Right! My thoughts after an hour...Derivative, predictable drivel. Psycho gets control of a smart home, monitors family - gosh, that's original! - hacks into computer system, etc, etc, etc. The authorities don't believe it. Ring any bells? It should ring a whole campanile!But if you can stick it out for an hour, it actually, amazingly starts to get more interesting. Although still largely predictable, with the obvious 'hero' stupid moves, and with more script Uh Ohs than you really want.Any attempt at redemption after an hour eventually dissolves into a hackneyed, cliched story line. Poor writing.Having said that, if you like this sort of movie, it's as good - or as bad as any! But do yourself a favour and watch a Pierce Brosnan James Bond rerun! And because or Pierce, I just can't bring myself to give it 1*!But hey - I watch these things so you don't have to!

In this day and age of the internet taking over our lives, this movie seemed like a really good premise. Pierce Brosnan is Mike Regan, owner of a private aircraft firm that is going to try and start up a Uber-type business for private jets. He needs money and his company is going to go public with its stock as long as the SEC approves.When a presentation goes awry because of a computer glitch, a temp employee named Edward fixes the glitch. Mike warms to him and invites the man to his house to help him speed up his internet. Little does he know he has invited the fox into the hen house. When Edward starts to cross the line between employee and friend, Mike cuts him off, then fires him. Upset, Edward hacks Mike's house's security system and takes over control of it. He then starts making life for Mike and his family a living hell. Up to this point, the movie was pretty inventive and imaginative. Then it loses steam. The second half is just a series of overdone action tropes as Mike tries to get Edward out of his life. That was probably the most disappointing thing is how the first half was great and then I was let down. There was a recent episode of the X-Files reboot in which Scully and Mulder are under assault by the "internet" and it was done way better. Had I.T. not gotten lazy in the second half and addressed some real concerns about the invasion of privacy, rather than going for the cheap thrills, it would have been a much better movie. Still it is worth a watch.I was planning to turn my home into a smart home prior to seeing this movie. I think I will just stick to switching on the lights and thermostat myself.

My first issue is with the fact that Regan didn't try to have Ed charged with possession and/or distribution of child pornography. 17 year old, video of them engaging in some kind of sexual act, and I'm assuming the movie just censored the fact that if this were real life he would have footage of the actual action. The fact that literally nobody in the movie even thought about child pornography as a way to stop this maniac just baffles me. Wooden acting, cringe-worthy story elements and directing decisions, not to mention absolutely terrible camera work at many points. I started this movie with hope but it just kept getting worse.

I will be real with you, this is not a 10/10 movie and the director would shake my hand and admit it. This was the typical Netflix n Chill type movie for the more masculine viewer (so not a rom com but a semi-drama semi-thriller). The reason why many are only rating it at 50% rather than the 70% I give it is because they are judging it against movies that actually intended to be 10/10s; this movie was not supposed to be masterfully plot-driven or to grip you at every stage it was supposed to be for you to watch on Netflix while chatting up your girlfriend or bantering with the guys about the nerdy villain or about how the daughter is a b**** and deserved what he did to her or alternatively white knight and say how much you want Mr. ex-James Bond to beat him to a pulp.This was 'by men for men' type of movie so of course the women are plain, what do you think men feel when we watch Rom Coms? All the men are pathetically shallow in them, here the women are because this is for men!Get over yourself with the need for every movie to be perfect. Do you want that the villain isn't partially autistic and psychotic on top of that? Do you want a boring characterisation but amazing storyline? Go read a damn book if you can't appreciate the brilliant acting by that villain! It was a damn good watch and oh my god the antihero hacker was PERFECTION. From the accent to his body language, he was everything that a white-hat hacker is and many less malignant coders will adore how he uses his talents and knowledge to defend the innocent against abuse from black-hat hackers.If you are into coding, this movie is in fact one of the pinnacles of what the difference is between a good and an evil hacker and proves that being sneaky and intelligent does not mean you need to abuse those weaker than you but that you can still fight for a greater good and earn money doing it.