How broken is Gen-Z? It's What's Inside! As a stylistic device to caricature this, the film uses precisely the diseases that have afflicted this poor generation. Social media addiction, self-expression compulsion, luxury affinity, technology dependency. These poor kids, who are now grown up but will probably never be emotionally, are trapped in this world of fake bits and fake bytes. In terms of staging, this is really creatively realised; every scene more or less subtly shows the pretence in this existence. As the film progresses, it becomes difficult to follow the who-is-who, especially because the characters don't play favourites. Presumably they all remain strangers to the audience. At some point, however, there is a good trick for the danger of confusion. In general, the makers come up with all kinds of technical gimmicks to support their vision. Confusion? Yes, often, but the interesting bodyswitch theme also ensures that the suspense is maintained. It hasn't been seen like this before and that's where the film's achievement lies: inventiveness, freshness, creativity. Not the rule, neither in general nor especially with Netflix.
