Static

This 2008 sleeper is reallly fun! It's sci-fi, and it's got two things that will grab you!

First: The story, of which I will NOT give details, is truly mind-boggling (as you'll see, the pun is intended). Three inventive young people decide that dialing a cell phone by holding it is really old school! So they create a phone on a chip, implant the chip in their brains, and just say, "Phone ON" or "Phone OFF". Wow!

Second: Two of the three protagonists are really among the most attractive to hit the big screen. I won't speak for the ladies, but I think they will find Stephen Byer (above) quite the dude to look at! I found Kathleen Robertson (above) as pretty as any of the most dazzling starlets.

OK, there you have it: a fun plot and eye-candy actors.

Is there much else? I'd say yes! Of course, the inventors' plans go a bit awry with the phones in the brain....what else would you expect from good sci-fi? And there's a very evil person in the mix. Also, some good, well-placed violence! Even a bit of sex!

Yeah, not your high-brow movie. No sophistication. But not bad at all for an original, thought-provoking film.

Very entertaining. A- Grade.

The minus is for, well, one or two scenes where we must stretch our disbelief a little too much!