is asking for may just be too large. But it's a fascinating concept and there's definitely parts that work well.
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