American Thief
Rating: 6.6
Plot Summary:
TONCRUZ and DIOP are teenage hackers. Diop wants to awaken society to the reality of overreaching government surveillance programs while Toncruz wants to use the technology to avenge his father's murder. As Toncruz connects to internet criminals on the deep web, PAUL HUNTER, a disgruntled vlogger, rants about political conspiracy theories. Both Paul and Toncruz are contacted by an UNIDENTIFIED USER who claims he can provide what is needed to expose the truth. Filmed and scripted around true events between 2015-2018, the script was modified to incorporate the real-life atmosphere of uncertainty as our fictional characters participated in real events.
Director: Miguel Silveira
Running time: 1h 30min
Genre: Drama,Thriller
Release date: 12 January 2021 (USA)
Cast: Xisko Maximo Monroe, Khadim Diop, Ben Becher, Josefina Scaro, Allen Guy Wilcox, Julia Morrison