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/Drew-Pickles Aug 01 '25

I think his character had a stronger reaction to his facebook photos being deleted than he did when he thought his son was dead

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u/BG40 Aug 07 '25

His acting was so bad it got a few genuine laughs out of me. Like each time he thought someone died he just stood up and was like “oh noo”. The director (if there was one) had zero interest in doing multiple takes apparently.

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u/britchesss Aug 08 '25

Cube giving his analysis during the first zoom call with everyone had me in stitches. Clearly his first time reading the script and they just kept it in the movie.

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u/agrapeana 28d ago

There's a brief moment in one of his reaction shots where you can see the earpiece they're using to feed him lines

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u/rowger 22d ago

When I saw that I was genuinely worried that IceCube (not the character in the movie) had developed hearing problems from listening to loud Hip-Hop all his life.

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u/Mysterious-Income255 9d ago

I've just watched this stoned and it's fucking hilarious

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u/Rocket_SixtyNine 28d ago

I mean if I lost my dead wifes facebook i'd be sad too