A 32-year-old woman suffering from bipolar disorder comes to suspect the proprietor of the state-of-the-art ''smart apartment'' she and her husband just moved into is using the building's residents as unwitting guinea pigs for a ''synthetic telepathy'' brainwashing plot with dire global ramifications. A couple moves to an isolated, modern, safe apartment building with CCTV after the wife has problems with nightmares. However, something's not quite right with the building. Without exaggeration, this is a horrendous film. It's as if a 3rd grader had an idea that was about some science experiment with a mumbo jumbo describption about impacting minds. All you need is some really cool flashing images of horrible things, lights and weird stuff to add to the mood as if they would have any impact on the purpose of the experiment. Then draw it out for 90+ minutes. The ending… laughable and painful in its awkward amateurism. It's just par for the course. <br/><br/>Seeing Christina Ricci's name was a surprise. John Cusack has been associated with D films over the past several years and this is no exception. I have no idea who has been helping him select his projects but this is yet another to add to the "what were they thinking" pile.<br/><br/>PS - I don't think they did too much research on the true nature of psychological problems. It would have helped a great deal if they had. The movie itself wasn't terrible but whomever wrote this movie DOES NOT understand the difference between Bi-Polar disorder, and schizophrenia. Christina Ricci's character is schizophrenic bordering on paranoia.
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