QLC

Alex, a San Francisco programmer, receives a cryptic message from a stranger: 'Your code is the key. Find QLC before midnight.' He initially dismisses it as a colleague's prank, but when his computer starts autonomously running encrypted files and items begin vanishing from his apartment—replaced only by QR codes—the joke morphs into a dangerous game. Teaming up with Lena, his cryptographer neighbor, he descends into a digital scavenger hunt through underground servers and abandoned tech parks, where every clue unveils a deeper mystery. This 2025 thriller-comedy turns everyday technology into a landscape of suspense, where a Wi-Fi router can become a weapon and a smart home a trap. The film walks the line between absurdity and paranoia, exploring what happens when algorithms start dictating the rules of reality.