Nerve

Cast: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis

Rated: 5/10

Mobile games are a rage, what with Pokemon Go blazing the charts at the moment. Nerve is something like Pokerman, a dangerous youth obsession where watchers and players are taking and enjoying the dares with huge money benefits — $100 if you kiss a stranger for five seconds, $2,500 if you steal a $3,975 dress, $10,000 if you take an aerial ladder dare and so on.

Only hitch is that in the process you do things that are not legal, like shooting someone dead or the like. Hooked on to this dangerous , clandestine network are voyeuristic teens who are watchers and wanton players who are in the game.

The game can’t be shut down because the server can’t be traced and if you deign to go to the authorities, the penalty is virtually fatal.

Amid all this, there is a friendship, a relationship, some unrequited love and a game that you really need some nerve to get into.

The film is innovative, with the times and gets into the thick of things pretty fast. If you are young, gaiety and a mobile obsessor, this one is for you. Otherwise, there’s Dear Zindagi.