We wonder if there really is a creep behind his meek exterior, but these drastic turnabouts throw our perception of him into doubt. Haas puts forth a nervous, unsettling performance as a man quickly finding himself under a gun (both literal and figurative), and he has a way of making us not know if reality is truly present in Richard’s waking life or otherwise. His dating app match Veronica (Chloe Bridges), stands him up, only to wheel on him in disgust his ex-wife Roxy (Jocelin Donahue) threatens him with a restraining order, claiming he’s been following her around and calling her incessantly (the details of their breakup are never disclosed) a Beretta 9mm (sans magazine or ammunition) mysteriously shows up at his front door and, as luck would have it, Rachel filmed them having sex and put it up on her website.Įverything is wrong about Richard, seen going from comfortable at first to absolutely disheveled and broken. A sudden discrepancy in his bank accounts seems to be the beginning of a disastrous spiral, threatening to make his dreams of suicide and death come true. The only time we see Richard reaching out for any kind of normal human interaction are engaging with a dating app, having passionless sex with Rachel (Allison Dunbar) who lives one floor above him, and trying to work out a reason why his boss wants him to fire subordinate Claire (Sarah Rafferty).īut trouble starts when he’s made aware that he’s behind on rent, as well as payments for his rental furniture. He’d rather turn to his smart home device for company than the annoying-yet-well-meaning Kyle (Bodhi Elfman), his building’s apartment manager who’s more interested in talking maniacally about stuff Richard doesn’t want to hear.
We’re introduced to Richard Coleman (Lukas Haas) and his Los Angeles life – well, “life” would be too strong a word what he’s living is merely an existence. We rely on a vast array of microchips, motherboards, audio/visual interfaces, and a whole mess of wiring to keep our lives in order what if it suddenly all went balls-up? Are we in any position to fight back, much less understand what’s happening? Or is what’s unfolding coming from our past, a reckoning of events we’ve blocked from our memories? Are the explaining hints right under our noses, but we’re too caught up in a potential mystery to even see how close the truth is to our realizations?Īt first glance, Browse unfolds as the biblical story of Job – a man loses everything and can do nothing in retaliation, believing somehow, somewhere, good will prevail. These two phrases leap out when viewing Browse, a film rooted in how much technology has a stranglehold on us. Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.
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