Automata (2014)

Expected more

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Philosophically relevant, dark and foreboding, Automata visually reminds me of Blade Runner 1, District 9, perhaps The Machine and of course my favourite, Ex Machina. It questions our right to rule, what it is to be human, robot sentience and "The Meaning of Life" itself. Where I Robot and Bicentennial Man are slick and glossy, this movie is the exact opposite. Dirty, dark and rough around the edges. It's gritty, engaging intellectually and emotionally satisfying. I'll leave other reviewers to go over the plot, but my advice is to bring out a large glass of whisky, sit down in a comfy chair and enjoy a movie that is very different to most and a reminder of what good writing and acting can accomplish.

A) What you state is against the protocols B) Protocols are contained in the bio-kernel which is based on a quantistic crypto-technology C) ERGO, what you state is nonsense.This is dumb screenplay enough for me to stop watching anything... even Gemma Arterton going L on Amber Heard and Odette Annable... well, maybe not that extreme... Automata clearly aims to celebrity and achieves nothing but mediocrity: acting and visual design are OK but the writing and especially the overall story design feels like 40 years late. A lot of details signal the superficiality of authors' perspective; the invention and scientific explanations reminds me of jokes among high schoolers: when this happens, you know the writer doesn't know what he's talking about. I couldn't watch more than half the movie; maybe it's not that bad, but sci-fi must be good and believable imho: unfortunately this is not. Blade Runner (and 10-20 other major movies) was written by someone with a little knowledge yet enough creativity and wisdom to avoid goofs: this is a bad clone by someone who can't find the difference between a Turing machine and a blender. OR - even more seriously - the difference between a drama and a parody.

It's one of those movies that should have gotten more attention but due to the trailer and time of release it never made it through the shroud. It's hard to think that this movie only had a 7 million $ budget, The acting is on point the visual effects are in my opinion better than some of the super high budget movies that were released during the same time. What i love about this movie is how dark it is, i'm a fan of dystopian future movies and i have to say this is one of the better ones i've seen in a very long time, Sure it's not as good as the best such as 1984, Metropolis and v for vendetta but it deserves more attention and a solid place in the Dystopian/Dark futuristic movies. To note: I've encountered this many times people who only look at the User rating and if it's bellow lets say 7 it automatically is a "BAD" movie. DON'T be Like those people! Solid 8/10.

if you are looking for a sci fi action, this is not it. this is more sci fi dramatic thriller and its fairly well done. there is some action though but not big budget action. look elsewhere if you are wanting for that. fairly engaging story and Antonio does a good acting job in this movie. a good watch if you are a fan of sci fi or a Banderas fan..one of his better efforts. if you are looking for big budget effects and cgi look elsewhere...it is more story driven. all the acting in this movie was fairly competent..i didn't giggle at any of the dialogue. even with a low budget the movie was able to bring out the feel of the post-apocalyptic very well. my only issue was that the robots were a clunky in movement..otherwise...it was a fairly engaging movie that didn't make me fall asleep.