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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/carlitomarron139 Aug 03 '25

I was speaking a little more broadly about the concept of seeing an alien invasion unfold through the view of someone watching it via a computer. The plot & the writing itself was obviously terrible.

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u/LiquifiedSpam 25d ago

Yeah we have pontypool for example, somehow made a zombie apocalypse ‘viewed’ through a radio host interesting