Plot: Web Junkie (2013) The Chinese government is the first to classify internet addiction as a clinical disorder. 'Web Junkie' identifies internet addiction and focuses on the treatment used in Chinese rehabilitation centres. The film delves into a Beijing treatment centre and explores the cases of three adolescents from the day they arrive at the treatment centre through the three-month period of being held at the centre, and then their return to their homes. The film follows both the underlying issues related to the disorders, as well as the manner and treatment the patients receive. Professor Ran Tao established the world's first internet addiction clinic, and he promises to cure children of so-called internet addiction, which has grown into one of China's most feared public health hazards. The program admits children between the ages of 13 and 18 years; they are forced to undergo military-inspired physical training and comply with monitored sleep and food standards. Throughout their stay at the clinic, they are patrolled by the military guards who protect the children's quarters, which, like prisons, are surrounded by gates and fences. Despite such conditions, parents voluntarily send their children to the treatment centre and relinquish personal involvement. There is no one-on-one therapy, and the children's psychological needs are 'met' with group therapy sessions twice a week. The treatment is very expensive, and parents often borrow money in order to afford to send their child to the clinic. For them it is worth it - steering their child away from this addiction and redeveloping direct communication skills takes priority. 'Web Junkie' provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life, examines intergenerational pressures, and takes a hard look at one of the symptoms of the internet age.
More Movies on AZMovies
Sexual Heat (2007)
Sexual Heat (2007) Andy and his new girlfriend Sasha go to Matt and Kim's house for Matt's birthday. When the guys begin to reminisce about all the one night stands they had in college, Sasha states that one night stand sex is the hottest on the
Sweet Sweet Summertime (2017)
Sweet Sweet Summertime 2017 When 12 year old Calebs father announces that theyll be moving before the start of the new school year, Caleb and his friend Blake hatch a series of adventurous plans to foil Dads intentions
Siesta (1987)
Siesta (1987) Claire (an American) wakes up in a terrible state at the end of a runway in Spain. As she tries to account for her state (blood-soaked and bruised), she has flashbacks from the past few days. She thinks she's killed someone, but isn't sure, and now she's wandering the Spanish streets w
In the Country of Last Things (2020)
In the Country of Last Things 2020 In a city in ruins, a woman looks for her missing brother Adaptation to the big screen of the Paul Auster sci fi novel In the Country of Last Things
Bad Santa (2003)
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
The Great War (2019)
The Great War (2019) During the last days of the Great War, A group of U.S. soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to rescue a lost platoon.
Ghosts of Afghanistan (2021)
Ghosts of Afghanistan 2021 As the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan and the good war ends in chaos and tragedy, war correspondent Graeme Smith offers a first hand account of NATOs failed attempt to bring democracy, womens rights and freedoms to the country
The Ten Commandments (2007)
The Ten Commandments (2007) In this animated adaptation of the Bible story Moses hears the voice of God from a burning bush, which inspires him to confront Egypt's pharaoh and demand freedom for the Israelite slaves. The pharaoh agrees after a series of horrific plagues, and Moses leads the Israelit
Gingerbread Miracle (2021)
Maya is a freelance attorney who, after a minor setback, has been living in the apartment above her parents' garage and using the Casillas Panadería as her unofficial office for the past couple of years. The Mexican bakery has held a warm spot in her heart ever since she worked there as a teenager
Mange (2012)
Mange 2012 Laura is a lawyer, shes beautiful and has a nice boyfriend But 15 years ago she was fat, bullied and without friends Now she has come to terms with her bulimia She is celebrating her first year abstinence
Havana (1990)
Havana (1990) Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, Roberta and her Cuban husband, the revolutionary Arturo, are arrested and tortured. Arturo is repor
Honeydripper (2007)
Honeydripper (2007) 1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperate to lure the young cotton pickers an
Christmas Reservations (2019)
Christmas Reservations (2019) It's Christmas at the Treeline Ski Resort, where Holly is the event coordinator at her family lodge. She plans every event and keeps all the guests happy. But when her college sweetheart, ...
Kukushka (2002)
Kukushka 2002 September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War A chained to a rock Finnish sniper kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police Smersh, has a narrow escape They are soldiers of the two
End of Days (1999)
Jericho Cane, a beaten down ex-cop, is the reluctant hero of End of Days, a chilling, horrific thriller set at the cusp of the millennium. When the ultimate personification of evil is unleashed upon the world, Cane is unwittingly drawn into a heart-stopping supernatural game of cat and mouse. Now, a