Overview
- Critics say the film’s nerve‑jangling, claustrophobic storytelling outweighs its sharper satirical aims, with several reviews questioning the late‑film payoff.
- Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone are widely credited with riveting lead turns, with Aidan Delbis noted as a breakout in a neurodivergent role.
- The story follows two conspiratorial cousins who abduct a pharmaceutical CEO they believe is an alien, a premise drawn from the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet!
- Reviewers highlight an explicit attack on corporate power, Big Pharma and CEO culture, even as the satire is described as scattershot.
- Will Tracy wrote the screenplay, with craft contributions singled out for Robbie Ryan’s visuals and Jerskin Fendrix’s anxiety‑ratcheting score.