Screenlife movies just seem cruel at this point. After all, we spend most of our waking lives staring at screens. Computer screens, laptop screens, tablet screens, smartphone screens. In comparison, movies are a respite. Sure, you’re watching them on a screen. But at least they provide a simulation of real life.

But screenlife movies, including this one produced by Timur Bekmambetov ( Searching , Unfriended , Profile and, much to his detriment, War of the Worlds ), don’t seem to be going away. At least, until fans grow tired of them, much as they grew tired of the increasingly exhausted found-footage genre.

LifeHack

The Bottom Line You'll be glued to the screens.

Release date : Friday, May 15

Cast : Georgie Farmer, Yasmin Finney, Roman Hayeck Green, James Scholz, Jessica Reynolds, Charlie Creed Miles

Director : Ronan Corrigan

Screenwriters : Ronan Corrigan, Hope Elliott Kemp

1 hour 37 minutes

LifeHack , at least, is a superior example of the form, foregoing the usual thriller or horror film formats…