The
Signal is a movie that deserved far better attention than it got from
everyone including me. I saw a trailer for this on Youtube and wanted
to check it out because I'm a fan of Laurence Fishburne. So I decided
to watch this while ironing clothes for no reason and this turned out
to be a really good sci-fi movie.
This
is full of spoilers.
These
three MIT students are on a trip to drop their friend and Nic's
former girlfriend Haley off in California. Jonah and Nic are busy
battling a hacker named NOMAD who ends up hacking into Haley's
computer and shows that they are watching them. They freak out but
still track the hacker into a pace in Nevada and decided in the
middle of the damned night to pay a visit. Such a bad idea.
Nic is
bummed that Haley is leaving so he acts pissy and hints that she is
leaving because he is handicapped. Another reason why heading to this
place in the dead of night is silly. They leave her in the car and
search an abandoned house when they hear Haley scream. They race
outside and can't find her and you see a glimpse of her being
snatched into the air and disappearing.
Nic
wakes up in a sort of hospital and doesn't know what happened and
wants to know where his friends are. Dr. Damon just quizzes him and
refuses to give him answers. Nic talks to Jonah through a vent and
tries to plan an escape. Nic starts to question his sanity and is
getting impatient with being locked up. At one point he wakes up and
has robot legs. This doesn't help him feel better.
After
a crazy ass escape and meeting some very strange people Nic and Haley
end up on the run once again. Dr. Damon and a military are searching
for them and some of the weird people they meet seem to know who they
are.
Haley has a small robot chip on her back that looks similar to
Nic's robot legs. They end up finding Jonah who had escaped
previously. And he has bad ass robot arms!
The
rest of this movie is a crazy mind fuck. It could have easily been
just another bad sci-fi movie but the ending actually made me go
“Holy shit that is awesome...” The fight scene at the end was
really awesome as well as the special effects. This is a good story
and it is hard to even begin to explain what happens at the end of
this without sounding crazy.
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