Dude is horrendous and a bad actor
The stalker genre is not the issue. It's how the movie leans into it that's the issue. Not once is this guy charming, sexy, attractive. Everything is UP TO ELEVEN from his first scene. He's breaking into her house, blowing up her phone, killing her neighbors, like come on. This guy has impulsively killed two people and with his personality he hasn't been caught?
My other issue is the way whatever-her-name-is portrayed. She is visibly creeped out by him from the first scene, WHY would she entertain him at all? NOTHING about this movie shows how she could be drawn to him even just for sex. They met online so already her defenses should be up. As I type this, he has killed her neighbor, broken into her home and is now sitting on her bed. What am I missing? OMG, he's touching her and she's not moving. She isn't in that deep of a sleep. This is absolute garbage and "Mike" has the most punchable face. He's quite repulsive and not in that creepy, but let's see what happens, way that Rod Steiger's Jud is obsessed with Laurie. Another question I had, and maybe I missed it, but how exactly was he tracking her movements? I don't remember a scene of him doing the typical stalker move of adding tracking software to her phone or setting up cams.
OK, sorry for the distraction. Why isn't she instinctively protecting herself? He creeped her out, but she didn't block his number? He wouldn't leave her house when she asked. She let him back in her house? Why not mail him his watch or trash it? At the risk of sounding like I'm victim blaming, the movie never gave us much in terms of her mindset. OK, she wanted to meet someone. But she had friends, so her lonliness or personality wasn't crippling. Even the lackadaisical way she hooked up with the next guy...no self-preservation? You just had a creep make himself at home in your home, and you invite the next guy like that never happened?
OMG, he has just killed two more people in broad daylight.
Pass on this one. As an avid tv movie watcher during the work day, you can absolutely do better than this by picking a Lifetime movie. There is a movie called Swindler Seduction and in that movie, the villain/swindler actually played the long game to ingratiate himself into the protagonist's life. It was truly clear how he could have charmed her and when she woke up and got rid of him, his stalking of her was actually terrifying. This guy has zero subtle qualities and there are no clues to why he's honed in on this girl.
I also think a decent subplot that would have added something to this would be if she (I seriously don't care to know her name) actually met someone in real life. You would think she would show some hesitation about the app, but the movie gives her no development at all. Oh good GRIEF. This guy has now killed two more people. Another plot point that could have added stakes was if the woman he killed in the beginning was reported missing. This dude is killing without a care in the world.
If the choice is btwn this and a shark movie (Tubi has A LOT)...choose Jaws.
