Directed by:
Caradog W. JamesScreenplay:
Caradog W. JamesCinematography:
Nicolai BrüelComposer:
Tom RaybouldCast:
Toby Stephens, Sam Hazeldine, Caity Lotz, Denis Lawson, Ben McGregor, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, Siwan Morris, Jade CrootPlots(1)
Set in the near future and with the world plunged into another cold war; Britain's Ministry of Defense is on the verge of developing a robotic soldier. This soldier, called The Machine, looks and sounds human, but has the strength, speed, and ruthlessness beyond that of any living person. The project is near completion when a bug in the programming, a side effect of it being too close to human coding, causes the prototype to destroy the lab and everyone in its path in spectacularly violent fashion. Undeterred by this setback, lead scientist Vincent McCarthy (Toby Stephens) enlists the help of an artificial intelligence expert to help him harness the full potential of a truly conscious fighting machine. (Eagle Entertainment)
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It should have been either smarter and more original, or sillier and more fun. But like this it’s mostly boring, unfortunately.
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The whole time I was watching this film, I was thinking that even though it’s actually terrible, I still have to appreciate the enthusiasts who made it happen. But after an hour, I couldn’t take it anymore, I sadly admitted that this was bullshit and then switched to a much better program – Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. While it deals with an equally challenging topic, it manages to present it much better than the creators of this shit, which sure is imaginative, but very badly narrated and does not bring any new message.
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Quite interesting sci-fi. It's nice to see something again about artificial intelligence and about the line between created and acquired. Can artificial intelligence have its own consciousness, its own emotions, its own thoughts? It's not that original, it's quite boring in places, but you can definitely watch it. Maybe if there was a slightly bigger budget for a more interesting visual side.
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