Paranoia (2013)

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

Director:

Robert Luketic

Writers:

Jason Hall (screenplay), Barry L. Levy (screenplay)

Stars:

Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Hemsworth	...	Adam Cassidy
Gary Oldman	...	Nicolas Wyatt
Amber Heard	...	Emma Jennings
Harrison Ford	...	Jock Goddard
Lucas Till	...	Kevin
Embeth Davidtz	...	Dr. Judith Bolton
Julian McMahon	...	Miles Meechum
Josh Holloway	...	Agent Gamble
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Frank Cassidy
Angela Sarafyan	...	Allison
Will Peltz	...	Morgan (as William Peltz)
Haley Finnegan	...	Chelsea
Kevin Kilner	...	Tom Lungren
Christine Marzano	...	Nora Summers
Charlie Hofheimer	...	Richard McAllister

Storyline

The high stakes thriller Paranoia takes us deep behind the scenes of global success to a deadly world of greed and deception. The two most powerful tech billionaires in the world (Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman) are bitter rivals with a complicated past who will stop at nothing to destroy each other. A young superstar (Liam Hemsworth), seduced by unlimited wealth and power falls between them, and becomes trapped in the middle of the twists and turns of their life-and-death game of corporate espionage. By the time he realizes his life is in danger, he is in far too deep and knows far too much for them to let him walk away.

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Plot Keywords:

spying | thumbprint | power | mentor | danger | 

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Taglines:

In a war between kings even a pawn can change the game

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexuality, violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA India France

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Paranoja

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,528,376, 18 August 2013, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$7,376,027, 29 September 2013

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media, Reliance Entertainment, Demarest Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman previously appeared together in Air Force One (1997).

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Goofs

When Adam Cassidy is playing chess with Wyatt, there is no way he can make a checkmate without making check with his queen.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Adam Cassidy: I'm not going to make excuses, I asked for this. All of it. And I did it to become someone else. And I wanted more.

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Connections

Featured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #7.121 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Demon Dance
Performed by Surfer Blood
Composed by John Paul Pitts, Tyler Jerry Schwarz,
Thomas John Fekete and Kevin Williams
By kind permission of WB Music Corp (ASCAP) o/b/o itself, Reconquista,
Gremlin of Society Music and Weird Wives and Hologram Scene
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

A lot of potential not really developed in this sloppy film about two rival tech corporations

A thriller about the dark world of tech business giants, with big shot start like Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford, what could go wrong, right? Well, with this movie, almost everything did. It's slow, boring, repetitive and overall just disappointing.

Adam (Liam Hensworth) is a programmer (I think, because character development apparently wasn't a priority in this movie) who gets stuck in the middle of a feud between two tech giants, Wyatt and Goddard, played by Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford. And that's about as deep as the story goes. There's some background as to the rivalry between Wyatt and Goddard and a hard-to-believe love story between Adam and one of Goddard's executives, but overall, the film feels like an unfinished job, with a lot of potential, but no real charm to it.

I've got to accept the movie has some good things worth mentioning. Gary Oldman is great, as expected, in his limited screen time, and the final scenes are actually pretty good, but all in all this was not a good movie, and I would not recommend it.