Silly, cliché, and slightly disturbing. Mercy ultimately isn’t anything good. A law enforcer finds himself on trial for the murder of his wife. His judge, jury, and executioner is a powerful AI program. Mercy stars Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, who both must have needed to pay off private yachts or something. Timur Bekmambetov directs…
Tag: AI
Review: The Creator
A solid science fiction vision; we need more movies like this. Ex-special forces officer Joshua is called back into action in a war against simulants, artificial intelligent lifeforms who co-exist with humans, as a new weapon to end the war has been created. Director Gareth Edwards has shown huge growth and masses of potential with…
Review: Avengers – Age of Ultron (2D)
Conquering heroes The Avengers return in their second outing as an ensemble cast. This time they must defend Humanity against a peacekeeping AI developed by Tony Stark after it goes rogue. Is it wrong to say anything negative about a Marvel property these days? *Cinema Cocoa brings up the blast shields* Okay so it is…
Review: The Machine
A simple and fairly by-the-numbers science fiction thriller that stands up to criticism with elegant design, soundtrack and competent cinematography. The Machine is set in a near future where a cold war between the west and China has plunged the world into deep recession. Vincent McCarthy, an AI engineer, works for the Department of Defense…