Blank review – author held hostage by AI as near-future thriller enters Misery territory

There’s some inspired direction as Misery meets Ex Machina in this sci-fi psychological thriller

In what has the distinctively zoned-out vibe of another lockdown-born project, Natalie Kennedy’s sci-fi psychological thriller sees Clare Rivers (Rachel Shelley), an author with writer’s block, sign up for a deluxe writing retreat operated entirely by AI. Sealed hermetically into her unit by a virus that corrupts the system, she can’t leave until she has produced a book, making Blank play out like Misery and Ex …

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