Alien at the Movies

It's "Truth or Dare" minus the truth for adrenalin junkies & on-line mass media addicts when @Vee_99 (Emma Roberts) and @_Ian_ (Dave Franco) team up as players to earn money by completing challenges issued by anonymous watchers. This all seems like fun & games until the dares escalate to increasingly dangerous levels. Targeting today's smart phone obsessed young users, this film becomes a poor man's "Hunger Games" with annoying text overlaying the onscreen action. Inspired by a interesting premise with some daring stunts but the plot is weak & supported by some cyber mumbo jumbo. The two leads were good in their roles but their romantic connection was hard to buy.

Alien gives it 2 ½ "Beware of Mad Max" stars out of 4.