![]() It all leads to a frustrating push and pull between a film and its leading man. He keeps busy, which stops him from thinking about his wife who recently vanished. If anything, it feels like Gentry should have played this angle up-although he was likely concerned about turning “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” into a “missing wife” story-as Shum seems to want to give the project an urgency that it too often lacks. In Chicago, in 1999, the video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr) works alone in a dark basement to transfer old broadcast footage into a digital format to save for the future. ![]() Whereas most people might investigate these intrusions with the fascination of a true crime podcast fan, James instantly suspects a connection to his trauma, and Shum is capable of conveying the way that grief can impact perception. Paranoia certainly hasn’t gone away since the ‘70s-it’s just gone online.Īn interesting yet underdeveloped component to this particular paranoia thriller is the grief that drives James as much as his curiosity. In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them. With increasing concerns over the power of tech, the disintegration of piracy, and the general distrust of government, it seems like a perfect time for a resurgence of the large scale paranoia thriller, and “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” could eventually look like the start of that subgenre’s return with hindsight. Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall’s script was very clearly inspired by conspiracy films of the ‘70s and ‘80s like “ The Parallax View” and “ Blow Out,” films with protagonists who become obsessed with the idea that they are just one clue away from solving everything. It turns out that the dates of the intrusions line up a little too neatly with those of missing women, and, of course, James has an emotional connection because the rumored third intrusion happened right around the time his wife Hannah disappeared. 0:00 / 2:21 BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION Official Trailer (2021) Movie Trailers Source 2. ![]() It’s not long before James is meeting shadowy figures in parking garages and alleys, getting clues about the origin of the intrusions and what they might mean. leads cast with Chris Sullivan ( This Is Us) in movie thriller Broadcast. He instantly (too instantly, really) becomes obsessed with learning more, soon finding a recording of a second BSI and hearing rumors of a third. By Andreas Wiseman Octo10:05am Shutterstock EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians and Glee star Harry Shum Jr. plays James, a video archivist in Chicago in 1999 who stumbles upon a recording of a BSI that features a figure in a strange, slightly terrifying white mask. ![]()
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