I.T. (film)

I.T.
Theatrical poster
Directed by	John Moore
Produced by	David T. Friendly Beau St. Clair
Screenplay by	Dan Kay William Wisher
Story by	Dan Kay David T. Friendly (uncredited)
Starring	Pierce Brosnan James Frecheville Anna Friel Stefanie Scott Michael Nyqvist
Music by	Timothy Williams[1]
Cinematography	Ekkehart Pollack
Edited by	Ivan Andrijanic
Production company	Voltage Pictures Irish DreamTime Friendly Films Fastnet Films 22h22
Distributed by	RLJ Entertainment
Release dates	September 23, 2016
Country	United States Ireland France Denmark
Language	English
Box office	$114,536[2]

I.T. is a thriller film directed by John Moore and written by Dan Kay and William Wisher. It stars Pierce Brosnan, James Frecheville, Anna Friel, Stefanie Scott and Michael Nyqvist, and is produced by David T. Friendly and Beau St. Clair, who was Brosnan's producing partner at the Irish DreamTime production company before she died. The film came out on September 23, 2016 with a limited release and video on demand.

Plot

Self-made aviation tycoon Michael "Mike" Regan, who lives in a state-of-art smart home full of modern technologies with his georgeous wife, Rose, and beautiful daughter, Kaitlyn. Mike is developing an app called "Omni Jet" which is design to fly a higher altitude and it will be effective upon the approval of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

At the company, he met I.T. consultant, Ed Porter, and he calls Porter to fix the WiFi signal which his daughter complains about slow internet connection. Porter claims that he also worked at NSA and joins the military exercise in Kandahar. Porter meets Kaitlyn and begins obsessing with her. Later, Mike fires Porter from work after Kaitlyn invites him to come in the house, although Kaitlyn describes Porter as being nice. Devastated, Porter begins to remotely access all the private sectors especially Mike's house that he monitored them unknowingly through the security cameras and devices all over the house. One night, Porter is taking full control of the house, which leaves the family terrified, and using a spoof email to send Rose about the mammogram results saying the she tested positive for breast cancer, which she leaves devastated, but the truth is she's negative according to her attending physician. Mike realized that Porter had done it, he attacks Porter and threatens to kill him if he's not stay away from his family.

Porter then uploads the video of Kaitlyn masturbating at shower room — which is unknown to her that Porter is being recorded through the remote video, immediately watched by every schoolmates, leaving Kaitlyn embarrassed and being reprimanded by school principal. Kaitlyn blames his father for the technology installed in the house. Angered, Mike drives on his way to Porter but he is also being monitored, mockingly phones him through the car navigation system and sends the video of her daughter masturbating. Porter then remotely activates the car's brake system, hitting the nearby stalled truck and destroy his car.

Mike gets help from I.T. specialist Henrik. Henrik states that Mike must destroy all the smart technology across the house and deletes all of the accounts and computer files. Henrik explains that Porter's real name Richard Edward Portman and his father commits suicide when he was six years old. He also reveals that he never worked in NSA, as he claimed, and the photo of him along with the soldiers in Kandahar was fake. In order to take the evidence from the apartment where Porter lives, Henrik made a diversion by stealing a phone from a coffee shop waitress, Porter's obsessed girlfriend, and chats Porter to come at the coffee shop. While Porter's gone, Mike managed to take the thumb drives containing the evidence and escapes just as the Porter realized it is a diversion. Realizing that masked-man he saw in his apartment is Mike, he framed him for assault.

After getting out of the precinct, Mike goes back in his home when Kaitlyn and Rose being tied up with Porter held at gunpoint. A struggle ensues and punches Porter, dying from his wounds. Some time later, the employees applauded Mike and his family for successfully developed the app and their house are restored.

Cast

• Pierce Brosnan as Mike Regan
• James Frecheville as Ed Porter
• Anna Friel as Rose Regan
• Stefanie Scott as Kaitlyn Regan
• Michael Nyqvist as Henrik
• Adam Fergus as Sullivan^[3]
• Jason Barry as Patrick
• Clare-Hope Ashitey as Joan
• Austin Swift as Lance^[4]

Production

The film was first announced in October 2013 as a revenge thriller with Pierce Brosnan headlining the project, to be financed by Voltage Pictures and was set to be directed by Stefano Sollima.^[5] In August 2014, it was revealed that John Moore replaced Sollima as the film's director, and commissioned a total script rewrite by William Wisher.^[6] Stefanie Scott was cast in April 2015 as the daughter of Brosnan's character,^[7] and that the film was to start shooting in June later that year in Ireland.^[8] A month later in May, it was reported that Anna Friel had joined the cast as the wife of Brosnan's character and that James Frecheville would play the young antagonist,^[9] with Michael Nyqvist coming on board a few days later.^[10] It's the last film to be produced by Beau St. Clair before she died from cancer.^[11][12] Principal photography began on June 25, 2015,^[13] and was wrapped on July 29, 2015.^[14]

Release

The film's North American distribution rights was acquired by RLJ Entertainment, aiming to release the film in limited amount of theatres and video on-demand in September 2016.^[15] The theatrical trailer for the film debuted in August 2016.^[16]

Reception

I.T. received negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 12% based on 26 reviews and an average rating of 3.6/10.^[17] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 27 out of 100 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."^[18]

References

External links

• I.T. at the Internet Movie Database