Cyberbully (2015)

Overrated

Boring

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

This movie is a proof that you can make a good film with minimal means - what is important is the right idea, good script, good actress. The audience creates suspense in their heads. This suspense thriller was more interesting than many movies with lots of actors and special effects and fancy sets that I have seen. I think it was because the psychological suspense and protagonists duel with unknown antagonist was so well created. And Maisie Williams did a very good job carrying the movie all by herself. I remember there was once a film with similar idea, phone booth, with Colin Farrell in the main role - but I liked this film much more. And the film had some good messages too.

I totally agree with "Luke-a-McGowan": The first three-quarters of the movie were just superb! And I really thought that the hacker was a friend of Li, or her father. Everything just pointed to this direction and it would be so fitting. As the movie went on, I even thought that it could be possible, that Casey just had a mental breakdown, and suffered from hallucinations because she found out of Li's death and could not accept her fault in it and that's why she confronted her self with this hacker (which would be perfectly fine with me, either). But it came otherwise. In the very last minutes of the movie I realized that they will make the big mistake to never reveal the person behind the hacker. But the ending as it is, just made the movie much more unbelievable. The motivation for such a big hack just to troll a random girl who reached like 100 people or so, with her vines is just implausible! It would totally make sense if Li's father did this, cause anger is a very big motivator! And if the hacker would be in her mind, everything could be possible, even the suicide attempt. I get it, that hardcore trolls don't need any more motivation than "for the lulz", but still: being all that edifying and showing Casey whats wrong or not AND claiming to be a helper for the victims of cyberbulling whilst being the worst cyberbully himself? Thats just to absurd. It just didn't work for me. If he really wanted to drive her into suicide, I bet it would be enough for him to just threaten with the posting of the pictures or with just really posting them, without the whole "you ruined that girls live"-thing. And the movie really wanted us the believe it is a family-member of Li or herself by showing us the video of her singing first, and coming back to her "cause" later, to pinpoint her as a person of interest. I have no problems with twists, but that twist was just needless and ruined the movie to a point. Especially with the acting of the hacker from being a person who had a valuable lesson to teach, to becoming a troll that calls a teen an "ungly bitch" because she went out of the room...we all know how the internet can be, but a movie should have at least a lesson, and I thought this movie had one (because the lesson it showed so far, until the first three-quarters of the movie, was really good delivered!). So unfortunately, this movie only gets 6 stars from be, because of this very ridiculous ending, as Luke-a-McGowan said it!

An outstanding performance by Maisie Williams (I don't know her from Game of Thrones but if she's as good on that as she is here it must be worth watching).She singlehandedly carries a one hour drama about cyber bullying drawn from real world examples. It dramatically personifies the impact of trolling in teenage circles and turns Maisie's own trolling on its head through the use of a hacker who communicates directly with her in her bedroom and plays the role of a modern St Peter at the pearly gates holding a mirror up to her misdemeanours.The film has many twists and turns and can never be predicted. It's a tough role for a young actor to carry off but she succeeds with flying colours.The lessons are clear and powerful. That's why it should be shown in social education classes to demonstrate the extremes that trolling can get to.

This film perfectly portrays what the current generation are going through. Just coming out of education I can see the similarities. As every day goes on it becomes easier to hack people. Young people are becoming more and more vulnerable.This is why the movie was made. And am I glad it was made. With Maisie Williams as well! (big game of thrones fan) This should be televised and televised until all young people around the country can watch this gripping film. In watching this film you can learn so many things. You learn that even the smallest of things like sharing a video can have a dramatic effects on someone's life. You also learn that hacking is a very easy thing to do now adays and what It can do is catastrophic and thirdly you learn that as soon as you lock your phone, turn off your computer or shut down your laptop, the cyberbullys will go away.Any parents who see this, it's really important you show your children this, as a 18 year old, This shocked me. It's opened my mind to how big cyber bullying really is and how deadly it can be.I just wish it was a bit more PG, so that it could be shown around schools. Honestly, I've done things similar to the girl in the movie. I've called people names.. Shared their singing videos in mockery. But if I would of seen this at school.. My view on the situation and how I act would change dramatically.However I do feel as if the ending was left mystery. Not sure whether on purpose or not. Them catching the hacker could really have a positive effect on viewers. without them catching the hacker it feels like.. Well the hacker will never be found. But I might be talking total nonsense but that's my opinion on the ending:)Sorry for any spelling mistakes or anything, I know what trolls can be like over the smallest things "Har har har".