Broadcast Signal Intrusion

It is suspenseful and will keep you wondering all the way to the end. It won't answer any questions but it will keep you on edge.

3.0 stars; The mystery part was good. But I need to file this movie under the category of just plain weird I guess I'm just not sophisticated enough to get it

Another one is these "this is movie is so bad who would make it?" movies that I feel guilty I invested two hours on this. Not even sure how this gets the tomatoes it does may be among worst of all time.

Overall, I had a great time with this film.  The film gets underway with a thrilling and creepy plot quickly, and I found myself hooked and eager to know the truth of all the mysteries.  Pacing is also snappy as it feels like something is always happening on screen.  The fun musical score brings this crime story to life with a neo-noir feel.  However, while being an entertaining thriller, I feel a few issues could bother many, including the odd cuts between scenes and some lines of dialogue that feel poorly delivered.  Ultimately the film's lack of conclusion, especially during the final moments, will leave audiences either baffled or stumped.  When it comes to the core plot, it's brilliant, but not everything is spoon-fed, and this will keep viewers guessing and thinking upon their first watch.

A well acted and genuinely creepy film that's only setback is the ending.

Really well done and well acted, but the ending left me very confused as to what I watched.

If you are watching BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION as a horror / mystery thriller like Silence of the Lambs you will probably be severely disappointed but if you watch is as a story about obsession, about the ability to go mad because of that obsession it may haunt you. For me, the final act was so incredibly vague and open ended that you could explain the movie in literally a dozen ways. In the age of Qanon and the fact that people actually believe in a platform that was made up by bored pranksters out of absolutely nothing, it does make the themes in BSI intriguing. Harry Shum Jr. in the title role as James, a man obsessed with old creepy images that were famously broadcast illegally on TV in 1987 because he is convinced that they have to do with why is wife is missing (and two other missing women back in the 80's / 90's) is amazing and, in fact, all the actors involved are incredibly believable in their roles. The cinematography is expressed often times in a gritty slightly muted way which works so well in amping up the suspense and uneasiness. The direction is great. The issue for me is that the story feels like a puzzle made of 10 different puzzles that all are able to fit together in a haphazard manner so the final result doesn't actually make sense. AND, sadly, if you try to make sense of it you might end up as emotionally hollow as poor James.

Unfolds like a remake of Videodrome might, albeit a lighter one. A bit too convoluted to easily follow as it's moves a little too quickly to an ending that's just blah.

This movie gets almost all of its set dressing bang on. The aesthetic, all the vhs stuff, the visual distortion...it's all really cool. Unfortunately, the movie is just boring and uninteresting. Had I liked the plot, I'd also say the ending would've been really disappointing, but as it stands, it seems right that a bad movie would flub the ending as well.

BSI is a conceptual maze that's disturbing and enthralling. The bizarre theme and mysterious storyline is what muddle easy conclusions. BSI leaves a memorable unsettling hallmark for it's genre.