A programmer's 1984 video game adaptation blurs reality, creating a darkly-comic, cerebral, and suspenseful mystery.
Surreal. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
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Some innuendo or implied sex and some violence, about what an R should carry.
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In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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