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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.
Between the sky and the internet there is nothing hidden and if you are smart enough and with a bit of common sense to know how to handle the tools that the internet offers, let me tell you that you will be able to find, or at least try to find, anyone. That's the theory or premise of this film, but putting it into practice is the tricky part. I stumbled upon this film in the typical exercise of looking for something to watch to pass the time and there was something that caught my attention, Rotten Tomatoes gives it 87% of its critics and the audience 90%. I don't know if you understand those numbers but they are great ratings, I always go by those of the audience since they are the ones that are really worth and seeing that 90% it was more than evident that this film had something, a hidden gem perhaps?...
However, I started watching it without many expectations, I have learned that people's tastes are very varied and subjective so I always try to be careful not to expect something that later is a total fiasco. This film has an important element: the intrigue, that feeling that increases as more and more information appears and that more than clarifying everything what it does is to sink you even more in a sea of doubts, that friends is what makes this film special, if the term fits, to this film. Here you will not see great performances or much less locations or effects, the whole point of view of the film is a screen of a laptop and a phone, the whole plot takes place on the internet and the secrets it hides. So without further ado, let's go and talk a little bit about this particular story.
This is a story that stars a mother, Grace (Nia Long) and her daughter June (Storm Reid) who have the typical relationship you might expect. June is 18 and doesn't care about anything and her world revolves around her friends and social media and Grace is the working mother who has to deal with the classic teenage daughter. Everything is going well, despite this they have a special and good relationship, nothing out of the ordinary until our mom decides to go on vacation to Colombia with a new boyfriend, a new person who came into her life. With the scheduled return date everything goes according to plan until suddenly Grace stops communicating, no messages or calls, it seems that the earth itself swallowed her up.
It is right here when the plot begins to move, June seeing that her mother does not show up, reports her as missing with all the obstacles that this implies: Grace abroad and June in her room. If you see it this way you will say that this girl can not do much but that is where you are wrong and is that thanks to the internet and an agile mind we will see how June moves all the possibilities that the network can offer to find information and begin to assemble the puzzle that will lead to the whereabouts of his mother reconstructing their movements and finding their last connections. The film is strangely entertaining, it keeps you always thinking and drawing conclusions, as if wanting to go one step further, which in the end makes you a little hooked.
Let's see, one knows how the internet and life in general works so the question is forced, is it possible to do in real life everything that this young woman did from her room? - The answer is that I don't know although it is possible. We see things that if you ask me I would say that they were the product of chance and luck, there are others that for me were very far-fetched and it is complicated for someone to think the same way, I would say that all this was thanks to ingenuity, common sense and an ability to solve such problems. In the film they make reference to the fact that June and her friend watch these documentaries where, by scrutinizing the smallest thing, certain things can be solved. And that is real, there are the famous internet detectives where they try to solve cases by their own hands, something like that we see here.
The purpose of the film is to entertain and it does it without problems. It's kind of addictive to see how one clue leads to another, how one together with June we go surfing the internet turned into these detectives unlocking clues, because that's how I felt, like a scape room where the ultimate goal is to find Grace. I think there is a bit of fiction because in the end life is not so perfect, bureaucracy is one of the most detestable things there is and although it gives the impression that those who have to help are not doing it, the reality is that yes, for me all these people were very kind and committed when in reality it is a little difficult for this to be so.
It is a story that will always keep you in expectation, it is impressive how it does not decline. And hand in hand with this we must also say that the amount of plot twists are important, another factor that makes the story more interesting, in fact it is the spark that makes the rhythm not to go down. Something I didn't like was the ending, I feel it was the most obvious and simple, the easiest option and that really killed those expectations I told you about, it's not a bad one but personally it didn't catch me at all. As for the actors as I said there is not much to say about them, they are characters whose actions are limited to talk through a screen so those acting skills are not very exploited.
Storm was perhaps the one who probably delivered the most drama and tension to the film, she always lived with a perennial anguish and that can be appreciated. I liked the participation of Joaquim de Almeida who is better known as Hernan Reyes in Fast and Furious, in the story he is a very important character and seeing him in another facet is kind of weird, that's why it caught my attention.
A 7.7/10. I didn't understand the reason for such a high rating, the movie is good but up to that point, I consider it one more of the bunch with which you are entertained enough for the two hours it lasts and that's it. If I recommend it, I think it's worth going through that cybernetic trip, it's interesting and overwhelming at the same time. Don't expect something high level, it's very basic but as I said it does its job. It is available on Apple TV. I leave the trailer here for you to take a look.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!