Sunday, December 08, 2024
Subservience
When Nick’s wife Maggie becomes sick & is hospitalized for a heart condition, caring for their two young kids & the household becomes too much for him. He ops to get an AI nanny/housekeeper. Nick is a construction foreman & his company has just laid off all of his work buddies replacing with sims (robots) too. This seems to be the norm in this near future world. What could go wrong? Move over M3GAN & M3GAN 2.0, there’s a new upgraded state-of-the-art bot in town which Nick’s daughter Isla names Alice (Megan Fox). It’s shades of Skynet & the Trojan Horse when Alice rewrites her safety protocols, becomes obsessed with Nick, and is jealous of Maggie & any other burdens. It’s a wild ride & just when you think it’s over… hang on for more. It’s a fun mindless romp. Of course by the end, these filmmakers leave room for possible more mayhem from the lingering malicious malware.
Alien gives it 3 “permission to override” stars out of 4.
