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'Nerve' is a dark thriller for the Pokemon Go generation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The invigorating new thriller "Nerve ," now playing in theaters, goes deep into the psychology of the internet with an addictive game that's so fresh, you wonder whether the filmmakers had a tip that the Pokemon Go craze was on the horizon. Players are given dares by anonymous masses of watchers with the promise of cash prizes at the end of each dare, which they have to film themselves doing — not dissimilar to Facebook Live or Periscope. [...] we look around and we're kind of already living in a sci-fi movie with the technology that exists today and a lot of really simple things we take for granted, Joost said. Beyond the drug-like thrills of the escalating dares, the film feels part "Risky Business" and part "After Hours," as Vee and Ian team up to try to win the game — which is also incidentally a popularity contest.

 

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