horror film
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directed by Jacques Kluger. The film is based on the bestseller novel titled ''Puzzle'' by
Franck Thilliez
Franck Thilliez (born 15 October 1973 in Annecy) is a French writer.
Thilliez was a computer engineer for a decade before he began writing. The plot revolves around Lucas (
Charley Palmer Rothwell
Charley Palmer Rothwell (born 9 February 1992) is an English actor. He is the son of ''EastEnders'' actress Patsy Palmer.
Early life
Rothwell was born on 9 February 1992 in Bethnal Green, London. He is the son of actress Patsy Palmer and bo ...
), a young man who participates in a game called Paranoia, which is used as a means to make several atrocities.
The film premiered on 18 April 2019 in the United States, and 10 July 2019 in VOD format.
Plot
Lucas and Chloé are a former dysfunctional couple who, after having spent a year apart, meet again when Chloé decides to invite him to play a game called Paranoia, which offers a million euros to the two players who finish the game. After gathering the clues and solving puzzles, the two are accepted into the game and arrive at an abandoned hospital where it will take place. Upon entering, they find a handful of other players that have also qualified in the same manner. A mysterious voice suddenly announces the rules of the game as well as how to play but does not tell them two hidden rules: nothing is real, and one of them will die.
Upon starting, Lucas begins to notice oddities in how the game is set up. He assumes the game's organisers are trying to kill every player, but Chloé refuses to believe that anyone wants to kill them all. Shortly after passing the game's first test, they run into the corpse of one of the players. Frightened, Chloé and Lucas try to finish the game to save their lives. In another room, they discover another dead player and some papers with information about Naomi, who was admitted to the hospital years ago and noted as a dangerous patient. Chloé deduces that Naomi must have been committing the murders.
The couple reach the final test, which tasks them with going to the abandoned hospital church. Chloé discovers that Lucas is really the murderer and that he is a psychopath who suffers from
memory loss
Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused temporarily by the use o ...
. Chloé makes him believe that they are about to reach the end of the game, finds a ladder to go up to the second floor of the church, then pushes him off and flees. However, he manages to find her and kill her.
Lucas, unaware of what he is doing, "confronts" the murderer and overpowers him in a fight. When he orders the killer to take his mask off, he discovers he shares his face and realizes he is responsible for murdering his mother and organizing the game. He tells police that the murderer has escaped.
Cast
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Charley Palmer Rothwell
Charley Palmer Rothwell (born 9 February 1992) is an English actor. He is the son of ''EastEnders'' actress Patsy Palmer.
Early life
Rothwell was born on 9 February 1992 in Bethnal Green, London. He is the son of actress Patsy Palmer and bo ...
Roxane Mesquida
Roxane Mesquida (born 1 October 1981) is a French-American actress and model based in Los Angeles.
Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town located in southern France. Her mother, writer Françoise Mesquida, is French/Spanish and her father ...
Thomas Mustin
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* Thomas (name)
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* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...