Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- tense
- paranoid
- propulsive
- late night thriller
- technology themed movie night
What critics said
Critics responded positively overall, with the film earning a moderately strong 72 Metascore.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film uses a screenlife and found-footage premise to stage hacking, social engineering, and escalating danger through digital devices.
The teenagers target a tech billionaire's bitcoin wallet and attempt to steal £24 million.
The plot explicitly frames the teenagers' actions through the worldview of a generation raised in an interconnected digital environment.
Four teenage slackers coordinate a multi-million-dollar heist from their bedrooms using specialized digital skills.
Films like LifeHack, and why
Unfriended
shares screen-mediated suspense, hacker protagonists, and a digitally confined thriller structure
Who Am I: No System Is Safe
shares cybercrime, youthful alienation, and morally slippery technological ambition
The Den
shares online surveillance, escalating digital paranoia, and found-footage thriller techniques
Movie Details
- Director
- Ronan Corrigan
- Release Date
- 2026-05-15
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (9)
Cast
- Georgie Farmer
- Yasmin Finney
- Roman Hayeck-Green
- James Scholz
- Jessica Reynolds
- Charlie Creed-Miles
- Jill Winternitz
- Cael King
- Philip John Bedwell
- Jack Bennett
Common questions
- What is LifeHack about?
- Four teenage outsiders turn bedroom hacking into a £24 million cryptocurrency heist, only to discover that digital distance cannot contain real-world consequences.
- What is LifeHack like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of LifeHack as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is LifeHack violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in LifeHack.
- What did critics think of LifeHack?
- Critics responded positively overall, with the film earning a moderately strong 72 Metascore.
- Which films are like LifeHack?
- Films with a similar feel include Unfriended, Who Am I: No System Is Safe, and The Den.
- How long is LifeHack?
- LifeHack runs 97 minutes.
