Claudio Carvalho "Paranoia" is one of those films that are flawed, brainless but entertaining. The story of the ambitious twenty-seven year old Adam Cassidy with debts in the hospital for the expensive treatment of his father that in a couple of days becomes an important executive of a corporation competitor of the company that he was fired is totally absurd. He uses US$ 16,000 in the corporation card to party and what would he expect? Therefore, the tight spot that he is in is caused by a ridiculous situation. The coincidence of having one night stand with Emma Jennings is another unbelievable part of the screenplay. The unethical Adam Cassidy should have been in prison for a long period, since his lack of character and manipulation are disgusting. Emma returning to him is also incredible for an intelligent woman that was used. But forgetting these ridiculous situations, the viewer can enjoy the beauty of Amber Heard; the always great Gary Oldman and Richard Dreyfuss; see Josh "Sawyer" Holloway once again; and a good cast with Harrison Ford, Embeth Davidtz, Julian McMahon and Liam Hemsworth. Shutdown your brain and you may have a good time. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Conexão Perigosa" ("Dangerous Connection")

jacobjohansson-50807 Well as my title says, the movie could have had potential. I mean, there are tons of really good "infiltration movies" out there. However, I realized quite instantly that this one wouldn't be a "winner", but I still had some expectations. Its a somewhat good cast and once again; the story has potential. But... it fails. The way the story has been filmed is messy, and the story in itself is made so ridiculous that I cannot take the movie seriously. I mean... the story concerns this new mobile solution that would revolutionize the whole market. And... that's okay... but the feeling I get is that this should be a "serious" and "realistic" movie. I mean... I think a movie have to "pick a side"; either its completely fictional, "Minority Report style" (which is a good movie), or it is serious "Departed style". This one seem to want to take some of both. It tries to become this serious thriller that have a modern theme. Sorry, but a completely unrealistic technical solution, almost Sean Connery's James Bond style... I mean, of course a private businessman can control any TV, camera or anything... and of course a tech student can copy/paste fingerprints and anything, just like that! And this while the movie tries to make everything look planned by having people talking completely nonsense technical terms that doesn't even mean anything! And then...the rest of the story is also completely strange! The guy meets a woman... that rejects him. He starts at her company... she still rejects him. They go to a company event... and she suddenly loves him? And this is how the movie goes on... completely nonsense, and it's pretty much going on the whole movie. Sorry. It had potential with a promising story - but they screwed it up completely!And the ending... yeah, it doesn't get better. This guy wants to present his product in front of a big tech company and does a lousy job, and is therefore rejected. The manager tells him to infiltrate a competitor. So they fix the guy a job with the competitor, where the guy just walks in, and presents a product like a god (nice coincidence right?). And you can guess from the start what happens - he falls in love with a woman at the competitor company, and the competitor himself seem like a good guy. So how is he going to get himself out of this one? He lies to his new love, his new employer and commit several crimes, trying to steal a top secret technical device funded by the government... ...just to realize its a setup and both the tech company managers are "bad guys". But this student tech guy is a genius and fools them both, working with FBI in secret... gets them arrested (and does not get himself arrested, as he helped FBI out...). And then he starts a tech company on his own, because "there are no shortcuts to success" (like looking for a job at someone elses company?)! And yeah, he gets the girl... even though he hacked her computer, lied to her, stole her phone and used her identity to steal a top secret government property. But... yeah, that's nothing right? Well... this one didn't make sense at all. Sorry to say!

Lola A It shows a pretty scary corporate world, leaves you hoping that it is not true. The real-life lessons- the most obvious one-there are no short cuts. The movie does a great job showing you that (rather than telling you that). If you don't come from a family like Emma Jennings, you can't own amazing apartments like her in her age. You have to work for it in the old fashioned way. Also, shows that a a lot of mind blowing fortune is build on fraud and that as I say, white collar crime sooner of later gets what it deserves. Plausibility: the movie is not so plausible in many areas. if you are as smart and as ambitious as Adam Cassidy, you don't won't be stocked for six years in entry-level salary (at least that is what I hope). If you are as smart as Jock Goddard and Nicolas Wyatt to build empires, you won't be tricked by amateurs. And lets not talk about the grande implausibility of Emma and Adam's love story. I mean not only do they meet by coincidence once, but twice. Its just not believable. Character analysis and development: Adam Cassidy-young and ambitious like many wondering what it is like to be on the other spectre of society. Greed. One must be careful not to let control you. Acting: As much as I like Liam Hemsworth, besides a pretty face, there is not much that he gives to the role. His acting is disappointing.Storytelling- the events develop quite nicely. There are surprising twists in the story that keep the whole movie interesting.

luke-stanley-97-478615 PARANOIAAfter watching this film I was extremely surprised to see that this film only managed to muster a5.6 user rating on IMDb, so that rating has prompted me to write the following review!!!Paranoia is filmed in Philadelphia USA and the plot focuses on a young ambitious digital genius Adam Cassidy played by (Liam Hems-worth) In the beginning of the film Adam is desperately attempting to land a pitch trying to revolutionize the digital world and cement his future with the company he works for called Wyatt Corp that specializes in technological devices. Adam is unsuccessful in landing his pitch and is shown the door by the founding owner of Wyatt Corp played by cinema veteran (Gary Oldman) venting his frustration Adam decides to treat his coworkers to a night on the town at Wyatt Corps expense, blowing thousands on a company allowance card, a night of drinking, dancing and wild fun clubbing in New York City sounds like a kick arse time right??? wrong! Unfortunately for Adam and his friends this free night out will have serious consequences for Adam, his friends and their future.To avoid prosecution from authorities, Adam is blackmailed by Wyatt Corp and must secure a job for a rival company who's owner is Jack Goddard played by (Harrison ford) Adam is to infiltrate and and abuse the trust of several people, one of whom is Emma Jennings Adams love interest in the film played by (Amber Heard) this job is simple, to steal the corporations secrets and any new advancements made on their technologies that can give Wyatt Corp financial gain in this competitive market, suddenly the digital world adam wanted to succeed in is being used against him as they watch every move he makes & will no doubt compromise his safety if he is unable to deliver in this deadly game.The film is directed by Robert Luketic from films '21 & killers' in his films its obvious that his strengths as a director is the ability to deliver both suspense and romance to the audience & this film slots into his genre perfectly with both those elements and an additional element of darkness portrayed in both Villains in this story who are ruthless and will do anything to win at all costs Luketic has also done a fantastic job of taking the audience into the digital wold in this film with specialized technology that is intriguing & really gets the imagination working,In particular most visual aspects of this film are very pleasing on the eye from hand held devices to a very stylish set design delivering a warm tones throughout the film.This highly addictive thriller Paranoia takes into a new digital age & the cost of global success to a ugly desire driven world of greed and deception hate, love and pain. The two Hollywood heavyweights give great performances portraying powerful tech billionaires (Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman) are old bitter, twisted rivals with a spiteful hateful past who will stop at nothing to have mass advantage over their competition in this crazed digital world This film has it all suspense, romance and a dark element if you will which helps make this film exciting and diverse.Review by MovieWhore