In this Spanish Netflix sci-fi drama, (old-looking) teen Ian does small-scale scams and robberies with his father using his gift of being able to plant deceptively real illusions in the minds of their victims. The opening robbery draws the attention of a shady government agency and a seemingly rogue 'Perceiver' out to destroy Ian and anyone like him, thus turning into a fairly routine cat-and-mouse action thriller with sci-fi overtones as allegiances change regularly and the boy also tries to solve the mystery of his family's past. With occasional echoes of Scanners and The Matrix, it has a relentless blue/grey/black colour palette and is quite low-powered, but the central premise is used and executed well and the film passes the time reasonably.
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