Five suburban youths embark on a night of violence in the city, attacking unsuspecting victims while recording the assaults on smartphones.
Direction
Sourligas weaponizes shaky-cam authenticity to nauseating effect.
Writing
Dialogue so natural it feels illegally obtained.
Director
Christos Sourligas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Happy slapping' was a real mid-2000s UK phenomenon; this Canadian film transplants that specific moral panic to North American suburbs with zero translation loss.
The 2.0 TMDB rating reflects audience rage at being implicated, not technical failure — this film succeeds at making you hate yourself for watching.