Directed by:
Eugene KotlyarenkoCinematography:
Jeff Leeds CohnCast:
Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette, Kyle Mooney, Mischa Barton, Lala Kent, Reatha Grey, Linas Phillips, Jessalyn Gilsig, Sean Avery, Andy Faulkner (more)VOD (1)
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Meet Kurt, from @KurtsWorld96. He dreams of one day sitting atop a social media empire, but he’s not there yet. He currently drives for the rideshare company Spree, which is cool for him because he gets to hang with so many dope people all day long. Fortunately, Kurt has come up with the perfect way to go viral: #TheLesson. He’s decked out his car with cameras for a nonstop livestream full of killer entertainment. In the middle of all this madness, a stand-up comedian with her own viral agenda, Jessie Adams, crosses Kurt’s path and becomes our only hope to put a stop to his misguided carnage. (Sundance Film Festival)
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Spree cynically shines a light on the values of contemporary teen society, which builds its world on the number of likes, for which it will do anything. In other words, it’s nothing new under the sun, just ab-absurdum shifted to online murder for fun, but not in a fun or imaginative way, of course, but rather in a tediously drawn-out way, through selfie videos of a boy, even trying to touch on America’s racial problems. Spree is boring, creatively worthless and, mainly, as superficial as the subject it examines.
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The likeable Joe Keery from Stranger Things is an Uber driver and likes to stream his life, but his follower count is very low and he decides to kill his customers to increase his popularity, but even that doesn't work so the only option is to hunt the popular. The current topic of social networking, where likes constitute life for some people and how far some are able to go to have a following! The film paces nicely, Joe Kerry plays the psychopath so well you even root for him, only the murders could have been grittier, but otherwise fine entertainment that managed to chill at times. Story***, Action>No, Humor>No, Violence**, Entertainment****, Music***, Visuals***, Atmosphere****, Suspense****. 6.5/10.
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