Margaux

For this genre Margaux is watchable. There are far worse movies in this category. But it's not that we've never seen this story before, artificial intelligence that turns against humans, it's been done before. Interesting to watch though, certainly the first part of the movie. I wasn't too impressed by the second part, that's where the story went a bit too ridiculous and you could see the writers got sloppy. Decent slashing scenes couldn't really save the movie. As for the acting it could have been much worse so fairplay for that. Overall the movie is entertaining, certainly over the top as we're very far from anything that could be possible that they show in this sci-fi/horror movie.

A litany of putrefied cinematic sins, sloppily contained in a thin polymer skin:

• Inane story
• Cardboard acting
• Self indulgent slo-mo interstitial sequence
• Infuriating dialogue
• Terrible effects
• Anachronistic technology with no explanation
• Strange scoring choices
• Deranged casting/geriatric 20-somethings
• Technobabble
• Non-existent cast chemistry
• Molecule-thin disposable stereotyped characters
• Redundant plot devices
• Inconsistent character behaviours
• Painfully unrewarding predictability
• Trying sooo hard for that 'R', not deserving it

Lawnmower man eat your heart out (this filmgives instructions).

Wooden cast of young nobodies with typical stereotypical set of boring personalities, the stoner, the jock, the nerd, the nasty girl you know the formula, lame and boring social media people. Don't insult your own intelligence and save precious time of your life that you will not get back. This is total garbage, watching paint dry is more entertaining than Margaux and the sfx are so cheap and nasty a giant curtain used to make the water room look futuristic is just laughable. CGI from the 80's cracked me up think Terminator Liquid Metal guy. Possibly my biggest mistake this decade was to watch part of this.

This is a very comfortable movie for those who enjoyed the commercial resurgence of horror in the 90s and early noughties.

The opening scenes are very reminiscent of Kevin Williamson's I Know What You Did Last Summer and Drew Goddard's Cabin in the Woods, with a definitive nod to the original Scream at the very beginning.

Pretty people of various stereotypes gather before Spring Break to hit a surprise location. It's all pretty cookie cutter but that doesn't make it any less enjoyable.

The thrills are real and deaths are unique, given the antagonist is a house (no spoiler here; that's in the preview).

There are some forgivable timing issues but the BIG lost opportunity here was to expand on what was found in the mainframe. I sincerely felt that that was the right time to delve into the origin story of Margaux and build to a more worthy conclusion.

All in all though, a worthwhile effort for what it was meant to be. Very decent 6/10

#31DaysOfHalloween2022.

A group of friends take a holiday in a smart house, a house that is run by AI system Margeaux, a technology with murderous designs.

This film sucks, let's be honest it's flawed from top to bottom, but on a Saturday night added a few wines, it served as an entertaining kill fest. Cheesy and corny, it's not going to win any awards, but ninety minutes of humour and kills, it's worth a look.

I'll give credit for some of the kill scenes, very imaginative, a little Final Destination at times, some of the CGI however was dodgy to say the least.

Doctor Who The Flesh anyone?

It's a very bizarre mix, you imagine if this had been touted about fifteen years ago it would have been a slasher movie, one of them would have been the killer in plain sight, now of course in this day of AI obsession, it followed the recent trend for AI systems gone bad, the trouble is it's been done many times before, but better.

You can pick holes in the script all day long, you'll wonder why so many people have gone missing from that house, and no alarms have been raised.

Of all of the characters, I think Clay was perhaps the best of them, at least he was quite funny, Lexi was nauseating, Hannah was the most cliché ridden and obvious of the lot, it's a shame they were all so predictable.

6/10.