Robot Overlords (2015)

A Major Disappointment

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

ROBOT OVERLORDS is an odd little B-movie from the UK that feels a bit like an Asylum version of a TRANSFORMERS movie. It's shot in a low budget, on the street way, but it has a number of CGI effects of giant robot oppressors that turn out to be surprisingly good given the limitations. The plot is little more involved than having a bunch of characters running from place to place and striving to avoid the titular menace, and too much of the running time is unfortunately spent with annoying youth characters swapping unfunny jokes. That said, there are also a surprising number of famous faces in support, including a hamming-it-up Ben Kingsley, an out-of-place and uncomfortable Gillian Anderson, as well as Roy Hudd, Tamer Hassan, Geraldine James, and Callan McAuliffe, who these days appears in THE WALKING DEAD.

This is a terrible movie. I couldn't even make fun of it. It's like a really bad episode of the Twilight Zone. If you are a sci-fi fan, the story and subsequent plot holes will infuriate you.The most exciting part of the story is the war of 11 days in which the Robot Overlords managed to conquer humanity. This pinnacle event is told and not shown in 3 lines of text over a black background.Flash forward to the dystopian future where humanity has been placed under house arrest for 4 years. Cabin fever is at a peak as humanity struggles by being fit, apparently well fed, cleanly groomed with access to showers, beauty products, and laundered, tailored designer clothing. How will humanity escape their implants which may or may not do something? How do our heroes not suffer permanent damage from being repeatedly electrocuted? What is the robot master plan?Use your imagination, you will probably come up with something better

The current rating when I'm writing this is 4.6/10, which is pretty ridiculous cause it's a perfectly watchable.It's sort of like a British Red Dawn meets Transformers teen movie but with a lot smaller budget, it manages to do well with the budget it has tho I mean compared to like Asylum or SyFy movies the CGI in it is great.Sure it has quite a bit of plot-holes but overall it didn't take me out from the movie and managed to sustain my interest.Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley have important roles but it's primarily the unknown younger cast who's the main focus in the movie and they do just fine.Overall is it a movie that will blow you away? Maybe not, but there are way worse ways of spending 90 minutes of your time for sure... Like watching an actual bad movie, because this is not.

Basic and by the numbers. I had extremely low expectations because It looked like a kids movie. Don't get me wrong, I'm well aware not everything made is going to be something I will enjoy but this kind of watered down rubbish is completely devoid of any value on any level what's so ever. It's a tired old plot, recycled and rehashed. Mailed in performances by the only two cast members with actual career (Kingley has been on a down slide since Iron Man 3, which I though he couldn't sink any lower) to the sci-fi channel level of CG, this film is a tragedy on so many levels and definitely not worth the time... clearly the people who made this didn't put any real thought or creativity into it. Robot designs were cheap, like Asylum Sharknado cheap, basically cubes, because cubes are easy to make in CG rather than designing complex, engaging robots that are visually interesting and worth showing off Instead we get cubes that are basically on screen very sparingly, either do to cost or embarrassment.All the positive reviews posted are clearly by people who either A.) have some connection to the cast crew or producers, or B) are just idiots, which is why garbage like this continues to get made. What a waste... too bad all the time effort and money was spent on this wasn't put towards something people would actually enjoy, rather than cranking out this. Completely unnecessary, nothing we haven't seen elsewhere with better craftsmanship and purpose. What a waste of a cool name and 90 minutes of my life, 90 minutes I will never get back.... do yourselves a favor, watch Red Dawn or any number of better films with the same plot, you know, the old "kids vs oppressors" troupe.