First video game adaptation to premiere at Cannes? Pour one out for Uwe Boll. 

The brilliance of the indie game that went viral in early-2024 was its simplicity— identify the anomaly and then walk in the other direction. Innately tense, horror existing in the banality of our routine commute. As you can guess, it’s why the game is also enjoyable. Rounding the corner, holding your breath, did I find the anomaly?

Yet the game’s primary appeal is mostly an afterthought in its film adaptation. That isn’t to say being more character driven is a bad thing, but there’s almost too much story. Some of it compelling, some of it drab, it’s just a shame there’s little interest in what made the game special. 

It was also midnight screening so maybe I’m delirious.