Influencers

Influencers (2025) explores the consequences of stolen identity through a more character-driven psychological thriller, focusing on CW’s crumbling new life rather than the crime itself. While its internal conflicts and visual presentation remain engaging, inconsistent writing, weaker suspense, and an unconvincing finale prevent it from matching the impact of the first film. Overall, it's a decent ...

Sierbahnn

2mo ago

6.0

Solid, if somewhat empty-feeling This movie works as stand-alone, if you can do with the exposition. I can remember the predecessor, as I watched it when it came out, but the details blur. This movie is just a scathing critique on the influencer-culture, and dismantles many of its tropes (sometimes with a cleaver). It isn't clever, or particularly scary, but it is entertaining, and competently...

As a lover of thrillers and horrors, I hate the way female killers and villains are generally portrayed by male directors and writers in these genres - that is, as uni-dimensionally evil with no redeeming or relatable qualities - unlike the way male killers are often portrayed. This is pretty much the way CW was stereotyped in the first movie (Influencer) by writer-director Kurtis David Harder, wh...