On another episode of filmmakers don't know what computers look like...
Matias, in a rocky relationship with his deaf girlfriend Amaya, buys a new computer from craigslist to develop an app called papaya to turn his words into sign for her. His friends decide to do games night online via skype, so appropriate for today's climate, however Matias is having issues with his computer crashing. As the movie goes on it is revealed that Matias wasn't telling the truth and he must save his friends from an evil dark web-based group of rich psychopaths to rescue his girlfriend.
The movie is very light on gore and interesting kills especially compared to the first movie. I think the decision to tie it to the unfriended movie was only so they could use the same computer interface. The characters weren't very well developed or interesting. I was glad to see a few characters that were not white and an LGBT couple.
The story was not very believable and unfolded way too fast. The drama around amaya and matias was so boring and forced. Matias isn't a very good boyfriend also. There are some logical leaps and things that don't make sense, like matias app being used to contact amaya when he's riding his bike to come meet her. I wonder how they even worked as a couple enough to fall in love because he can't sign at all.
The computer effects were decent but inaccurate. You can't get fb notifications if you are signed out. Messenger cannot be a floating window. You cant stay in a video chat if all your apps crash etc. The poor decisions in this movie really killed it for me, aside from knowing it would be bad it was worse than I thought it would be. Do not watch.
If you want to see a good movie that utilises a computer interface watch Searching.
Review by CatsyBlockedParent2020-07-15T23:35:03Z
On another episode of filmmakers don't know what computers look like...
Matias, in a rocky relationship with his deaf girlfriend Amaya, buys a new computer from craigslist to develop an app called papaya to turn his words into sign for her. His friends decide to do games night online via skype, so appropriate for today's climate, however Matias is having issues with his computer crashing. As the movie goes on it is revealed that Matias wasn't telling the truth and he must save his friends from an evil dark web-based group of rich psychopaths to rescue his girlfriend.
The movie is very light on gore and interesting kills especially compared to the first movie. I think the decision to tie it to the unfriended movie was only so they could use the same computer interface. The characters weren't very well developed or interesting. I was glad to see a few characters that were not white and an LGBT couple.
The story was not very believable and unfolded way too fast. The drama around amaya and matias was so boring and forced. Matias isn't a very good boyfriend also. There are some logical leaps and things that don't make sense, like matias app being used to contact amaya when he's riding his bike to come meet her. I wonder how they even worked as a couple enough to fall in love because he can't sign at all.
The computer effects were decent but inaccurate. You can't get fb notifications if you are signed out. Messenger cannot be a floating window. You cant stay in a video chat if all your apps crash etc. The poor decisions in this movie really killed it for me, aside from knowing it would be bad it was worse than I thought it would be. Do not watch.
If you want to see a good movie that utilises a computer interface watch Searching.