‘Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma’ CFF Review – A Hilariously Chaotic Revenge Caper

If you’re a fan of Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead’s mind-bending universe, you will recognize actor Shane Brady from films like The Endless and Synchronic. But he is also a talented filmmaker. In 2022, Brady’s directorial debut, Breathing Happy, a weird, wonderful journey through grief and recovery, had its World Premiere at Chattanooga Film Festival. Brady is back for CFF 2025 with his sophomore feature film, the hilariously riotous Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma, which he wrote and directed, and believe it or not, it’s based on a true story.

In 2021, Brady and his wife Emily were planning to buy their first house but were, unfortunately, the victims of a hacker who stole their $20,000 deposit via wire fraud. So, they decided to make a movie about the experience with the log line, “The first ten minutes of this film are based on true events. The rest is what we wish we could have done to that bastard.” The result is a true crime revenge film full of eccentric characters, wildly funny dark humor, whimsical sequences, and ceaseless pandemonium.

In Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma, Brady plays Mark Rumble, who, along with his wife Amy (Augie Duke) and teenage sons Freddy (Collin Thompson) and Ralph (Owen Atlas), are looking forward to buying their first home. Freddy and Ralph spend their time making videos for fun and gaming online. After Freddy and Ralph get into an argument with another gamer, who they have no idea is Florida’s most elusive hacker, the family’s life erupts into chaos. The hacker, who has been dubbed The Chameleon, has scammed countless victims out of massive amounts of money and has somehow eluded capture. The disagreement with the teenage Rumbles, plus the fact the guy’s a raging asshole, is enough to cause him to steal the family’s $20,000 down payment for their new house. Chandler Riggs, who you will recognize as young Carl Grimes in “The Walking Dead”, gives an exceptionally entertaining performance as the despicable, self-absorbed Chameleon who scams people for fun. Riggs makes it very easy to hate this guy.