Mark has been having a relationship with Rachel in an open chat room for quite some time, but Mark delves deeper Rachel's psyche, and he soon becomes introduced to others in the chat room as well.
These include Kevin, Rachel's abusive boyfriend, and Janet, who claims to be an MI5 agent. Upon
Mark also befriends John, Rachel's brother, and Marks classmate.
The two boys start get drawn into various conspiracies within the chat room, which eventually leads to attempted murder.
I never read anything about this, and missed the opening credits, so you can understand how much I balked when I read that this was based on a true story. And the fact that this true story came from Vanity Fair of all publications, made me take the whole thing with a huge pinch of salt.
Take the 'fact' that this story is supposedly 'true', and you have a solid thriller, with a really clever twist come the final act.
To think that one person can impersonate so many people on line, isn't really a huge stretch of the imagination, it's an everyday occurrence if you watch Catfish, but to brainwash an individual into stabbing another, you have to be very cold and calculating, especially if its yourself.
The performances are great, and the narrative is wonderful, despite the twisty, turny story.
On initial release, I dismissed this movie as being another 'hoodie' movie, thanks to the title and the poster.
Don't do the same, it's well worth watching.
These include Kevin, Rachel's abusive boyfriend, and Janet, who claims to be an MI5 agent. Upon
Mark also befriends John, Rachel's brother, and Marks classmate.
The two boys start get drawn into various conspiracies within the chat room, which eventually leads to attempted murder.
I never read anything about this, and missed the opening credits, so you can understand how much I balked when I read that this was based on a true story. And the fact that this true story came from Vanity Fair of all publications, made me take the whole thing with a huge pinch of salt.
Take the 'fact' that this story is supposedly 'true', and you have a solid thriller, with a really clever twist come the final act.
To think that one person can impersonate so many people on line, isn't really a huge stretch of the imagination, it's an everyday occurrence if you watch Catfish, but to brainwash an individual into stabbing another, you have to be very cold and calculating, especially if its yourself.
The performances are great, and the narrative is wonderful, despite the twisty, turny story.
On initial release, I dismissed this movie as being another 'hoodie' movie, thanks to the title and the poster.
Don't do the same, it's well worth watching.