Paranoia (2013 Film)
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''Paranoia'' is a 2013 American
thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
directed by
Robert Luketic Robert Luketic ( Croatian: Luketić) is an Australian film director. His films include '' Legally Blonde'' (2001), '' Monster-in-Law'' (2005), '' 21'' (2008), '' Killers'' (2010), and ''Paranoia'' (2013). Early life and education Robert Luketi ...
. Barry L. Levy and Jason Hall wrote the screenplay, loosely based on the 2004 novel of the same name by
Joseph Finder Joseph Finder (born October 6, 1958) is an American thriller writer. His books include '' Paranoia'', '' Company Man'', '' The Fixer'', '' Killer Instinct'', ''Power Play'', and the Nick Heller series of thrillers. His novel ''High Crimes'' was ...
. It stars
Liam Hemsworth Liam Hemsworth (born 13 January 1990) is an Australian actor. He played the roles of Josh Taylor (Neighbours), Josh Taylor in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' and Marcus in the children's television series ''The Elephant Princess''. In American fi ...
,
Gary Oldman Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Gary Oldman, various accolades, including an Academ ...
, Amber Heard, and
Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in Harrison Ford filmography, many notable films over seven decades, and is one of List of highest-grossing actors, the highest-gr ...
. The film was released on August 16, 2013, and bombed at the box office, grossing $17 million against a budget of $35 million. The film received negative reviews from critics and was described as "clichéd and unoriginal".


Plot

Adam Cassidy is a low-level inventor who works for a corporation run by Nicholas Wyatt. After being fired for insubordination, Adam uses the company's credit card to pay for bottle service for his friends at a club. Wyatt and his enforcer, Miles Meachum, blackmail Adam into becoming a corporate spy for Wyatt by threatening to have him arrested for fraud. Adam is trained by Judith Bolton and infiltrates a company run by Wyatt's former mentor, Jock Goddard. He provides Goddard, who stole several of Wyatt's ideas, with advanced software that can hack into cellphones, with potential military applications. FBI Agent Gamble interrogates Adam, revealing that three other employees of Wyatt who transferred to Goddard's company were found dead, but Adam ignores him. Adam finds out that Emma Jennings, a woman he met during the party, is the Director of Marketing at Goddard's company. He initiates a relationship with Emma to steal files about Goddard's upcoming projects. Wyatt threatens to kill Adam's father, Frank Cassidy, if Adam doesn't steal a revolutionary prototype cellphone, called Occura developed by Goddard. Adam later finds out Meachum and Bolton are monitoring him, so he destroys the cameras in his apartment. In retaliation, Meachum runs over Adam's friend, Kevin, with a car, almost killing him. Adam is given 48 hours to steal the prototype. Adam uses Emma's thumbprint lifted from a spoon to gain security access to the company's vault. He is confronted there by Goddard, who intends to take over Wyatt's company with evidence that Adam was acting as Wyatt's spy. Emma finds out Adam used her. Adam recruits Kevin to help him. A meeting is set with Wyatt and Goddard, where it is revealed that Bolton has spied against Wyatt on Goddard's behalf. Both men speak of the crimes they have committed to sabotage each other's companies. Adam secretly used software to transmit their conversation to Kevin, whose computer recordings are turned over to the FBI. Goddard, Wyatt, Bolton, and Meachum are arrested by Gamble, while Adam is released for contributing to the FBI's investigation. He opens a small startup company in Brooklyn with Kevin and their friends, and reconciles with Emma, thanking her with a passionate kiss.


Cast

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Liam Hemsworth Liam Hemsworth (born 13 January 1990) is an Australian actor. He played the roles of Josh Taylor (Neighbours), Josh Taylor in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' and Marcus in the children's television series ''The Elephant Princess''. In American fi ...
as Adam Cassidy *
Gary Oldman Sir Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Gary Oldman, various accolades, including an Academ ...
as Nicholas Wyatt * Amber Heard as Emma Jennings *
Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in Harrison Ford filmography, many notable films over seven decades, and is one of List of highest-grossing actors, the highest-gr ...
as Augustine "Jock" Goddard *
Lucas Till Lucas Daniel Till (born August 10, 1990) is an American actor. His work spans film and television, and his accolades include five Teen Choice Award nominations. Till began his career in the early 2000s with roles in independent films, before ga ...
as Kevin * Embeth Davidtz as Dr. Judith Bolton * Julian McMahon as Miles Meachum *
Josh Holloway Joshua Lee Holloway (born July 20, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as James "Sawyer" Ford on the ABC television show '' Lost'' (2004–2010) as Will Bowman on the USA Network science fiction drama ''Colony'' (2016â ...
as FBI Agent Gamble *
Richard Dreyfuss Richard Stephen Dreyfuss ( ; Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor. He emerged from the New Hollywood wave of American cinema, finding fame with a succession of leading man parts in the 1970s. He has received an Academy Award, a ...
as Frank Cassidy * Angela Sarafyan as Allison * Nickson Ruto as Fala * William Peltz as Morgan * Kevin Kilner as Tom Lundgren * Christine Marzano as Nora Sommers * Charlie Hofheimer as Richard McAllister


Production

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commenced on location in
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in July 2012, and returned for further filming at the end of November 2012. The first trailer was released on June 6, 2013. The film was scored by Junkie XL.


Release

Relativity Media Relativity Media, LLC is an American independent media company founded in 2004 by Lynwood Spinks and Ryan Kavanaugh. The company brokered film finance deals and later branched into film production and other entertainment ventures. The company ...
released ''Paranoia'' on August 16, 2013, and it was a
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. The film debuted at #13 in the United States, generating only $3.5 million in its first weekend and going on to gross a total of $7.4 million in the US. It made $9.7 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $17.1 million. ''Variety'' magazine listed ''Paranoia'' as one of "Hollywood's biggest box office bombs of 2013".


Reception

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, a
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, reports that 8% of 106 critics have given ''Paranoia'' a positive review; the average rating is 3.9/10. Their consensus is: "Clichéd and unoriginal, ''Paranoia'' is a middling techno-thriller with indifferent performances and a shortage of thrills." On
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, the film has a rating of 32 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by
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gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.
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of ''
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'' wrote of Hemsworth, "Not since Taylor Lautner has Hollywood ogled a pretty boy this vacant and poorly prepared." Andrew Barker of '' Variety'' wrote, "No one seems paranoid enough in this indifferently made, nearly tension-free thriller." Stephen Farber of ''
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'' called it "slick but muddled".


See also

* List of films featuring surveillance


References


External links

* * {{Robert Luketic 2010s American films 2010s English-language films 2010s spy thriller films 2013 thriller films American spy thriller films Films about fear Films about security and surveillance Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation Films based on American thriller novels Films directed by Robert Luketic Films scored by Tom Holkenborg Films set in New York City Films shot in New York City Films shot in Philadelphia Gaumont (company) films IM Global films Lionsgate Canada films Relativity Media films Techno-thriller films English-language spy thriller films