IBoy is a British science-fiction movie by Adam Randall which was published as a Netflix-original in 2017 and lasts 91 minutes. Bill Milner and Maisie Williams are the main actors. The script is based on the novel "iBoy" by Kevin Brooks from the year 2010.
Tom Harvey (Bill Milner) was a typical teenager until he comes under fire. During that, fragments of his smartphone got stuck inside of his skull and the brain section. After waking up from coma he realizes that the fragments can not be removed of his skull. Because of his smartphone, he is getting superpowers such as being able to go online, listening to phone calls, etc. and all of that just with the power of his mind. He is also able to shoot electroshocks and to open fields of force, which makes a big impact on the film. He remembers the rape of his best friend, Lucy Walker (Maisie Williams), and starts to haunt the group of teenagers who did it, infiltrating a drug business and getting into fights with the whole crew and their boss. I do recommend the movie to mostly all teenagers but I think it would be a great view for the family either. The fact that in the film the fragments get stuck in his head throughout a shot makes it more real than in the book in which the phone is dropping off a building. The scene where Lucy is raped puts the watcher into Tom's situation which later makes a big impact on the ongoing history of the movie since he remembers the rape and does know who did it and who was involved in it. Rated online between 5-6/10 , I would rate the movie a 7.5/10 because in my opinion it was well implemented and well done but since it is a Netflix original it disappointed me a bit because I expected a lot more out of it - compared to other Netflix originals.
Tom Harvey (Bill Milner) was a typical teenager until he comes under fire. During that, fragments of his smartphone got stuck inside of his skull and the brain section. After waking up from coma he realizes that the fragments can not be removed of his skull. Because of his smartphone, he is getting superpowers such as being able to go online, listening to phone calls, etc. and all of that just with the power of his mind. He is also able to shoot electroshocks and to open fields of force, which makes a big impact on the film. He remembers the rape of his best friend, Lucy Walker (Maisie Williams), and starts to haunt the group of teenagers who did it, infiltrating a drug business and getting into fights with the whole crew and their boss. I do recommend the movie to mostly all teenagers but I think it would be a great view for the family either. The fact that in the film the fragments get stuck in his head throughout a shot makes it more real than in the book in which the phone is dropping off a building. The scene where Lucy is raped puts the watcher into Tom's situation which later makes a big impact on the ongoing history of the movie since he remembers the rape and does know who did it and who was involved in it. Rated online between 5-6/10 , I would rate the movie a 7.5/10 because in my opinion it was well implemented and well done but since it is a Netflix original it disappointed me a bit because I expected a lot more out of it - compared to other Netflix originals.