Thursday, October 13, 2016

My Movie Review: The Nerve

The Nerve tells about the life within a game. It also tells what will happen if the people will behave or act if the internet will be used evilly. The people were free to choose if they are a watcher or a player. The game will last 24 hours; the first and the second place in the game would be in the final round. The movie were a bit trite, but it is important to be discussed especially nowadays. 

A high school senior Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts) is tired of living life on her comfort zone.  Pressured by her friends, Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares by the watchers. I really love the whirlwind romance between Vee and Ian. During her first dare, which is to kiss a stranger; she met Ian. The watchers liked them together doing dares. Watchers is the one who pays the players. The harder the challenge is, the more money they receive. After their crazy adventures and dangerous dares, they feel comfortable together. I really liked the part where they are dared to ride a motorcycle while Ian is blindfolded. They survived it fortunately. Thanks for their trust and teamwork. Because of the game, they enjoyed each other's company and they can't help but to fall in love. 

When Nerve begins to take a sinister turn, Vee finds herself in a high-stakes finale that will ultimately determine her entire future. The movie made me feel angry towards the watchers because they are being insensitive towards the players. The watchers are making them do dangerous stunts and some lives were lost because of it. 

When Vee and Ian were at the final round, the watchers dared them to kill each other. It was the moment of the movie that made me feel antsy of what might happen. Fortunately, they ran out of time to do their dare. A lot of watchers were dissappointed and angry towards Vee and Ian for not giving them a good show. I felt relieved, but not for long. Another character showed up and challenged the watchers if he should kill Vee to give them a good show just like they want. He asked the watchers if he will continue the dare and mostly said yes. As a person who is very engrossed in the game, he shot Vee. The watchers didn't know that Vee's computer geek friend together with his friends, hacked the Nerve system. They told every watchers who voted YES, were the accessory of murder. Because of it, every watchers signed out. 


The Nerve is a movie that imposes reality and the future. Whether we admit it or not, we are somehow controlled by social media or the internet. If the internet were used to do illegal and dangerous stuffs just like in the movie, we are going to become prisoners of the internet. We are being controlled to do dangerous stuffs and risk our lives. The movie made me realized to be wise when using the internet and use it for the important matters only and use it moderately, not for addiction.