Director: Mitchell Holland
Year: 2025
Country: Australia
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Plot:
Setting up a new livestream, a popular vlogger goes about unboxing a special gift from an unknown figure that soon plunges him into a gruesome mystery involving a series of strange implications that put him at the center of a missing person’s case, and he must figure out what’s going on.
Review:
Overall, this was a fairly solid and generally likable thriller. The whole central setup here comes off rather well, bringing a modernized touch to everything by diving into his streamer personality and focusing on how he interacts with his audience as he starts unboxing strange packages, setting up a wholly intriguing beginning to this one as it delves into the main storyline being presented. Once he unwraps the big package and begins looking through the contents, the bizarre mystery that unfolds with the discovery of the strange storage file that unloads dozens of photos and videos onto his computer. That launches the solid second half, where the whole series of implications arises that point to the strange mystery of the missing streamer and him at the center of the disappearance, where the various clues are now directed at him.
That’s where the film’s few issues crop up, as while this section explores the mystery of what’s going on rather well, with the whole thing being explained and spelled out to the point where it generates a kind of over-the-top resolution to everything, it does become a rather tiring and repetitive one-note experience. There’s not much difference between the different variations that emerge the more he looks into the videos and photos of the streamer, especially with the intense performance directing him to keep going. That makes some of the interactions that come about later on which are fun enough on their own but just feel like endless amounts of repeating the same thing, and the finale involving the retribution of the missing person’ parents trying to get to the bottom of the whole thing at a point that’s confusing and difficult to understand, being the elements that hold this one down.
Overview: **.5/5
An intriguing if somewhat flawed thriller, there’s enough going on here to be quite enjoyable and worthwhile, if only let down by some issues that are present in this one. Those with an appreciation for this kind of approach or who are curious about it will have the most to like with this one, while most others out there should heed caution.
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