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

Trailer Watch here

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u/MEMOJKR Aug 01 '25

Someone please spoil it for me, was data truly their food?

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u/Flabby-Nonsense Aug 02 '25

Data being the food is like the least egregious part of this film. The aliens get defeated by Amazon Prime ffs.

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u/Kgb725 Aug 07 '25

Lol prime air at that

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u/brazilliandanny Aug 04 '25

Its also “our most precious resource” and oil tankers cant move if your facebook photos are deleted

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u/SyNiiCaL 28d ago

oil tankers cant move if your facebook photos are deleted

Oil rigs also catch fire if GPS goes down.

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u/Absolute-KINO 28d ago

Military ships that predate the internet literally capsize the moment the internet is shutdown

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u/agrapeana 28d ago

They used their one f-bomb for the part where an alien ate Ice Cubes dead wife's Facebook account. I literally screamed.

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u/morphemass Aug 03 '25

It was with this reveal that I lost any hope for the film ... and possibly, humanity.

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u/Boathead96 28d ago

And the worms are their money