I've never been so disengaged from a story that is actually pretty good. I admire what they're trying to do here with the film, but the whole thing feels like a very long TikTok rather than a film. It tries to pull you in with short bursts of engaging content while not really hitting any emotional beats. There's loads of twists and turns, but everything feels flat and never hits an emotional note because get time to see how the characters are feeling. It's assumed we understand the complexity of their emotions from what we see on the computer screen. And for me, this did not land. I've grown up with this technology, but this isn't how I wanted to watch a film. It feels like an excellent mystery told the wrong way. I will say the editing is exceptional, and there was a scene towards the end that was fairly tense, but I felt that because it zoomed in on the cameras rather than seeing a bunch of desktop with other apps open. It's clear the filmmaker did this on purpose to emphasise and create tension but the rest of the time it feels sorely lacking. I feel like a bystander watching the story pass me by, rather than feeling engaged with it. I admire what has been attempted but this is not cinema, it's social media.

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