After an up-and-coming pop musician named Oliver (Archie Madekwe) walks into a Los Angeles clothing store, he is charmed by Matthew Morning (Theodore Pellerin), an employee who just happens to play a song Oliver is a fan of. Little does Oliver know, however, to what lengths Matthew will go to remain in the musician's close social circle.
"Lurker" is a feature filmmaking debut by Alex Russell, a producer/writer on the hit TV series, "The Bear." Here he explores themes of altogether different nature: infatuation that turns into obsession, a product of one's worldly irrelevance and perpetual social solitude. The scenes where Morning introduces his old friends to Oliver and his entourage only lead to additional resentment and division.
The movie's dissertation is as relevant as ever. We occupy a world in which one's number of followers define an individual's place in society. For all its standard formula, the ending of "Lurker" is as unexpected as it gets. In exploring the irony of blackmail and extortion, Russell, ultimately, aligns the protagonist and antagonist's paths in unforeseen ways.
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