'Who's Watching Oliver' (2017)
“Who’s Watching Oliver” will certainly not be appreciated by everyone. It’s a film about voyeurism, sadism, and total insanity. At first sight, the film seems meaningless in terms of content, but as the film progresses, you’ll conclude it contains a more pronounced message. The moment Oliver (Russell Geoffrey Banks) begins to abuse and torture a girl like a madman, under the watchful eye of his authoritarian mother (Margaret Roche), who’s watching the whole show via a webcam, you assume that this is the umpteenth morbid torture film. But as soon as the handsome Sophia (Sara Malakul Lane) comes into the picture, the storyline tilts slightly. From that moment on, it is no longer the Oliver who has to tolerate the whims of his mother, routinely take his two pills, and goes off to search his next victim. No. Now he’s the Oliver who realizes that there may be a way out of this violent existence.
