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Motion Detected
USA 2023
produced by Joe Poletto, Justin Gallaher, Sam Roseme, Cathy Tankosic (executive), Matthew Lesher (executive) for Asterlight
directed by Justin Gallaher, Sam Roseme
starring Natasha Esca, Carlo Mendez, Roland Buck III, Katelyn MacMullen, Kimberli Flores, Julie Brister, Bob Clendenin, Clemence Gallaher, Jasmin Walker (voice)
written by Justin Gallaher, Sam Roseme, music by Bo Boddie
review by Mike Haberfelner
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After having previously only just survived a home invasion, Eva
(Natasha Esca) has moved to a new home with her husband Miguel (Carlo
Mendez), a home equipped with the most state-of-the-art smart security
system there is, according to their realtor (Katelyn MacMullen). Thing is,
the day they move in, Miguel has to go on a one week business trip,
leaving Eva, who's still unsettled after the recent attack, on her own.
But what's the worst that can happen with their security system in place,
a system that not only promises to guard the place against intruders but
is also able to learn its tenants behaviours to ultimately make their
lives as pleasant as possible - well, that's the theory, fact is that the
system's a little hard to understand and handle, plus has quite a few
glitches so that the security company's technician Ray (Roland Buck III)
has to come over more than once to fix things. Thing is, nothing really
seems to work, and the constantly triggered motion detector soon gives Eva
the feeling to not be alone in the house. But the system also learns about
Eva, which also includes analyzing her dreams, and soon enough it uses
this knowledge against her ... Now of course, on first sight
the premise of this movie, a possessed security system, is quite
far-fetchedbut given you can suspend your disbelief far enough, you're in
for a really cool horror thriller, one that puts suspense over spectacle
and creates a constant feeling of unease while in a genre-savvy way
placing all its jump scares in all the right places, leading up to a
really dight finale with a very unexpected outcome. And Natasha Esca,
who's in almost every take of the film, carries the whole thing rather
beautifully, keeping things grounded and relatable while lending her role
the right physicality, helping to make this really cool genre
entertainment.
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