![]() ![]() We feel his obsession and his need to follow all the clues of these signal mysteries. His facial expressiveness is telling and powerful. Shum does a terrific job finding that balance of the two emotions before diving into blinding rage and insanity in the third act which also delivers some last minute shocking twists that make you rethink everything you thought you knew about James. Is Alice involved or does she know more than she’s saying? Each person whom James encounters raises suspicion and by extension casts doubts on the reliability of his POV or his reliability as a narrator, making us ever leery of James’ obsession, which only intensifies as the film progresses, fueling the tension and our interest ever higher.īut underneath the obvious mystery of the intrusions is the driving force of James’ emotional journey as he goes down the rabbit hole of grief and despair and his inability to connect with reality and rationality following the disappearance of a loved one some years earlier.Īs James, Harry Shum Jr knocks it out of the park on the “scared shitless but trying not to show it” performance BUT where he really excels is with the edginess of curiosity layered on top of the fear. Mysteriously and inquisitively played by Kelley Mack, that throws another monkey wrench into the increasing ambiguity and suspense. What was he doing in his past? Could he have been behind the intrusions at one time?Īmbiguity is a real watchword here, especially once a stranger named Alice appears on the scene. The twists and turns of BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION extend beyond events in the story and into the character of James himself as his obsession begins to blur the line between fantasy and reality, creating ambiguity that by the third act raises red flags that he may somehow be involved in the disruptions. The result is a sensory experience that is insanely delicious! - …. Now obsessed, James lets his mind wander and wonder, assembling clues that make him believe that these interruptions are not only clues to a horrific crime but that whoever is behind them knows that James is close to uncovering the truth,Īn original concept conceived by taking known instances of “broadcast signal intrusions” in real life and melding that with the inspiration of a semi-famous “Max Headroom” intrusion event and crafting a story around that with an almost “scavenger hunt” scenario that employs grainy old VHS video pulled from analog broadcasts and then layering that with multiple layers of altered sound with everything from voice to Morse Code, tapping into the “audio-video” of broadcasting and the audio/video sensory experiences and processes of humans. Curious, James starts to track down other similar broadcast signal intrusions. During this process, James discovers a surreal and very disturbing broadcast interruption which he believes to be the product of a signal hack. ![]() A riveting sensory fueled obsessive mania that intensifies into a tension-fueled explosive final act that is killer.ĭirected by Jacob Gentry with script by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall, BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION stars Harry Shum Jr as video archivist and editor James who is working on an archival project logging decades-old TV broadcasts (long before the days of digital archive preservation). Inspired by actual television interruptions that occurred in Chicago in the late 1980s, BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION is a captivating and terror-filled journey of one man as the line between fantasy and reality blur with obsession as burgeoning technology of the day may hold the key to a traumatic event in his past and potential danger in his future. ![]()
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