Ambitious young businessman Elliott Gast (Jason Behr) is violently knocked off the corporate ladder when he's kidnapped by political terrorists, who torture him for crimes he unknowingly committed. What's worse, his torment is being streamed live online. An unwilling contestant in a sadistic reality show, Elliott fights for survival, hoping that someone in the home audience will come to his aid in this tense, probing thriller.
"A sick movies made by sick people. May you know nothing but fear and exquisite pain the rest of your life. There is no reason for this movie to have been made."
"This is difficult watching to be sure. The fact that I made it through is a testament to the filmmakers. It is NOT a SAW ripoff as some have suggested. The similarities are purely superficial. If you at least try to understand the premise, as barbaric as it is, the character serves as a proxy for us as Americans, or all Westerners for that matter. Rather than beheading him, as with Daniel Pearl, his captors keep him alive, torturing him online before a paying audience in order to raise funds for their cause. Is this what the rest of the world thinks of us? Would they would pay to see us suffer? Could any one of us be made to atone for wrongs done in our name? This movie comes on the heels of another recent release, "The Five Fingers". It's similar and equally as disturbing. I can't say anymore without giving it away. Both are in my One Man's Terrorist list. I've been a fan of Jason Behr since the Roswell series. He's also excellent in Rites of Passage."
