Anon watched this last night. Very interesting story leading to 9/11 about an NSA analyst who seems to be part of a secret alliance doing good, and doesn't even know it.

Review: ‘Tentacle 8’ Ensnares a Security Analyst in a Maze of Secrets

Sprawling and intricate, John Chi’s labyrinthine conspiracy thriller “Tentacle 8” is nothing if not ambitious (and in the wake of the Edward J. Snowden affair, somewhat timely). When Ray (Brett Rickaby), a National Security Agency analyst, is suspected of having a hand in a huge loss of data at the organization, he is thrown into a secret detention center and viciously beaten. A Pentagon consultant (Joshua Morrow) is determined to interrogate him, but before he can, Ray has escaped, aided by a nameless man in a town car. Ray learns of a covert group known as Tentacle 8, and soon he is on the run, determined to unearth information about it. His girlfriend, Tabitha (Amy Motta), a C.I.A. employee, may or may not be on his side.

“Tentacle 8” proves to be a convoluted shell game, packed with high-tech espionage jargon about servers, data breaches and black sites, but hobbled by a muddy plot. But Mr. Chi, who wrote the screenplay, is generous with the many supporting characters (almost uniformly well played): a detention center guard (Courtney DeCosky), a high-level executive (Bruce Gray), a master of disguise (John Henry Whitaker), a microchip designer (Matthew Borlenghi) — each receiving an extended moment. As for Mr. Rickaby, he may not be glamorous, but he is a compelling performer.

Mr. Chi, making his feature debut with “Tentacle 8,” lavishes attention on his characters at the expense of the through line binding them. Fortunately his cinematographer, Danny Grunes, lends a cool veneer to the proceedings. But next time, the promising Mr. Chi might bring a similar polish to his narrative.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/movies/review-tentacle-8-ensnares-a-security-analyst-in-a-maze-of-secrets.html