Paranoia
Paranoia
PG-13 | 16 August 2013 (USA)
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An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price—he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

Reviews
dpatsawyer

This is basically a remake of Caprice (1967) with Doris Day and Richard Harris. Whoever wrote it should be ashamed they lifted the plot from a previous film. I have not read the novel by Joseph Finder so I do not know how much of it was possibly inspired by Caprice, but certainly the premise of Paranoia is the same. Sort of a rip-off in my opinion.I thought it was boring and full of clichés. Poor acting, though Ford and Oldman do okay, but the others, both main characters played by Liam Hemsworth and Amber Heard are very poor IMO.Air Force One was a much better film featuring Oldham and Ford, both fine actors.

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mad_man_moon

Not amazing yet definitely above average, although I'd not say much for the camera direction and the majority of performances of those under 50.Hemsworth is fine, and does enough, but I get nothing emotionally from his interactions, and I don't think that's intended.The ending didn't totally stink of deus-ex machine, but it was an obvious telegraphable move, which was unfortunate as (other reviewers pointed out here on Amazon) it removes the element of paranoia. However (as opposed to said reviewers) I think the lack of tension and any psychological worry is down to the performances here. It's quite possible that the script didn't offer much for the players to play with, but I think two seconds from Dreyfuss under insultation from his son showed what's possible with what was offered. It had a broad beat, but his eyes and facial performance took my breath away. There were a couple of moments from Ford on that note, but not as strong as this, and Oldman was as dependable as both the actors older than him.This unfortunately ends up just looking like a vehicle for Hemsworth, which is a shame. Because there's real promise in the raw material available here.

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allenlau

When your employees show you the characteristics of the product development, you sent him to be a business agent. Although all need bold but cautious, but it is obviously two very different type. For a first glance at the bottom of the staff, how do you make sure that he is a man who can be a business agent? Not to mention this he is feel angry when the boss just brew a cup of tea in his talk, how do you determine he will swallow, quietly completed the task of espionage.And this young man, after being expelled, incredibly still flagrant use research and development funds to eating and drinking, even if you do a cash and then go out to play. You were designated as espionage materials. (Since being fired, how to use the money in the research and development account, if this is not a bug, it must be a conspiracy.)Although amber heard the face change trend, but it is still a beauty, but the clever woman, just in the pub find someone to go to bed. For a woman who wants to do something in a man's world, such a behavior is not understandable. Only the people on the other side of the river to go to bed is not looking for trouble? The poor people will get entangled more. If that she make sex with people in order to make herself up, maybe more in line with the high family expectations, the pressure of female white- collar identity.On the one hand, Wyatt send his best creative talent to the rival as commercial spy; On the other hand , Goddard use truly confidential as bait to tell opponents to bait to lure the enemy. Is too dangerous, can not change a fake it? If this fails, but it really is lose the bait along with the fish.

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kmsimpson97

My sister and I both watched this movie on a Saturday when we were bored. We enjoyed the movie immensely. It had certain parts in the plot that hooked you onto the story. While it wasn't the best movie we've ever seen, it was a good movie to watch. Liam Hemsworth was the main character Adam who is fired then goes out an uses the company credit card to part with his friends. He is then employed again by the company that just fired him to go undercover into one of the competitors' companies. While it may have had some scenes that were not going to make everyone want to keep watching, they didn't last long and the movie quickly picked back up again. The music that was used made some of the scenes more interesting than they would be without the music. The intro was a great work of creativity with him running through the streets and the camera clips in and out with Hemsworth talking. The two actors that play the bosses, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman, were amazing. They had some of the most interesting scenes, especially in the end of the movie when they come together for the first time in the movie. Overall it is a movie that I would recommend to a friend to watch when they have a lazy Saturday afternoon or evening and don't have a movie to watch.

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