Conor Marsh lives a secluded life with his dog, Sandy, until one day he begins playing OBEX, a new, state-of-the-art computer game. When Sandy goes missing, the line between reality and game blurs and Conor must venture into the strange world of OBEX to bring her home.
OBEX, from co-writer/director Albert Birney and co-writer Pete Ohs, seeks to rewind time and bring us back to 1987. That particular year, gentle reader, I…
A concentrated labor of love for filmmaker Albert Birney, the low-budget indie bears the paranoid black-and-white sheen of such debuts as "Eraserhead" and "Pi."
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Obex opens in theaters on January 9. While the likes of David Cronenberg’...
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