This movie approaches a multitude of situations any of us could encounter in today's world. We often think tragedy only strikes others, so it is definitely food for thought.Disconnect addresses situations we are all aware of but probably don't pay much attention to, as they are outside our little bubble. The movie confronts you with those awful situations and asks you what you would do in those characters' situation.The directing was very good. I can tell there was a lot of thought put into the set according to each particular characters' situations and even filming each scene.Pretty much the only downsides I found were the couple dealing with the loss of their son – they felt like strangers well before that event, it's like the husband's military past did not even happen up to that point, for example -, and the FBI being so inefficient felt like a plot device to get things to where they needed to be for dramatic potential. Also, I had trouble dealing with the slow pace.It makes sense because there are several different stories happening at the same time and due to the reality of the situations. There are no car chases or big explosions here, this is real life.The stories reach their climax in slow motion scenes but I just could not feel the impact as expected, for some reason. I guess I found the build up to some of them either too slow or that it did not have enough background/development or I just wanted more.Still, Disconnect is a very heartbreaking, real movie. The ending was just as realistic and I believe it is something everyone should watch, from as young as teenagers.

After watching the third Purge flick I took a look at lead actor Frank Grillo's credits for other Horror titles he has done. Checking each of the credits,I was taken aback to find a non-Horror/Comic- Book movie from Grillo that had an extraordinary cast. Being one of the films that I've been keen to see,I was thrilled to find it recently on the BBC,which led to me connecting.The plot:Wanting wind unpopular school kid Ben up,Jason and his friend Frye crate a fake online female profile who befriends Ben. Meanwhile,after losing their baby,Cindy and Derek Hull have become completely disconnected from each other. Searching for support,Cindy joins an online support group,one of whom has their eyes on credit card details. As Cindy gets involved in online chats,TV reporter Nina Dunham begins believing she has gotten a major story thanks to befriending underage video chat-room stripper Kyle,as Jason and Frye make Ben an internet star at school,by getting Ben to post a naked selfie.View on the film:Completely unaware of what his son is doing under his nose, Frank Grillo gives a very good performance as Mike Dixon,with Grillo carrying Dixon's blue collar outlook on family life with a no- nonsense approach to his job. Trying to find light in their marriage, Paula Patton and Alexander Skarsgård give excellent performances as the Hull's,whilst Michael Nyqvist stays on edge round them as a possible online "friend." Logging off from comedies, Jason Bateman dives into the burnt-out desperation of Ben's dad Rich Boyd,as Andrea Riseborough digs Dunham's glammed up nails into the seedy world of the "dark web." Avoiding any happy online stories such as finding a date or a rare film,the screenplay by Andrew Stern gives the criss-crossing stories an earthy grittiness,where the black mirrors of the online world are unable to reflect the search for peace from the Hull's or the battle Rich takes on to uncoil the wires round his family. Webbing the film in a dazzling slow-motion final, director Henry Alex Rubin & cinematographer Ken Seng keep to the offline mood of Stern's screenplay,via jagged camera moves crossing the wires of each offline profile.

I was looking for a diversion and a reason to keep my HBO Now account, now that GOT has ended and I ran across this movie. I read some reviews before I watched it and expected a movie worth my while, but I have to say that I was riveted to my seat throughout the entire movie and found it entertaining, thoughtful, on point, well acted, well directed, properly paced and thought provoking. The ending slow motion sequence was a work of art. I highly recommend a viewing. If you have HBO and haven't seen this movie, then you need to. You won't have to wrap your mind around it to the point of frustration like the current season of True Detective. This movie reminds me of Crash, but I like this movie more. This movie is more relevant given that I have a teenage daughter and I myself spend many hours online. I just can't believe it did so poorly at the box office. Movies like this are one of the only reasons I keep my HBO Now subscription, because there have been so many similar gems that I have discovered that I would never even considered watching on Pay Per View.

ends up being an unwatchable, embarrassing after-school special warning about "kids today" and the dangers of all their new-fangled technology. This is (relatively) highly-rated here and I actually found it on a site recommending lesser-known, offbeat movies, but I honestly had to fast-forward through about 40% of it. If you believe my review is thus unfair, you are of course welcome to view the whole thing. Personally, I found the presentation insipid: schmaltzy music, predictable "story" (such as it was), forgettable characters, offensively old-fashioned ideas (just as Requiem for a Dream was a latter-day Reefer Madness, this hackneyed film is yet another dire warning against the dangers of technology), etc. A waste of time, talent, and money.