Style: Thriller
Director: John Moore
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott, Michael Nyqvist
Working Time: 95 minutes
Synopsis: Personal jet aviation tycoon Mike Regan (Pierce Brosnan) is searching for approval to take his firm public. He lives in a contemporary technology-enabled dwelling together with his spouse Rose (Anna Friel) and 17-year outdated daughter Kaitlyn (Stefanie Scott). Unbiased IT assist technician Ed Porter (James Frecheville) proves succesful at work, and Mike asks him to troubleshoot his dwelling’s sensible system. However Ed is unhinged, turns into obsessive about Kaitlyn, and his creepy behaviour will get him fired. He unleashes vengeance by taking management of all of the know-how in Mike’s dwelling, automotive, and enterprise.
What Works Properly: The setting of Mike Regan’s house is snazzy, permitting Pierce Brosnan to ooze success by way of his common suave persona. James Frecheville is suitably creepy because the deeply troubled tech wizard antagonist, and Michael Nyqvist provides a dose of gravitas as a shadowy fixer. The risks of trusting seemingly competent strangers bubble to the floor within the extra competent first half.
What Does Not Work As Properly: Many secondary characters simply check-out and disappear, key plot factors (just like the preliminary public providing, Regan’s monetary difficulties, and Ed’s potent menace to damage Mike’s enterprise) take handy breaks when it fits the script, and probably the most logical decisions (just like the Regans checking right into a resort and calmly uninstalling the sensible dwelling system) are discarded for awful decision-making. General, director John Moore traps the second half motion within the no-man’s land between techno-thrills and primitive bare-knuckles-and-guns chicanery.
Key Quote:
Ed: You recognize the sensible panels in your house have built-in cameras?
Mike: I had them disabled. I like my privateness.
Ed: Good luck with that.
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