Scott, Joe and Susie are three students living in a Brighton flat. Joe and Susie are a couple but Scott is single... till one day he meets Charlotte on line. She also lives in Brighton and suggests they meet. For a while they are a couple... at least Scott thinks they are. Then one day she ends it. This happens around the time Scott has been playing an underground game called 'Killer Net'. It is a first person murder game, set in a choice of locations including Brighton, where one may stalk, murder and dispose of a victim then persuade the police of your innocence. If you succeed against one of the game characters you can enter the details of a real person. Feeling upset Scott enters Charlotte's details... soon she is found dead in a location used in the game. Did Scott use the game to work out how to commit murder or is there something sinister about the game?
I watched when it was first broadcast and enjoyed it, at the time I had never used the internet. Sitting down to watch it again now I feared it would have dated horribly... somewhat surprisingly it holds up pretty well. Yes some of the internet related stuff has dated but the central idea works quite well. The story isn't rushed; the murder doesn't take place till around the half way point. The first half shows us the various characters and their relationships as well as showing Scott and his friends' attempts to create the perfect murder within the game. The in game murder is rather disturbing thanks to the first person perspective... mirroring the classic 'Peeping Tom'. The cast does an impressive job; most obviously Tam Williams, Paul Bettany and Emily Woof as Scott, Joe and Susie and Cathy Brolly as Charlotte. Overall I'd recommend this; just be warned the DVD combines each episode to make a three hour twenty minute film!
I watched when it was first broadcast and enjoyed it, at the time I had never used the internet. Sitting down to watch it again now I feared it would have dated horribly... somewhat surprisingly it holds up pretty well. Yes some of the internet related stuff has dated but the central idea works quite well. The story isn't rushed; the murder doesn't take place till around the half way point. The first half shows us the various characters and their relationships as well as showing Scott and his friends' attempts to create the perfect murder within the game. The in game murder is rather disturbing thanks to the first person perspective... mirroring the classic 'Peeping Tom'. The cast does an impressive job; most obviously Tam Williams, Paul Bettany and Emily Woof as Scott, Joe and Susie and Cathy Brolly as Charlotte. Overall I'd recommend this; just be warned the DVD combines each episode to make a three hour twenty minute film!