Overview
- LifeHack, which opened in theaters Friday via Triple Media Film and Iconic Events, arrives after a festival run at SXSW, Fantasia and Overlook.
- The plot follows teenage hackers who mine an influencer daughter’s public posts to reach a tech billionaire’s cryptocurrency.
- The action unfolds on desktops and phones, with brief CCTV and phone-camera views when the plan moves into the real world.
- Ronan Corrigan makes his feature debut from a script co-written with Hope Elliott Kemp, with Timur Bekmambetov producing and Georgie Farmer, Yasmin Finney, Roman Hayeck-Green, James Scholz, Jessica Reynolds and Charlie Creed-Miles starring.
- Cast interviews describe 30-page takes, cameras fixed to computers and simultaneous shoots that added stress, while reviews praise the concept and performances but note the format can feel overwhelming.