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Year: 2010
UK: Revolver Entertainment
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Imogen Poots, Matthew Beard, Hannah
Murray, Daniel Kaluuya, Megan Dodds, Michelle Fairley, Nicholas
Gleaves, Jacob Anderson, Tuppence Middleton, Ophelia Lovibond,
Richard Madden
Director: Hideo Nakata
Country: UK
UK: 97 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains suicide theme and strong sex
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UK Release Date: 22 December 2010 (Limited Release)
Reviews: Phase9
movie review
Synopsis
When strangers Jim (Matthew Beard), Eva (Imogen Poots), Emily
(Hannah Murray) and Mo (Daniel Kaluuva) meet William (Aaron
Johnston) online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're
completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. These
teens want to escape their real worlds, and in a complicated world
where teenagers feel disconnected and powerless, being online with
William is like being alive.
However, a dangerous loner, a dysfunctional teenager channelling all
his energies into cyberspace, William is king online, but offline he
chooses to be set apart from his family; isolating himself. Jim too
is isolated, so similar yet so different to William, and he has no
idea how dangerous his new friendship with William will be.
What begins as seemingly friendly advice to help Jim, becomes
twisted. William has a serious agenda; he's going to play with Jim,
taking control of his destiny as a way to exorcise his own demons.
Without them realising, and in different ways, William recruits Eva,
Mo and Emily in his game. Distracted by her attraction to William,
Eva thinks they're just playing with Jim.
Beguiled by his charm, Mo and Emily are lured into believing
they're helping Jim. William is determined to see just how far he
can make them go. It doesn't take long however, for William to show
his cruel hand.
Set in both online and offline worlds, this smart psychological
thriller has a poignant relevancy, exposing the chilling reality of
what happens when the lines between reality and cyberspace become
blurred.
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