Typical for modern films of this nature, the action scenes are filled with shaky handheld cinematography and rapid cuts that mean there often isn’t a single well-framed shot in the whole sequence (and if there is it lasts about a nanosecond before being replaced by one that isn’t). The usual arguments about building tension and audience immersion just won’t wash.
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For once, the writers get much of the technology and language of this world correct – more accurately, the use of terminology and the interaction between the online and real worlds are plausible, if not actually likely. Several improbabilities remain, but for the most part the writers are spot on and the actors don’t sound ridiculous using terms best known to geeks.
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