NERVE (USA 2016) ****
Directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joos
Starring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade |
Review by Gilbert Seah
NERVE is a video game comedy/thriller/horror written by Jessica Sharzer based on her 2012 novel. Directors Schulman and Joos have previously made a documentary called CATFISH based on similar material. The video game NERVE is online reality based focusing on the dare part of ‘truth or dare’. Going on line with the underground app, one can click on ‘watchers’ or ‘players’. Players make money as they complete dares suggested by the watchers who pay to watch their players.
Enter into the game high school senior Venus Delmonic aka Vee (Emma Roberts). Fed up of being her best friend’s (Emily Meade) sidekick, Vee becomes a player for VERVE. She is caught up in the game with fellow-player Ian (Dave Franco) who has a secret. The film plunges Vee…
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