What is up with all of the retro? It seems to me that the remakes are all done and now Hollywood is looking to take their flicks to the 80s.
Now granted this may have to do with the many advances in technology so in the case of genre flicks we are going to a time where everything that we needed was not literally at the plans of our hands and need to add the sense of fear in the fact that there was a time where tech was not an option and we had to rely on our own skills to survive.
We have seen the remake of IT which takes place in 1989 and we also have Stranger Things that takes place in the 80s, not to mention many other different flicks that take place in a time not long forgotten.
I feel that as mentioned earlier that this may have to do with the real fear that we have now that what would happen if we did not have our tech and tools that we have become not just accustomed to but rely on for our very lives.
This is where I state that we look at the dystopian fiction where the machines have taken over and I have to say, IT IS ALREADY HERE! THE FUTURE IS NOW!!!
Technology in the wrong hands can be a hell of a weapon, when used in the wrong hands.
Now the relevance of this rant is that I had just seen a flick on Netflix and…Well I loved it.
It is no secret that I am a massive fan of 007, and particularly a fan of the Brosnan entries in the famous franchise. However I must confess that Pierce Brosnan is one of my favorite actors. From The Matador to A Long Way Down, and I am here to talk about this mostly ignored Thriller on Netflix.
The flick is I.T, which makes us think that we are seeing a film about a cute alien, or a killer clown. This is actually a suspense/Thriller more in the vein of The Crush or Single White Female.
Brosnan plays Mike Reagan, an aviation Tycoon who while in the process of taking his company public is saved by a Tech Support employees, While Brosnan is not exactly technology literate despite living in a “Smart House” gives the I.T. tech Ed a job as gesture of gratitude, and soon invites him to his home to fix some tech issues giving him access to the house. Ed mistakes the gesture for a friendship and soon crosses the line and is promptly let go from the company.
Well needless to say Ed does not take this too well and is quickly off his meds. He soon begins to utilize his extreme technical knowledge to not just cyber stalk Regan and his family but to subject them to various cyber attacks ranging from interference with company assert and uploading embarrassing videos of Regan’s daughter to tampering with The Wife’s medical information finally going as far to use the GPS on Regan’s car to almost kill him in an automobile accident.
To face off against this new enemy Regan must go “Off the Grid” and rely on basic non tech against his cyber adversary.
Now this flick received many negative reviews from critics but I honestly liked the flick. I grew up watching the Thrillers in the 90s and it was nice to see a similar film utilizing the technology of this day and age.
Brosnan as always brings his A-Game and James Frecheville plays the villainous Ed Porter with a combination of reality and psychological evil that makes him a plausible threat that is highly believable in the real world.
The use of the camera angles and editing is a nice touch.
Needless to say for fans and Netflicks
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