Director Randall Okita’s home invasion thriller See For Me, coming to Blu-ray and DVD, pits a blind young woman against vicious thieves.
The film stars visually impaired actor Skyler Davenport as the blind house-sitter, Sophie. Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Pascal Langdale, Joe Pingue, George Tchortov, Laura Vandervoort, and Emily Piggford also star.
In the film, “when blind former skier Sophie accepts a last-minute house-sitting job in a secluded mansion, she awakes in the middle of the night to find the house under invasion by a group of thieves seeking a hidden safe. Her only means of defense: a new app called “See For Me,” which matches her with a volunteer across the country who uses Sophie’s cell phone to see on her behalf. Stubbornly independent, Sophie is reluctant to accept help until she is connected to Kelly, an army veteran who spends her days playing first-person shooter games. As the cat-and-mouse game with the intruders escalates, Sophie is forced to learn that if she’s going to survive the night, she’ll need to take all the help she can get.”
See For Me is a Wildling Pictures Production written by Adam Yorke and Tommy Gushue and produced by Matt Code and Kristy Neville, with David Di Brina executive producing. The film is made with the participation of Telefilm Canada and Ontario Creates. The sophomore feature from Randall Okita, who previously directed The Lockpicker and acclaimed VR experience The Book of Distance, See For Me, made its World Premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where critics took notice of Okita’s confident direction and intricate staging.
Get this heart-pounding thriller, which I called a “must see” in my review, on Blu-ray or DVD on June 28, 2022, from IFC Midnight.