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i-Lived (2015)
Josh Fosse is a 20-something guy whose life is going nowhere. His girl left him, his rent is late, and he lacks a real job. He is trying to make it as an app reviewer online and decides to review a self-help app called i-Lived for fun. He signs on and immediately his life turns around. He meets the girl of his dreams and he gets a job offer he can't refuse. Convinced it's him and not the app, he signs out... and loses everything. He signs on again but this time the terms are different, the app is asking him to do things that are out of his moral comfort zone, but which are essential to becoming the success the app tells him he can be.
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Josh Fosse is a 20-something guy whose life is going nowhere. His girl left him, his rent is late, and he lacks a real job. He is trying to make it as an app reviewer online and decides to review a self-help app called i-Lived for fun. He signs on and immediately his life turns around. He meets the girl of his dreams and he gets a job offer he can't refuse. Convinced it's him and not the app, he signs out... and loses everything. He signs on again but this time the terms are different, the app is asking him to do things that are out of his moral comfort zone, but which are essential to becoming the success the app tells him he can be.
Rating:NR
Genre:Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Written By:Franck Khalfoun
In Theaters:7/3/2015
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Runtime:97 minutes
Studio:Ministry of Content, Bleiberg Entertainment
Cast
Franck Khalfoun
Director
Jeremiah Watkins
Josh
Jan Broberg Felt
Josh's Mom
Shannon Collis
Drunk Girl
Josh Cowdery
Executive #2
Josh Cowdery
Josh's Dad
Luis Fernandez-Gil
Roberto Luis
Jonathan M. Howard
Café Patron
Franck Khalfoun
Detective McQuee (voice)
Christopher Menaul
Bobby Yen (as Chris Mena)
Koral Michaels
Kidnap Girl
Maja Miletich
Genny
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