The New Zealand-based film producer logged onto social media, searching for any clues, video, and photographic evidence to determine what exactly had happened and who the violent insurrectionists were.
"Watching the situation unfold in the US was incredible," Reeves told Insider. "I'd seen talk of invading the Capitol and interrupting the certification, but I don't think I could have imagined it would be as effective as it turned out to be."
Reeves said that while he is no expert — and only had minimal experience with open-source investigations — he was eager to help identify some of the protesters because he always "enjoyed solving puzzles."