Ever wonder what would happen if Tim Cook decided to go evil and use everyone’s iPhone data for nefarious purposes?
That’s basically the plot of Tom Hanks’ new movie, The Circle, which is set at an infinite-loop-shaped campus in Silicon Valley where everything looks absolutely perfect from the outside (just like Apple).
Based on a novel by Dave Eggers, The Circle also stars Emma Watson and John Boyega. The company that Watson’s character gets herself caught up, called The Circle, is an internet giant that sounds more like Facebook or Google than Apple. But there are also a lot of parallels with Steve Jobs and the iPhone.
Watch the thrilling new The Circle trailer and see for yourself.
Watch The Circle trailer
This trailer for The Circle also reminds me of the movie Antitrust, in which Ryan Philippe joins a big Microsoft-type company whose CEO plans to take over the world.
You can catch The Circle in theaters on April 28.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
8 responses to “New Tom Hanks movie The Circle imagines world where Apple is evil”
That’s just a horrible plot.
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The UK spy agency GCHQ did the “circle” headquarters before Apple.
Snore. Sounds like a direct to video plot. Hanks seems to be doing anything for a paycheck these days.
You mean “New Emma Watson movie”? She is the main character.
The book was a fun read though.
Apple services are not up to that level of tracking LOL
Exactly, there’s Alphabet for that.
Right subject with wrong target…