Director: James Croke
New gaming hardware promises sharper reflexes and total immersion in "Latency," a 2024 tech-thriller that turns a competitive gamer's upgrade into a question of who's really in control.
What is Latency about?
Hana is a professional gamer whose acute agoraphobia has kept her confined mostly to her apartment, competing at the highest level without ever leaving home. When a company sends her a prototype rig designed to sharpen her reactions, her performance spikes almost overnight — but so does a creeping sense that the device is reading more than her reflexes. Small glitches in her daily routine start to mirror choices she hasn't consciously made, and the line between assistance and influence blurs further with every session. Sasha Luss plays Hana with a controlled unease that carries the film's escalating tension, alongside Alexis Ren, Ava Caryofyllis, Robert Coleby, Kelly B. Jones, Willy Zogo, Chloe Schwank and Edward Frame. Director James Croke keeps much of the film inside Hana's apartment, using the confined setting to heighten both her isolation and the technology's growing intrusion into it.
Cast & crew
Sasha Luss anchors nearly every scene, carrying the film's psychological weight largely alone on screen, while Alexis Ren's supporting turn adds an outside perspective that occasionally cuts through Hana's isolated headspace.
Context & significance
"Latency" belongs to a growing run of tech-anxiety thrillers built around wearable or immersive hardware, but distinguishes itself by grounding the premise in agoraphobia rather than a generic haunted-device setup. James Croke's direction favors slow-building dread over jump scares, letting the 94-minute runtime sit with Hana's mounting unease.
Where & how to watch
"Latency" streams on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Farsi subtitles, giving viewers the option to watch it however they prefer. A free K-Time account unlocks playback, and the platform's Farsi-first interface makes navigating the catalog straightforward for diaspora audiences.