A mediocre knock-off of the Black Mirror productions, the story takes place in a world where eye contact lenses have built-in apps that overlay and integrate with thoughts and actions. The agoraphobic Pee Wee Herman type protagonist gets spam scammed by an app that seems to improve his life but turns out to be expensive and takes control of everything he does. After he has become completely dependent upon it, the app is taken from him and he crash lands as an inmate in a mental institution where he gets another version of the app as an alternative to hard time in jail and it turns out to be conducive to his happiness while he is incarcerated. Take it or leave it.
2 Reviews
This was riveting
burgerman9318 March 2024
In a Black Mirror-type format, we see a story about how people wear virtual reality contact lenses (think Apple Vision Pro but less bulky). The main character is gifted an app that helps him combat agoraphobia, clean up his apartment and physical image, and socialize with a high school crush. I was mesmerized for the first hour, but the excitement plateaued and I was slightly lost at the end.
How or why this technology was introduced is not clear, but I can say that this is the best science fiction movie I've seen in a decade. The main actor performs the anxious and diabolical elements of this character to a T.
How or why this technology was introduced is not clear, but I can say that this is the best science fiction movie I've seen in a decade. The main actor performs the anxious and diabolical elements of this character to a T.
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