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 | power | mentor | danger | paranoia | 

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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

Kevin Spacey turned down the role of Nicholas Wyatt.

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Goofs

Obvious dummy when Kevin is knocked down by the jeep.

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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

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones/Paranoia (2013)

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Soundtracks

Alive (Zedd Remix)
Performed by Empire of the Sun
Composed by Nick Littlemore (as Nicholas Littlemore), Peter Mayes, Luke Steele,
Jonathan Sloan, Steven Bach, Anton Zaslavski
Administered by: Universal Music Publishing Group Pty Ltd, on behalf of
Chenfeld Ltd and Solola Ltd, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) P ty Ltd.
admin by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Pulse Recording Songs (ASCAP) admin by
Downtown DLJ Songs (ASCAP), Bach to Bach Music (ASCAP),
Zedd Music Empire (ASCAP) admin by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing.
Courtesy of EMI Music Australia Pty Ltd./Astralwerks
under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Entertaining, not as bad as many people claim

This corporate techno thriller is entertaining, nothing spectacular, of course, but nowhere near as bad as many people claim. Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford are the ruthless CEOs of rival cell phones companies. Liam Hemsworth is a young hotshot that works for Oldman's company, but he is fired after a lousy presentation. After spending thousands of dollars of the company's credit card in a nightclub, he is blackmailed by Oldman into getting hired into Ford's company in order to steal the blueprints for their new cell phone. Many more things will happen, including Hemsworth romantic involvement with one of Ford's company marketing head (played by the beautiful Amber Heard). It's good trash, not very believable, but a good time filler, an ideal date movie. There are far worse ways to waste your time.