The Beta Test

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This film start with a woman calling 911, and she eating with a man scene! As turnout, this film is about the life of a Hollywood agent "Jordan" on the brink, after he receive an invitation letter! Entire film full of boring conversation, and annoying overuse scene! Such as, overuse of the walking scene, overuse of the searching scene, overuse of the arguing scene, overuse of the calling names scene, overuse of the staring scene, overuse of the smoking scene, overuse of the cursing scene, overuse of the drinking scene, overuse of the flashbacks scene, overuse of the talking on the phone scene, overuse of the car driving on the road scene, overuse of the checking social media scene, overuse of the cleaning teeth scene, and overuse of the long angle scenery scene! Make the film unwatchable! At the end, Jordan, and Caroline decide to become predator instead of victim! That's it! Another disappointed film!

An overstressed Hollywood agent, a few weeks before his weeding, gets personal invitation for a no hold barrels sexual encounter. The problem is he is blinded and identify the woman he had sex with. He become obsessed with her and the situation and things get out of control. The movie can be considered as poor people Eyes Wild Shut; but with some comedy moments (and sometimes very annoying). Jim Cummings, the director, loves the be the annoying/disturbed guy (as he did in the funnier The Wolf of Snow Hollow); perhaps too much . He is still funny but he exceeds his welcome in my opinion. There some interesting secondary characters; dialogs filled with one liners that requires a lot of attention, several killings and some kind of thriller that (as in Eyes Wide Shut) is barely resolved. The important theme of the movie is the hypocrisy and desperation that requires to stay afloat in this new ultra technological world. As hard as it seems; Cummings also keep everything on the light smile side instead of the drama. In brief; it is an interesting concept managed in a very interesting way. Worth a try; but requires attention.

Neither story nor characters are interesting enough to actually watch it from start to end. Cinematography is nowhere to be seen to actually save this abomination of a movie. It's not unwatchable, but there is very little sense in doing so: the message behind the story is so trivial that the whole effort to pack it in a movie requires either more depth or less screen time.