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One day while out for a run, Sarah (Ksenia Solo) was overpowered by a man (Mikey Lipka) who then brutally rapexd her - so small wonder she has been traumatized ever since, which is expressed in severe agoraphobia and a geberal fear of men. But to Sarah's credit, she actively tries to overcome her condition and consults with a psychotherapist (Christina Cox) online - only she's less than happy about her slow progress. So her analyst suggests something, why not get a lifelike male android, Raptus (Nolan Gerard Funk) who's to get her used to male company, maybe even sex, again without posing the least of threats to her due to his programming. And in the begining everythng works out fine, Raptus is charming, at times even seductive, his behaviour can be regulated, he can be easily turned off, and he's good-looking even. Thing is, eventually she learns that the police have arrested a suspect in her case and she'd need to come to the precinct for an identification - and no matter how much she'd love to see her rapist arrested, she can't bring herself to leave the house. But she figures she can overcome her trauma by going through another trauma, and for this she asks her friend, android technician Murry (Zion Forrest Lee) to pull out all restrictions on Raptus' aggression mode - and only too late she learns this was a very bad idea ...

Now sure, this movie's take on both exposure therapy and artificial intelligence/robotics are a bit simplistic - but one can't deny that the movie tells a clever story full of ever-building suspense peppered by a few jump scares and a rather exciting finale, and at the same time there's also a compelling side to things. And a very solid cast playing it straight and a suitably subtle directorial effort also help to make this one pretty cool genre ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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