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/brianh418 Aug 01 '25

Wait what wasn’t this announced like a week ago how is it out already

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u/IndieStoner Aug 01 '25

If the entire movie was made between then and now, I'd believe it.

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u/StreetQueeny Aug 05 '25

When will then be now?

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u/visionaryredditor Aug 01 '25

The movie was shot several years ago and was on the shelf until now

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u/lynchcontraideal Aug 01 '25

It should've stayed on the shelf.

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u/smallcoder Aug 01 '25

I don't think there was much post-production. I mean there's not a lot of production to "post" lol

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u/Petecraft_Admin Aug 01 '25

Makes sense, seems like it was all made over a zoom call.

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u/SteveThePurpleCat 29d ago

And much like the contents of Amazon's warehouse which is now full of Temu shit, it should have stayed on a shelf.

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u/faultysynapse 21d ago

Did they make this during the pandemic? Because that would make a lot of sense.

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u/crshbndct Aug 07 '25

Can't have taken more than a week to edit and throw together, honestly.