"Distorted"

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Technology has grown significantly in the last twenty years. Stuff like wristwatches that you can communicate to other people with and video calls use to be the stuff you would see in movies like Dick Tracy or on t.v. shows like The Jetsons or Star Trek, stuff that was only the work of fiction now a reality. Yet as technology grows to the point where it can run our lives, how much of our control should we give it, and how much is it controlling us?

Russell Curran (Brendan Fletcher) is worried about his wife Lauren Curran (Christina Ricci) and her mental state. Ever since the tragic loss of their child, Lauren has been having terrible nightmares to where it is hard to function. Deciding to take a chance and move outside of the city into an apartment complex with a state of the art security system for a fresh start. At first all seems well, the people are friendly and the place seems like a dream come true until Lauren begins to notice strange things occurring, like a strange buzzing noise she  can't find and words and images that seem to appear and disappear quickly on the television that her husband never seems to notice. Lauren soon starts to question if this is a result of her mind going insane or if there is something more sinister going on. Seeking answers, she meets Vernon Sarsfield (John Cusack) a conspiracy theorist that believes Lauren has stumbled into a brainwashing experiment. As the two work to quickly uncover the answers, they will soon find that it will put them in danger of being the next experiment.

A terrifying concept with a terrific plot. This psychological thriller brings to life the dangers of technology in the wrong hands can control a society to do anything from influence the economy or to do unthinkable acts. Christina Ricci and John Cusack deliver a stellar performance and play off each other as two individuals on different sides of the conspiracy to a T. No sublimatable messages needed to convince me this is five G.M.Star film that will have you looking at the next commercial of Coco Cola a little differently.

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 "Distorted" is now available at Redbox and where movies are sold/streamed.

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