Nerve

Release Date: July 27, 2016

Starring: Emma Roberts as Vee
Dave Franco as Ian

High school senior Vee has always played it safe. Her best friend, Sydney, has always been on the wild side. When a new online game called Nerve hits their city Sydney is all about for it. Competing to the the most views while completing dares she calls Vee out for being afraid of everything. Trying to prove her wrong, Vee signs up to play and gets sucked up into a world of danger while trying to survive.

Directed by: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

Written by: Jessica Sharzer based off the novel by Jeanne Ryan

This was by far the best movie of the summer. I felt like every time I saw the trailer for the film there was a lot of hype for it. Most of the time films don't live up to the hype that they are given. This was the exception to that rule. Every single bit of hype that was given to this film was well deserved.

The whole point of this film in control. It really shows how our society today is being controlled. Not just everyone one but the different age groups. When we see Vee and Sydney that are on the younger side they are controlled by what people think about them. Whether is be like Sydney and she was to be liked by everyone and the center of attention, or like Vee who doesn't want to be judged by her "friends". They both want to show what they have in front of everyone. They are also controlled by the unknown force that is the internet. Not only do they want to approval for everyone around them they also want it from anyone who can see it happening. The one thing that you see that not many older people are playing the game. They are controlled by money as a means to survive. The don't play the game because they know that the stuff that they are doing is going to get someone hurt. They know better than to rick their neck for something that could get them a lot of money or something that can get them killed. So they don't really know about the game and the kids are playing it in order to earn money because they think that by doing this is will help their parents out.

Regardless of who is controlling who,the film is very original. The script is very imaginative. It seems very realistic in what some of the dares are for people to do and what kinds of things that would happen in order to get them knocked out of the game. A lot of movies that have people being disqualified for stuff is for something that they aren't really afraid of. So, when they do get knocked out for something it doesn't seem genuine. This one shows that when they are knocked out of the game they are truly afraid of what they are about to do. They still go out swinging. They try to conquer their fear but sometimes it can't be done. It's a great reminder that not everyone in the film is totally fearless.

I have to say that I was impressed by that acting as well. I have loved everyone that I have seen Dave Franco do so I was thrilled to learn that he was going to being to be in this film. I am not a huge fan of Emma Roberts. I was a little worried about paring the two of them in this movie but they actually worked really well together. Their chemistry worked a lot better together that I would have ever given them credit for. They were very believable as love interests and they really seemed to enjoy making the film. I would see another action film with both of them in it if it happened again.

The only thing about this film that was not my favorite thing was the fact that they were all in high school. The reason being for that is because most of the fighting was done in that stupid high school drama that most people leave behind when they left high school. However, I understood that the novel was set for them being in high school so I could look past it. Other than that the is a very solid and fun movie that needs to be experience on the big screen.