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Feb 2021
32m 39s

1. A Blueprint For Madness

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Nextcorp, a Silicon Valley body-hacking startup founded by enigmatic inventor Max Fuller (Darren Criss), is on the edge of advancing human evolution with its soon to launch new product “Shut Eye;” a mind-app that promises to eliminate its user’s need to sleep. But when participants of “Shut Eye’s” human trials start dying, conman Jack Locke (John Boyega) attempts to infiltrate Nextcorp to uncover the truth behind what Max Fuller is really developing.

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