Film Review – Paranoia

For a decent thriller to work, there should be some sense of
plausibility to help develop a connection with the audience, allowing
them into the scheme of things through recognizable elements of
suspicion, espionage, and accusation. “Paranoia” doesn’t exist on the
Earth that we know and love, but a parallel dimension where handheld
technology is capable of anything, destroying lives with the press of a
smartphone button. Director Robert Luketic’s mistake is that he doesn’t
brand “Paranoia” as sci-fi, instead trying to wow viewers with a
contemporary tech-based suspense film that’s so focused on glowing
screens and the titular anxiety, it abandons any shred of realism, thus
turning a simple story of corporate spying with enticing possibilities
into an extended run of silly make-em-ups that never congeal into
nail-biting astonishment.
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