They’ll make your blood pressure skyrocket, heart race, and have you gripping your seat with unbearable tension: Psychological thrillers are adrenaline injections in cinematic garb. At their best, these movies take us by the hand and accompany us into the deepest abysses of the human soul.
Shady characters play with the minds of both the protagonists and the viewers. Often the focus is on a question we ask ourselves repeatedly, a question that has burned itself deep into our brains and suddenly makes us see the world through different eyes: Which is real? What is not? Am I real?
Webcam pornography is hard work. Alice (Madeline Brewer) is aware of that, too, and that’s why she throws herself into her job with great ambition and even more nerve. Alice’s fan base is growing – and she knows what’s expected of her. However, she never expected that a woman would one day steal her online identity and thus make Alice invisible. Even more: The stranger looks exactly like her! Alice does everything to undo what can’t be.
“CAM” is no psychological treatise on existential questions of the human psyche. Still, it offers exceptional film entertainment because of the unusual setting (namely the online porn scene), convincing with original narrative tricks and gentle eroticism. Thrilling, gripping and delicately provocative!
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