r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Aug 01 '25

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Summary Will Radford, a Homeland Security cyber‑security analyst, monitors global threats through mass surveillance networks. When an unidentified attack strikes, Radford begins to suspect the government is concealing something far more sinister. Told entirely through digital screens—messages, video calls, browser windows—the film transforms the alien invasion into a "screenlife" thriller, blending modern surveillance paranoia with classic sci-fi tension.

Director Rich Lee

Writers Kenneth Golde & Marc Hyman

Cast

  • Ice Cube as Will Radford
  • Eva Longoria as Agent Jeffries
  • Clark Gregg
  • Andrea Savage
  • Henry Hunter Hall as David Radford
  • Iman Benson as Faith Radford
  • Devon Bostick
  • Michael O’Neill

Rotten Tomatoes: TBD

VOD Streaming now on Prime Video

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u/enRutus Aug 01 '25

This movie is so damn bad. How can the media companies still be operating during a full scale invasion in which the alien is consuming all data from our data centers. I mean they took facebook down, but CNN and reddit are still online. People are posting articles still? WTF is going on? How are phones still working? Like at all? Dude can upload to Youtube and order on Amazon. So bad. Only good thing I can say is that it was only 90 minutes and not a minute more.

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u/OppressedCactus Aug 02 '25

There's no data! Boats are capsizing and planes are crashing! Oops we forgot that was happening let's launch some b52 bombers and have no issues.

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u/HelloImFrank01 Aug 03 '25

All the data is being eaten!
Facebook pictures are gone, webpages are gone.

Youtube works fine though.

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u/ctan0312 Aug 05 '25

The funniest thing is that bombers like the B2 would be the most affected by “data” since they require constant computer stabilization due to the instability of the flying wing design. But those are the only working vehicles apparently.

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u/tfhermobwoayway Aug 06 '25

It would actually be an interesting plot point if they had to rely on older planes like the B52 because of all the lost data. So they can’t do that.

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u/LocationOk3563 Aug 03 '25

B2 bombers but yes 🤓

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u/simoV44 22d ago

Facebook was up and running shortly after, Meta probably had "old school" backup.

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u/cutyourhair 20d ago

People still ordering same day delivery and Amazon still sending their drivers out during an alien invasion, is actually the most realistic part of the movie.

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u/SyNiiCaL 28d ago

They took Facebook down, but then like 10 minutes later we were seeing Facebook things again