2022 · action · crime · thriller
The Takeover
Directed by Annemarie van de Mond1h 27m2022
Self-proclaimed ethical hacker Mel Bandison's life is turned upside down when she stops a data breach on a high-tech self-driving bus that also happens to shut down an international criminal network. She then becomes a target and is framed with a deepfake video that “shows” that she murders someone.
Our read: The Takeover (2022) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · crime · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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