Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
Acting
Diane Lane commits to every absurd frame.
Direction
Gregory Hoblit wrings tension from a very 2008 internet.
Director
Gregory Hoblit
Diane Lane
Agent Jennifer Marsh
Billy Burke
Eric Box
Colin Hanks
Griffin Dowd
Joseph Cross
Owen Reilly
Mary Beth Hurt
Stella Marsh
Peter Gray Lewis
Richard Brooks
Perla Haney-Jardine
Annie Haskins
Christopher Cousins
David Williams
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Arthur James Elmer
Dan Callahan
Trey Restom
Tyrone Giordano
Tim Wilks
Erin Carufel
Melanie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This arrived at peak 'torture porn' era—Saw franchise dominance, Hostel headlines, and moral panic about internet desensitization. The film wants to critique voyeurism while absolutely serving it.
The kill-site's hit-counter mechanics were inspired by real early-2000s shock sites, though the film's tech ages like milk. Director Gregory Hoblit previously made Primal Fear and Frequency—this was... a choice.
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