Review of Static

The acting is great. The cast accurately depict people in a small town and remind me of various people in my small town upbringing. Even the young man is realistic as a mentally ill 20 something year old. I would say if you are curious what a delusional young person that experiences a psychiatric break from reality experiences then watch this sad truth. It is very accurate. He is convinced he invented a machine to see heaven. When he reveals it to close friends and they see static on a screen instead of heaven, he suffers another break. He takes hostages on a bus that are elderly and want to believe him. In the end a stand off with police in his small town leafs to the bus being shot at and bursting in flames killing everyone on board. I have met and worked with people in the mental wards that experience very similar breaks. Although with different delusions than his. The media likes to show films and news like this showing people hurting others. In reality this is an inaccurate depiction of what tends to happen. Usually they are hospitalized and abandoned by families eventually who can not understand.