The Creator (2023)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.76:1 133m
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe
Synopsis:
By 2065 Artificial Intelligence has reached the point where robots crave emotional attachment and a new organic form of A.I. has become conceivable. With America engaged in a self-declared war on global A.I., an undercover operative is persuaded to return to South East Asia and locate a decisive weapon that turns out to be a child.
Review:
After a portentously impressive opening, Edwards' sci-fi epic suffers from some unsettling lurches in tone, and as we tick off the canonical references (A.I., I Robot, Blade Runner, District 9, Elysium) and Star Wars mannerisms, we become increasingly despairing at finding any science whatever in it. Which is a pity, since after Robot and Frank and Ex Machina we are more than ready to enjoy a film about A.I. that ponders its implications philosophically, without having recourse to clichéd fabulae, namely, 'Humans equal irrational fear and violence', 'Advanced technology with a mind of its own will turn on its maker' or 'We need a robot to remind us what is good for us', all of which are visited here, but without much coherence.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.76:1 133m
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe
Synopsis:
By 2065 Artificial Intelligence has reached the point where robots crave emotional attachment and a new organic form of A.I. has become conceivable. With America engaged in a self-declared war on global A.I., an undercover operative is persuaded to return to South East Asia and locate a decisive weapon that turns out to be a child.
Review:
After a portentously impressive opening, Edwards' sci-fi epic suffers from some unsettling lurches in tone, and as we tick off the canonical references (A.I., I Robot, Blade Runner, District 9, Elysium) and Star Wars mannerisms, we become increasingly despairing at finding any science whatever in it. Which is a pity, since after Robot and Frank and Ex Machina we are more than ready to enjoy a film about A.I. that ponders its implications philosophically, without having recourse to clichéd fabulae, namely, 'Humans equal irrational fear and violence', 'Advanced technology with a mind of its own will turn on its maker' or 'We need a robot to remind us what is good for us', all of which are visited here, but without much coherence.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.76:1 133m
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe
Synopsis:
By 2065 Artificial Intelligence has reached the point where robots crave emotional attachment and a new organic form of A.I. has become conceivable. With America engaged in a self-declared war on global A.I., an undercover operative is persuaded to return to South East Asia and locate a decisive weapon that turns out to be a child.
Review:
After a portentously impressive opening, Edwards' sci-fi epic suffers from some unsettling lurches in tone, and as we tick off the canonical references (A.I., I Robot, Blade Runner, District 9, Elysium) and Star Wars mannerisms, we become increasingly despairing at finding any science whatever in it. Which is a pity, since after Robot and Frank and Ex Machina we are more than ready to enjoy a film about A.I. that ponders its implications philosophically, without having recourse to clichéd fabulae, namely, 'Humans equal irrational fear and violence', 'Advanced technology with a mind of its own will turn on its maker' or 'We need a robot to remind us what is good for us', all of which are visited here, but without much coherence.