Who Am I: Kein System ist sicher (2014)

Who Am I: Kein System ist sicher: Directed by Baran bo Odar. With Tom Schilling, Elyas M’Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot Jr.. Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world’s stage.

“Even though I live in Germany, itu0026#39;s been years since I have watched a German movie. The local cinema and made-for-TV movie market is saturated by cheaply produced romcoms and documentary-style WW2-movies. u0026#39;Who Am Iu0026#39; caught my attention with its very different theme. And it turned out being a very enjoyable watch. The first interrogation theme felt a bit overacted and over-directed to me and made me worry if they would try to hard to be u0026quot;cool and differentu0026quot;, but luckily the movie quickly found a good pace and well-balanced direction. It moves at a fast pace, with quite some jumps forth and back in time, but the director keeps it well structured, so that the audience doesnu0026#39;t get lost in the twists and turns. The visual effects are very well done, I especially liked the visuals of the u0026#39;dark netu0026#39;, depicting the online interaction between hackers as scenes in an underground train. There are some minor plot holes, and I found myself able to guess some things which would happen next, but the end of the movie will manage to surprise most viewers (now, how often can you say that any more?), and the fast pace and compelling characters (throughout well acted) will keep you hooked. This isnu0026#39;t a groundbreaking movie, but I see good potential for it to draw the attention of an international audience, which hopefully will lead to some more German movies in he near future who also dare to address unusual themes.”