Director: Mike Nybroe
Year: 2026
Country: Denmark/USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Plot:
After arriving in Denmark, a successful influencer being followed by a film crew starts to find that her content is being targeted by a special account that only seems to target her, and as the trip continues, she finds herself in more danger than expected when it starts to point to a stalker following her.
Review:
On the whole, this one wasn’t that bad, but it does have some issues. Among the better features of this one is the rather intriguing setup that manages to bring about the kind of lifestyle and general sense of tension that influencers deal with. Bringing us along on a sponsored trip to an exotic city where she’s forced into continuously posting updates about the city and lifestyle of the citizens there, doing special interviews to explain everything, and even being followed by a professional camera crew for the trip as part of her brand sets this up rather nicely as a modern lens. The concurrent setups present here with this type of storyline, where her posts are continuously targeted by a hater and initially written off as part of the job, soon bring about even more viewers with how the emotional toll of everything starts to not only affect her streams but also her mental health, becoming on edge and nervous despite everything else happening around her, giving this a solid modern touch and setting up the fun to come from this later on.
Once it becomes obvious that the stalker has come for her and is turning his attention toward her, this offers a solid, immensely likable sequence that focuses on her technological wherewithal to figure out who’s doing this and why. Trying to figure out the kind of measures he’s using to get close to her, how he keeps showing up at the various events and premieres that she was supposed to take part in, gives this some nice bit of tension as the escalation starts to hit home about the fact that her stalker has found her and gotten this close, leading nicely into the genuinely unnerving reveal that comes about regarding what’s really going on. That’s certainly fun enough on its own and manages to get a lot to like, but also highlights the immensely troubling sense of context regarding the reason for the whole thing, as it’s entirely cliched, underwhelming, and undoes all the fun that’s gone on from the time before. That’s all quite easy to guess as well and doesn’t come off as all that threatening, running up the length of the film as well and holding this back overall.
Overview: ***/5
A rather fun, if somewhat problematic, genre thriller, there’s quite a lot to like here, which holds this one up against a few small, slight issues present that keep it down. Those who appreciate the subject matter, are curious about it, or are found-footage aficionados will have a lot to like here, while those turned off by these factors should proceed with caution.
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