Cyberstalker also known as Offline is a made for cable Lifetime television film starring Mischa Barton who plays Aidan whose parents were murdered 13 years earlier. The killer was never caught which still taxes the detective in charge. Now she spends time as a reclusive artist but it seems the cyberstalker is back to terrorise her.The film is low budget, quickly shot, formulaic but rather watchable if you switch your brain offline. The culprit could only be the characters we have been introduced to which could be the detective, her new boyfriend, the Svengali gallery owner or the wheelchair bound computer expert newly employed by the police.I reckon there is no need for Columbo or Sherlock to solve this whodunit. There is plenty of silliness as our cyberstalker can hack into and control traffic lights for example. Still Lifetime know which audience to aim their films at, its female friendly with enough thrills to keep you mildly entertained.
... View MoreThis film was one of the worst I have ever seen. Felt like a made for TV low budget poorly acted film. Honestly I kept watching it because it was like a train wreck. It was like they had gone to a film school and said, now we have a really poor idea for a film, do you want to act in it for free and make a film so terrible you will be embarrassed to put it on your cv, and they all said yes. I would be beyond mortified if I had been a part of that film. Worst of all is that you never find out how/why the stalker started stalking her in the first place. Truly truly terrible. Not even sure what to write now to fill in how much I didn't like this film. For me it was right down there with Blair Witch Project.
... View MoreBased (or maybe inspired by is more appropriate) on a true story, Cyberstalker puts a modern spin on a traditional Fatal Attraction type story as we find a man obsessed using the internet and technology to stalk, harass, and ultimately kill Mischa Barton's character Aidan.To me, it was reminiscent of Untraceable with Diane Lane but on a smaller scale. Surely shot in Canada, Cyberstalker has its ups and downs and a few good twists. Notable standout performance are put in by Marco Grazzini and Mark Caven.It was better than I expected it to be and is worth the watch if you like TV thrillers or mysteries.
... View MoreI could only describe movie as completely absurd and predictable. The way that the killer seems to have the ability to control the entire world from his laptop is laughable. The big reveal at the end was obvious half way through. In one scene, the killer places surveillance cameras in the main characters apartment in places that are so obvious, he could have hung signs on the wall pointing them out. In another ridiculous scene, he somehow takes control of city cameras to locate his victim then manipulates cross walk signals to send her in to the path of an on coming truck. I realize that this was a small budget Lifetime movie but, unfortunately, this seems to be typical of what the network has become. I really wanted to like it because I was an OC fan and I like Mischa Barton. I hope that she makes better script choices in the future.
... View More