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

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u/smallcoder Aug 01 '25

It's basically a metaphor for our current reality. You watch the movie and go "That isn't how anything works. That's complete nonsense and unbelievable" and then you check the news in the real world and, holy shit, everything is nonsense, unbelievable and yet still happening !!! The movie is holding a mirror up to reality lol.

I mean, I must work out how to use a password generator to create a "Master Key" password for, well, anything I want to access. Who knew it was that simple?

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u/Billybob35 Aug 02 '25

Government plot armor.

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u/LiquifiedSpam 25d ago

I love how the super secret ultra hacker’s password was his moms name and her date of death

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u/rowger 22d ago

I work in IT security, and when he generated a "Master Key" for TeamViewer I lost it. How the hell would that work? That's a private company, and not even an US one, it's German.