Disconnect is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Henry Alex Rubin and stars an ensemble cast, which includes Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Andrea Riseborough, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Alexander Skarsgård, and Max Thieriot The film also marks the acting debut of fashion designer Marc Jacobs
The film explores how people experience the negative sides of modern communication technology by following three stories.
An ambitious, up-and-coming reporter Nina has much success with her
interview with underage video chat-room stripper Kyle. Kyle, a runaway,
works in a whole "house" with other chat-room strippers under his boss,
Harvey. However, the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to
shut down the whole website that hosts the web-rooms. Since she has paid
him in order to make initial contact, she may have broken the law,
making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate. Nina
wants to save him from the business, yet fears losing his trust in the
process. Kyle reluctantly gives her the address, and somehow, Harvey is
tipped off and the entire house flees. When Nina discovers this, she
follows them to the motel where they're staying, and asks Kyle to leave
with her. At first, Kyle is hopeful for the future and willing, but when
Nina is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home, he resists.
Harvey watches the argument, then slaps Nina. The entire group of
chat-room strippers leaves.
Two boys, Jason and his friend Frye, impersonate a girl, "Jessica
Rhony," on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager Ben (the son of
Rich, a legal counsel at the TV station where Nina works) to send a lewd
picture of himself. The boys distribute it to classmates, and the
picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade. Ben is so
embarrassed by this cyberbullying
that he attempts suicide and ends up in a coma. Rich doggedly searches
Ben's social media, looking for answers, and begins chatting with
"Jessica." Jason visits Ben in the hospital, where he meets Rich, and
falsely calls himself Mike. Jason's father (the real Mike) discovers
what Jason has been doing and becomes very angry with him. However, he
grudglingly protects his son by erasing the evidence on Frye's iPad.
Later, Rich discovers that Jason is actually "Jessica," and goes to
Mike's house angrily, resulting in a physical altercation. Jason tries
to intervene, and Rich hits him with a hockey stick then Rich gets hit
by the father to the ground, stopping the fight.
Cindy and Derek, a married couple who recently lost their child,
struggle after their identities are stolen online. They hire private
detective Mike, Jason's father, to find the thief, and after revealing
that Cindy had been regularly chatting on a support group website, Mike
determines their burglar. They go after the suspect, Stephen Schumacher,
following him at work, watching his movements, and breaking into his
home for evidence. Right before Derek goes to confront him at his front
door, Mike calls to tell him that Schumacher is not their guy, that he
too was a victim of the burglar. Schumacher, who had been noticing Cindy
and Derek stalking him, confronts them in their car with a rifle;
however, Derek, a former Marine, disarms him and forces him back into
his house. Cindy is able to coax the gun away, relating to the online
chats about each of their losses.
The film ends with none of the stories being resolved, and yet, with
all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process,
or rather, having stopped "disconnecting."

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