Stars: Vanessa Kirby, Thure Lindhart, David Ajala, Tom McKay, Mike Noble, Bentley Kalu, Deborah Rosan, Osi Okerafor | Written and Directed by Steven Gomez
In Kill Command, a group of military meatheads travel to a remote island for a training exercise involving ten-foot-tall combat robots designed to give the soldiers a run for their money but never actually do harm. A spoiler alert shouldn’t be necessary for telling you that within about ten minutes that “do no harm” protocol has been wiped clean.
It’s an uninspired premise and, as expected, the resulting film feels like a shoddy videogame adaptation of Terminator, with exactly the absence of imagination and intensity that comparison implies. I could go into detail about all the film’s flaws: the onslaught of gung-ho action clichés the screenplay delivers like a barrage of bullets; the unironic stereotypes that not even the most enthusiastic performances could salvage (for example,...
In Kill Command, a group of military meatheads travel to a remote island for a training exercise involving ten-foot-tall combat robots designed to give the soldiers a run for their money but never actually do harm. A spoiler alert shouldn’t be necessary for telling you that within about ten minutes that “do no harm” protocol has been wiped clean.
It’s an uninspired premise and, as expected, the resulting film feels like a shoddy videogame adaptation of Terminator, with exactly the absence of imagination and intensity that comparison implies. I could go into detail about all the film’s flaws: the onslaught of gung-ho action clichés the screenplay delivers like a barrage of bullets; the unironic stereotypes that not even the most enthusiastic performances could salvage (for example,...
- 5/6/2016
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, April 10. [Synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.] Wide Ex Machina Director: Alex Garland Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Corey Johnson, Deborah Rosan Synopsis: "Caleb, a 24 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl." Criticwire Grade Average: B+ (22 reviews) The Longest Ride Director: George Tillman, Jr. Cast: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Lolita Davidovich, Melissa Benoist, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Alan Alda, Amy Parrish Synopsis: "The lives of a young...
- 4/10/2015
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
#1 Ex Machina (April 10) (Film Page) Director: Alex Garland Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, Corey Johnson, Deborah Rosan Criticwire Average: A- Why is it a "Must See"? This is the first film directed by Alex Garland, the writer behind wonderful projects like "Never Let Me Go," "Sunshine," and "28 Days Later." In "Ex Machina," Garland takes his knowledge and love of sci-fi to new heights. The story focuses on Caleb, a young coder at the world's largest internet company, who is the lucky winner of a competition to spend time at the CEO's exclusive mountain retreat. But when Caleb gets there, he is made to participate in a bizarre experiment with a beautiful robot girl, the world's first true being of artificial intelligence. #2 Clouds of Sils Maria (April 10) (Film Page) Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Kristen Stewart,...
- 3/31/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Ex Machina Trailer 3. Alex Garland‘s Ex Machina (2015) movie trailer 3 stars Evie Wray, Deborah Rosan, Sonoya Mizuno, Symara A. Templeman, and Domhnall Gleeson. Ex Machina‘s plot synopsis: “Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain [...]
Continue reading: Ex MacHina (2015) Movie Trailer 3: Oscar Isaac creates devious A.I.
Continue reading: Ex MacHina (2015) Movie Trailer 3: Oscar Isaac creates devious A.I.
- 3/18/2015
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The Gunman Trailer 2. Pierre Morel‘s The Gunman (2015) movie trailer 2 stars Melina Matthews, Jasmine Trinca, Deborah Rosan, Jorge Leon Martinez, and Daniel Westwood. The Gunman‘s plot synopsis: “An international spy must clear his name in order to save himself from the organization that he used to work for.” We [...]
Continue reading: The Gunman (2015) Movie Trailer 2: Sean Penn is Under Fire...
Continue reading: The Gunman (2015) Movie Trailer 2: Sean Penn is Under Fire...
- 2/25/2015
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
London investment firm Creativity Capital has made its first production commitment since teaming with venture capital fund Smi, cash-flowing the tax credit on The Hatching.
Giant croc horror-comedy The Hatching, starring Thomas Turgoose, Luara Aikman, Andrew Lee Potts and Deborah Rosan, wrapped in Somerset last week. Director is Michael Anderson.
The deal was negotiated by Creativity Capital principals Patrick Fischer and Richard Kondal together with The Hatching’s producers Chantelle de Carvalho and Nigel Wooll.
Representing Creativity Capital was Sam Tatton-Brown at Lee and Thompson with Lee Stone representing the producers.
Giant croc horror-comedy The Hatching, starring Thomas Turgoose, Luara Aikman, Andrew Lee Potts and Deborah Rosan, wrapped in Somerset last week. Director is Michael Anderson.
The deal was negotiated by Creativity Capital principals Patrick Fischer and Richard Kondal together with The Hatching’s producers Chantelle de Carvalho and Nigel Wooll.
Representing Creativity Capital was Sam Tatton-Brown at Lee and Thompson with Lee Stone representing the producers.
- 12/9/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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