Nonton Film iBoy (2017) Full Movie
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Maisie Williams and Bill Milner give revenge a digital twist fighting London street gangs with accidentally acquired hacking powers, though it would be useful to dial down the urban realism
Bill Milner is iBoy.
Teenage avenger … Bill Milner is iBoy. Photograph: Netflix
This looked like an interesting generic combination: a superhero movie served up in a pork-pie casing of Brit urban realism; there’s a classy cast including Maisie Williams and Rory Kinnear, and iBoy could well be a commercial success. But for me the superpower idea can only work with humour and lightness of touch: and there is a persistent and disconcerting joylessness about this.
Bill Milner plays Tom, a shy, lonely teenage boy on an estate who interrupts some men who have sexually assaulted his friend Lucy (Williams) in a neighbouring flat. They shoot at him and in the ensuing violent chaos, bits of his smartphone get stuck in his brain and he awakens from a coma with superpowers: he can telepathically hack into any digital network. Calling himself “iBoy” he sets out to avenge Lucy and take on the drug gangs.
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The silliest moment comes when he mentally accesses some YouTube videos on martial arts as he creeps up on some goon, and, having instantly absorbed them, proceeds to thump the guy. (Erm, couldn’t he watch the videos at home without the superpowers? And do they guarantee any martial arts talent?) Again: this could work with humour — but not realist grimness. It’s a nice idea which doesn’t quite come off.
iBoy is released worldwide on Netflix on 27 January.
