Tag: dark web

directed by Stephen Susco

This doesn’t happen often, but here we go. Have you seen “Unfriended” (2014)? I did and I remember I was hoping for it to end fast. Somehow, the characters were so annoying and the screenplay so illogical, that I definitely wouldn’t recommend to see it. However, I’ve recently watched the sequel (no idea how I pushed myself to do that after the tortures with the first part) and you know what? It is good. Damn good. It has quite average ratings, but since I wasn’t expecting much and I got a very engaging horror/thriller, I’m happy. The “Unfriended” series is actually this new genre called “computer screen film”, meaning that the whole story is happening on the computer, as if you were looking at your own screen. The sequel is not really connected to the first part, so feel free to skip it. In “Dark Web”, we have Matias (Colin Woodell), who switches on his new laptop. Apparently, the laptop used to belong to someone else, because you can see their e-mail address and accounts on social media. Matias keeps getting strange messages and soon he also finds creepy videos on the laptop. He decides to tell that to his friends with whom he’s having a video chat. At some point they realise that Matias is connected to the dark web and he admits that the laptop was actually found in a café, so it’s not technically his. And the owner wants it back. However, it won’t be that easy and none of them can disconnect. Otherwise, well, they die. Simple. And somehow I got so excited about the story that I really couldn’t stop staring at the screen. Maybe it’s predictable, but for me it was very nicely done, the characters weren’t that dumb as they often are in horrors and I really liked the ending. In fact, there are a few alternative endings, but I have to admit that I only read about them. Maybe you’ll manage to see them all. If not, the original ending is really satisfying, so I hope you won’t be disappointed. It’s a good film to promote social media detox, I swear.

My rating: 7/10
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