Says it all

Rating: 3/10 (21 July 2013)

When the main character in a film is a egotistical sociopath with no redeeming qualities, what is the point? The good guy plays second fiddle and gets screwed, while all around him are a bunch of clueless kids trying to get one over on each other.
What this movie is good for is showing how ridiculous dotcoms and the people behind them are. Whilst I try to avoid all advertising on Facebook, it still makes me mad to know some moron is making money out of my profile. Meanwhile good guys like Bill Gates get hammered for making too much money, even though he gives most of it away.
Maybe one day people will wake up and see how pathetic it is to live their lives in a virtual world, but until then we have to accept that despicable MZ types are the new kings of industry, even though they make nothing tangible or useful. They hold an incredible power over a new generation of gullibles.
The film is not terrible and the acting is generally good, but as a story it is flawed by a weak script and almost entirely populated with unlikeable characters. As a piece of social history and commentary on where the world is at, however, it becomes relevant and almost necessary viewing.