Venture capitalist Joel is dealing with the end of his last company. He's had to be the scapegoat for the lies that his partner told and his name is known nationwide as a swindler. He and his actress wife Jessica have to start over from the bottom -- living with her parents. But when Joel's life is at his lowest, he discovers that he may be able to reinvent himself.

Written by Mark Leidner and directed by Yedidya Gorsetman, this black and white tale of virtual reality gone wrong surprised me with how deep and brutal it could be.

When Joel meets old friend Nicolaus and his business partner Lester, he learns about Empathy, Inc.'s product - Xtreme Virtual Reality. It takes its users and allows them to be inside the lives of the poor and homeless. But the truth is, they're actually taking over the lives of real people and the choices they make have deadly results.

The line where one of the villains says, "It's the best feeling ever to CENSOR yourself?" That's crazy but brilliant writing. This raises some big ideas and delivers on them. I've never seen a body switch movie before where that happens.

Okay was kinda clueless to what was happening for most of this movie. But I did finally catch one once Joel decided to start beating himself with a gun.

-1 Star for Damaging Yourself when you know you need to come back eventually

+1 Star for Having the Cahones to do what needs to be done.... 'I'm done making deals'.....

-1 Star For Joel being a bit slow on the uptake there at the end....

+1 Star For Joel finally doing the RIGHT THING!!!

Okay really I have mixed feelings about this movie so I guess the rating it will get is well deserved.

5/10

It is good idea or topic, exactly the reason I was watching this. But gray color, acting, holes in the story, unsolved or unclear stuff makes it deserve no better rating. Not good to watch. No explanation. Unfinished. Just some random scifi stuff with bit of non-scifi stuff from real life, and few cool very small details such as witnessing crime. Not good enough. Like this is from 90s. Unexplained, unresolved.