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It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

In this day and age of the internet taking over our lives, this movie seemed like a really good premise. Pierce Brosnan is Mike Regan, owner of a private aircraft firm that is going to try and start up a Uber-type business for private jets. He needs money and his company is going to go public with its stock as long as the SEC approves.When a presentation goes awry because of a computer glitch, a temp employee named Edward fixes the glitch. Mike warms to him and invites the man to his house to help him speed up his internet. Little does he know he has invited the fox into the hen house. When Edward starts to cross the line between employee and friend, Mike cuts him off, then fires him. Upset, Edward hacks Mike's house's security system and takes over control of it. He then starts making life for Mike and his family a living hell. Up to this point, the movie was pretty inventive and imaginative. Then it loses steam. The second half is just a series of overdone action tropes as Mike tries to get Edward out of his life. That was probably the most disappointing thing is how the first half was great and then I was let down. There was a recent episode of the X-Files reboot in which Scully and Mulder are under assault by the "internet" and it was done way better. Had I.T. not gotten lazy in the second half and addressed some real concerns about the invasion of privacy, rather than going for the cheap thrills, it would have been a much better movie. Still it is worth a watch.I was planning to turn my home into a smart home prior to seeing this movie. I think I will just stick to switching on the lights and thermostat myself.

I noted that this movie had a very good rating on Netflix, and having nothing better to do on a week day evening I decided to watch it.As to the plot: well, young IT wizard (Jason Berry) helps out a corporation boss (Pierce Brosnan) . Boss subsequently befriends and employs IT wizard, who then takes an unhealthy interest in Boss's daughter. Boss gets wise to this and sacks IT wizard. IT wizard sets out on exacting a cyber revenge, which ends all rather explosively. Nuff said!The problem with this movie is that it expects too much of itself; it doesn't know whether it wants to be plot driven or character driven. In the end, it settles for a poor compromise. The plot is highly derivative and features in so many previous movies. In fact, if they had spent a little more time unraveling the psychology of the villain (Jason Berry), which was a missed opportunity, they would have had a better plot line.In terms of the characters, I can't image that Pierce Brosnan, Anna Freil, and Jason Berry, have had less demanding roles. I was left having no sympathy for any of the characters, whether they be villains or victims. I came to the conclusion that I was the victim or a rating hoax. After an hour, I was willing the film on to a speedy conclusion. Ten minutes before the end I decided to do the washing up and watch the remainder over my shoulder.The movie lacks plot development, character development, but above all else it lacks 'watchability'.

I had high hopes for this movie. Alright, not high but decent! Pierce Brosnan rarely give a poor performance and James Frecheville had just the right amount of crazy in his character, so the layup was alright.Although there is nothing in this film I can view as a "oh that was a first"-moment or a truly climactic moment when it all just comes together. Every part of it, EVERY part of it feel like it's taken from the "Moviemaking for dummies"-manual. Even Brosnans accent was all over the place, for the first 20 min I didn't get why the Irishman was playing a Canadian without background about it.Everything from the job story to the kid and the "old man wanting to go back to a simpler time" was just bad. Don't see the movie, if you've seen other movies you've seen this one without wasting 90 minutes of your life.The main reason I didn't turn it off to see something else was the stubborn hope that it would come some sort of twist at the end. But I guess the twist was that it ended just as you'd expect after seeing the first 10 min.Michael Nyqvist does play his part really well and the moral fiber concerning the problems you face if you put all of your life online makes this a 3 star rating for me.

Sometimes you have to wonder why some thrillers are being made the exact same way over and over again. Yes this has the added "Big Brother" (who's a crazy person and not related by blood) theme going, but other than that, the clichés are running wild. And not necessarily in a good way. There are strings to this and confused feelings that could have been explored (private taping) more deeply - no pun intended.But the movie opts for the easy, "suspensful" way out. The warning signs are there early and while Pierce Brosnan himself is always able to come off as likable, his character seems to be very oblivious to say the least. It could have been way easier and logic alone would have prevented most of what transpires ... but then again, we wouldn't have this movie ... wait that wouldn't have been that bad now ...