Caruso’s first film – the stylish thriller The Salton Sea (2002), which alas was not a great commercial success. Having decided that the government is flawed, AURA has now taken it upon itself to remove them by assassination – and Jerry is a vital part of its plan. They and the pursuing FBI find that all of this is being arranged by AURA, the government super-computer designed to build profiles on the nation from electronic data traces and closed circuit tv monitoring. With them listed as wanted fugitives, the anonymous voice guides them to Washington D.C. It then arranges traffic lights, takes over the car’s cruise control and uses automated cranes to demolish police cars to help them avoid capture during a massive pursuit. It sends messages via other people’s cellphones and display screens across the city to direct him onto a train and to rendezvous with Rachel. The voice arranges for a crane to smash into the FBI offices so that Jerry can escape. Meanwhile, the same anonymous voice tells solo mother Rachel Holloman that if she does not follow instructions then the train that her son is in will crash. He fails to heed the warning and is arrested as a terrorist. Returning home from his twin brother Ethan’s funeral, he finds his apartment filled with explosives and weapons and then an anonymous voice calling him on his cellphone telling him that he has 30 seconds to get out before the FBI arrive. Jerry Shaw is an ordinary clerk at a photocopying firm in Chicago.
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