TED K

A film about Unabomer Ted Kaczynski, Sharlto Copley plays Ted, who is a socially awkward individual, and has retreated to the isolation of Montana to "get away from society." However, he soon feels threatened by the likes of snowmobiles, motorbikes, loggers, and planes passing through or over his property. In order to be left in solitude, he confronts his trespassers by acts of vandalism or in the case of the overhead planes, targets the companies CEO's with mail bombs. Not knowing much about Kaczynski coming in to this film, the story is just as weird as the man himself; however, it doesn't work for me much. Many of the repeated actions take place: Ted's peaceful isolation is broken up by trespassers, Ted either confronts them or plans sending them a bomb to express his frustration that is only known to him, rinse, repeat. No timeline is given whatsoever during his decades long reign of terror. so it's difficult to keep up with how far Kaczynski has lost his grasp on reality. Outside of the strong performance of Copley, this film is rather forgettable, which is unfortunate, considering the subject matter. 5/10