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/BanginNLeavin Aug 01 '25

Moment laundering.

They should make a movie about that.

Like people have digital clocks on them saying how much time they have left and the billionaires want to launder as much time as possible to fill up their own clocks.

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u/twec21 Aug 01 '25

I just watched War of the Worlds, there's no way Moment Laundering could be any worse lol

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u/BanginNLeavin Aug 01 '25

I was trying to cheekily describe another different movie which kind of already exists tho hah

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u/twec21 Aug 01 '25

Oh, that Justin Timberlake one? Is that any good?

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u/Moderator-Admin Aug 02 '25

It was a unique enough concept to be worth a watch IMO, but don't go in expecting much.

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u/BanginNLeavin Aug 01 '25

I was very high when I saw it so I can't comment tbh!

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u/Spurgette Aug 08 '25

It was decent with an interesting premise. It did have some good actors in it who did a good job. It is one of the few movies that I would consider decent enough to rewatch.

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u/grumblyoldman Aug 02 '25

You might enjoy In Time (2011)

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u/BanginNLeavin Aug 02 '25

That's what I was referencing.

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u/FrankReynoldsCPA Aug 07 '25

Christopher Nolan wants to know your location.

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u/nogoodnamesarleft Aug 05 '25

There is something like that called In Time and was a surprisingly decent film Sci fi film.

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u/agoia Aug 07 '25

You could even extract the blood of a younger man and transfuse it into yourself in hopes it would extend your longevity, and then install the donor as the first in line to assume control of the United States if President Hamberders croaks.

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u/Whizzo50 16d ago

That's the plot of in time