Author: Linda Marric
A Good Day to Die Hard director John Moore is back with a predictably dull tech thriller which manages to underwhelm rather than thrill. This psychological drama which stars Pierce Brosnan and Anna Friel – yet despite the cast’s best efforts, I.T falls short of providing any kind of hook and ultimately fails to keep the audience on its side for long enough for anyone to care about what is happening on screen as the narrative unfolds.
Sounding more Irish and looking more menacing than usual, Brosnan is Mike Regan, a self-made aviation millionaire planning to expand his empire by launching an Uber-style app for private jets. Regan seems to have it all, a dutiful wife (Anna Friel), a beautiful teenage daughter (Stefanie Scott) and a modern state-of-the-art smart home with all mod cons. However, things start to go terribly wrong when the firm’s I.
A Good Day to Die Hard director John Moore is back with a predictably dull tech thriller which manages to underwhelm rather than thrill. This psychological drama which stars Pierce Brosnan and Anna Friel – yet despite the cast’s best efforts, I.T falls short of providing any kind of hook and ultimately fails to keep the audience on its side for long enough for anyone to care about what is happening on screen as the narrative unfolds.
Sounding more Irish and looking more menacing than usual, Brosnan is Mike Regan, a self-made aviation millionaire planning to expand his empire by launching an Uber-style app for private jets. Regan seems to have it all, a dutiful wife (Anna Friel), a beautiful teenage daughter (Stefanie Scott) and a modern state-of-the-art smart home with all mod cons. However, things start to go terribly wrong when the firm’s I.
- 3/9/2017
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Title: I.T. Rlj Entertainment Director: John Moore Writers: Dan Kay, William Wisher Cast: Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott, Austin Swift Running Time: 95min Rated: Unrated (Language, Mild Sexuality, Violence) In Theaters And VOD: September 23, 2016 Mike Regan (Pierce Brosnan, Goldeneye) is a successful business owner whom is about to launch an Uber app for private planes. Something goes wrong in his big presentation and in desperation, he begs the new temp I.T. guy Ed Porter (James Frecheville) to save the day. Thankful and wanting to welcome the new guy to the company, Mike invites Ed to his “smart home” to look at his faulty wifi. There [ Read More ]
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- 10/17/2016
- by juliana
- ShockYa
I.T. is one of those VOD sleepers you expect absolutely nothing from, yet – in the most base-value sense – John Moore’s creepy tech-driven thriller gets the job done. Scenes may feel like a tutorial in suspense and predictable plot movement, but Pierce Brosnan is just too damn smooth to ignore (like that matured, smokey Scotch he’s sipping on above).
Age hasn’t dampened this ex-Bond stud’s charms in the least, and he works well as a billionaire family man who turns primal when some jabroni threatens the ones he loves. Admittedly, you won’t be challenged by material here, but minimal genre satiation is achieved through “Peeping Tom” surveillance and satirical warnings directed towards our own internet-obsessed lifestyles.
Hey, not everything can be a five-star experience – there’s a time and place for a Burger King quickie.
Brosnan stars as company man Mike Regan, whose aviation conglomerate is...
Age hasn’t dampened this ex-Bond stud’s charms in the least, and he works well as a billionaire family man who turns primal when some jabroni threatens the ones he loves. Admittedly, you won’t be challenged by material here, but minimal genre satiation is achieved through “Peeping Tom” surveillance and satirical warnings directed towards our own internet-obsessed lifestyles.
Hey, not everything can be a five-star experience – there’s a time and place for a Burger King quickie.
Brosnan stars as company man Mike Regan, whose aviation conglomerate is...
- 9/24/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Since nowadays we can’t go two seconds without checking our cell phones and everyone seems to be spending enormous amounts of time online, cautionary tales about our overdependence on technology have suddenly become all the rage. I.T. is the latest, very modest entry into this little subgenre. Mike Regan (Pierce Brosnan in full “rich bastard” mode) is an aviation tycoon living in an inmaculate, top-of-the-line smart house with wife Rose (a wasted Anna Friel) and daughter Kaitlyn (Stefanie Scott). He has it all, until he makes the mistake of inviting over his company’s weird I.T. guy Ed Porter (James Frecheville), in appreciation for saving his behind during a work presentation. Ed, of course, is a loon with a few screws loose and pretty soon he...
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- 9/23/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Chicago – The epic Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “Crime and Punishment,” gets a condensing by Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company, as the morality in the book is rendered into a palatable 95 minute stage version, directed by theatre founder and Artistic Director Richard Cotovsky.
Play Rating: 3.5/5.0
The artful stagecraft, done on an appropriately claustrophobic space, brings to life the ethical dilemmas that the novel has expressed for close to 150 years. The story of an intellect who imagines himself the arbiter of right-and-wrong, as practiced through murder, still resonates through our code of society. There are only three actors in this version, with two playing multiple characters, enhanced by effective production, lighting and scenic dexterity that weaves together the past, present and dual symbolism of the story.
Maureen Yasko, Ed Porter (Center) and Jack McCabe in Mary-Arrchie Theatre’s ‘Crime and Punishment’
Photo credit: Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company
In this stage play adaptation written by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus,...
Play Rating: 3.5/5.0
The artful stagecraft, done on an appropriately claustrophobic space, brings to life the ethical dilemmas that the novel has expressed for close to 150 years. The story of an intellect who imagines himself the arbiter of right-and-wrong, as practiced through murder, still resonates through our code of society. There are only three actors in this version, with two playing multiple characters, enhanced by effective production, lighting and scenic dexterity that weaves together the past, present and dual symbolism of the story.
Maureen Yasko, Ed Porter (Center) and Jack McCabe in Mary-Arrchie Theatre’s ‘Crime and Punishment’
Photo credit: Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company
In this stage play adaptation written by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus,...
- 2/12/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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