Open Windows
Open windows is twisted, swervy plot that takes place completely
in computer window screens and monitors. The conceit is a super fan (Elijah
Wood) of a star wins a date with super starlet (Sasha Gray) only to get canceled
at a last minute. A strange caller calls and gives him access to all her
personal cell phones files and laptop info giving him birds eyes views. Things
get crazy as the callers becomes more and more sinister. If you like this movie depends on two things.
One is, rather you can follow a protagonist that kind of creepy and pervey. The
second is reather you think the road to the destination is more important than
the destination. Because let me tell you the destination at the end of this
movie is some old bullshit. I like to tell you you’re going to Disney land but
really you going to grand old bullshit factory. Now that not to say the road to
this movie isn’t fun. It is if you willing to suspend some disbelief. You got
to accept pretty much that hacker...is magic.
It is not going for realism. The hacker basically solves most obstacles
of a hacker version of going “SHAZAM” and the problems. That said, being able to hack into different
camera and security footage plays well with the storytelling. It makes it fast
and unique, giving you different views and shots of the scene. It makes the car
chase scenes look frantic and fast pace. It's like a really good video game. It
goes fast enough to not make you think about the sheer implausibility of all
this. The main character bit of a pervert for going along with the caller plan
as long as he did. You keep wondering why doesn’t he just hang up on this guy. The
caller clearly shown to be insane the first couple minutes of talking to him. But
Woods plays the character as docile enough where you’re not creep out by him
and you can imagine him enough of a push over to fall for this. He seems good
at playing weird character you still root for.
Sasha Gray plays the actress. She is ok. She isn’t the greatest actress.
She doesn’t have a huge amount of range. She has a constant glum what called
Eyorre face. You constant expecting her to say “Thanks for noticing me” but the
character is a bit distant enough where that lack of emotion fits. There a
couple of plots holes that hand waved away sloppily. Still you can get past
that it might be a fun distraction (C+)
