Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) escapes her abusive sociopath boyfriend and hides out where he hopefully can’t find her. Two weeks later her sister delivers the news that he’s killed himself and Cecilia has been left a shit-ton of money. The man was the world-leading researcher in the field of optics so he was worth a good amount of scratch. Just as it looks like our hero can finally move on and enjoy her life, an invisible force starts fucking with her. She believes her ex faked his death and adapted something in his line of work to take him completely out of human sight. Of course, proving that is gonna be a hell of an issue and whoever or whatever is after her ain’t above murder to keep the torture going. Elisabeth Moss is excellent in the lead and Oliver Jackson-Cohen carries a strong enough presence to be a real piece of shit, even when he’s not on screen (I mean... that’s kind of fucking important for the whole thing to work). The rest of the supporting cast is great in their smaller roles... it really is the leading lady’s show. Director Leigh Whannell continues his streak of solid films and manages to turn up the tension with tiny moments. The restaurant scene may be my favorite from the whole thing.
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