Paranoia (2013 film)
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| Directed by | Robert Luketic |
| Produced by | Alexandra Milchan Scott Lambert Deepak Nayar |
| Screenplay by |
Barry Levy Jason Hall |
| Based on |
Paranoia by Joseph Finder |
| Starring |
Liam Hemsworth Gary Oldman Amber Heard Harrison Ford Lucas Till Embeth Davidtz Julian McMahon Josh Holloway Richard Dreyfuss |
| Music by | Junkie XL |
| Cinematography | David Tattersall |
| Edited by | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
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| Distributed by | Relativity Media |
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15–$35 million |
| Box office | $13.8 million |
Paranoia is an American thriller film directed by Robert Luketic. Barry L. Levy and Jason Hall wrote the screenplay, loosely based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Joseph Finder. It stars Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, and Harrison Ford. The film was released on August 16, 2013, and grossed $13.8 million. It was described as "clichéd and unoriginal" on Rotten Tomatoes, where it has a 6% approval rating.
Adam Cassidy is a low-level inventor who works for a corporation run by Nicholas Wyatt. After being fired for insubordination, Adam uses the company's credit card to pay for bottle service for his friends at a club. Wyatt and his enforcer, Miles Meachum, blackmail Adam into becoming a corporate spy for Wyatt by threatening to have him arrested for fraud.
Adam is trained by Judith Bolton and infiltrates a company run by Wyatt's former mentor, Jock Goddard. He provides Goddard, who stole several of Wyatt's ideas, with an advanced software able to hack into cellphones, with potential military applications. FBI Agent Gamble interrogates Adam, revealing that three other employees of Wyatt who transferred to Goddard's company were found dead, but Adam ignores him.
Adam finds out Emma Jennings, a woman he met during the party, is the Director of Marketing of Goddard's company. He initiates a relationship with Emma in order to steal files about Goddard's upcoming projects. Wyatt threatens to kill Adam's father, Frank Cassidy, if Adam doesn't steal a revolutionary prototype cellphone developed by Goddard. Adam later finds out Meachum and Bolton are monitoring him, so he destroys the cameras in his apartment. In retaliation, Meachum runs over Adam's friend, Kevin, with a car, nearly killing him. Adam is given 48 hours to steal the prototype.
Adam uses Emma's thumbprint lifted from a spoon to gain security access to the company's vault. He is confronted there by Goddard, who intends to take over Wyatt's company with evidence that Adam was acting as Wyatt's spy. Emma finds out Adam used her. Adam recruits Kevin to help him. A meeting is set with Wyatt and Goddard, where it is revealed that Bolton has spied against Wyatt on Goddard's behalf. Both men speak of the crimes they have committed to sabotage each other's companies.
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