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2018 · Movie · R · 106 min · ★ 6.9 · 58% critics
A journalist goes undercover online to understand how extremist groups target and recruit women. Using a fake social media identity, she draws the attention of a recruiter and is pulled into an intense, personal look at manipulation and persuasion from behind a screen.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-03-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (162 votes)
About
If you enjoy tense, contained thrillers built around online deception and psychological pressure, this may work for you, especially if you liked Persons Unknown; Not for you if you avoid stories about extremist recruitment.
Pros: tense online cat-and-mouse; timely subject matter; immersive social media setup | Cons: heavy themes; unsettling interactions; limited scope setting
Themes
- journalist
- islam
- internet
- found footage
- recruitment
- cyber thriller
- isis (daesh)
- islamic revolution
- screenlife
- livestream
- undercover reporter
- found footage adjacent
Cast & crew
Valene Kane
as Amy Whittaker
Shazad Latif
as Abu Bilel Al-Britani
Christine Adams
as Vick
Amir Rahimzadeh
as Lou
Morgan Watkins
as Matthew
Therica Wilson-Read
as Stella
Eloise Thomas
as Taylor
Emma Cater
as Kathy
Kelley Mack
as Converted Female
Kate Watson
as Makeup Tutorial Instructor
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov