I Heart Robots

I get tired of seeing the one star ratings by "reviewers" here who think they can elevate their self esteem by slamming a movie. It's entirely as bad as the ten star reviews by the movie staff. Let's be honest. This one has a weirdly paced story, but the writing is not too bad. However you can tell that the writing was patched at the last minute in many places to accomodate footage that was shot, and the availability of the staff or cast. Clearly this was put together from pieces under severe budget restraints. Plot holes and nonsequiturs result. One of the first things you notice is that the fighting scenes are clumsy and amateurish, so they probably could not afford a fight choreographer. That's a severe restriction for a movie with combat sequences and perhaps they should have adjusted the script to minimize that problem. Another thing you notice right away, is that the two sisters in the movie have very different accents, so it's clear they were not raised together. Why didn't the director cast this better, or get his cast to fix their accents? On the plus side, some of the music is fun and the nice robot is endearing. And the lead actress is dressed to attract the eye. On the whole, this might be enjoyed by 14 year old boys. In a world used to movies with a 400 million dollar budget, it should still be possible to make a $400k dollar movie (my guess), a thousand times smaller budget, and it is, but this one has too many faults to be enjoyable by megamovie fans. But for the rest of us, it's barely watchable, and for a few of us, it's possibly sort of fun. Four stars is the right rating. A substandard movie, but still one that someone will enjoy.

I zapped through this and I stopped at a scene here the movie's heroine (presumably, I didn't even check the role list or the movie itself before posting this), and I'm sorry if I'm spoiling anything here, but when you're watching what is supposed to be robots, and the budget doesn't allow for animatronics, and you have to rely on CGI to do the part, you should at least make sure they can fix things like footprints and shadows underneath them, not to mention having fixed locations on the floor, not hovering around, clearly and fully visible, and then hearing someone saying something to the robot in question and you're still thinking about how fake that looked, now you're supposed to believe that she's actually talking to that hovering robot that you can't pass on as realistic, for a movie.

Another observation was her outfit I saw in one scene, some grey spandex with cut-outs that clearly was made for this movie, possibly the scene only, and it looked, well, judge for yourself, but it had no Earthly business in this movie, and I gathered that she was prowling around trying to avoid one of these floating "robots", I think, and it looked so fake and not realistic at all. The overall acting that I saw is pretty bad, cheesy dialogs (Although, first impression was that this would be one of those narrated movies where the main character talks about herself, others and what's about to transpire before the movie takes off, like the movie Tank Girl (Got the same vibe at first), but that didn't last very long, and whatever similarities it may have had died when I saw the bad acting, dialog, well, basically what I just wrote above...

This is just as bad, and possibly worse than A. I. Assault that I accidentally saw in 2006 which has the same flaws with CGI.

One would think that someone should've reacted to "Hey, why is that robot floating above the ground" or "Why is it moving like it had a stick up it's behind?", and possibly many many more mistakes, before releasing it mainstream.

There's also the possibility that they just threw something together with some yahoos just to make a quick buck in the hopes that people would buy this because of the title, which probably most likely the case here.

So, put this movie back in the "Pick 3, pay for 1"-bin and select something else instead! You'll thank me, I promise!

Any review of this movie that is above a 1/10 is FAKE! I would give it a negative 10 if I could. I like Danny Trejo and I feel sorry for him having participated in this horrific mess. This disaster of a movie looks more like a school kid put it together for a project. The scenes look fake and were not realistic. All the acting was terrible and looked and sounded like they were reading their lines off a teleprompter. Most of the characters wandered around in army green T-shirts while Franzi Schissler wore what looked like stripper outfits. The only element of the movie that was remotely entertaining was the music soundtrack. In the future I will avoid any movie with any of these actors as well as any movie produced by Justin Price!

The overlay music during 3/4 of the movie made it hard to hear any of the characters talking and caused too much background noise which in turn made it unenjoyable. The cgi robots was very poor could tell they were not there nor walking etc. The movie was confusing throughout except for the beginning.. The movie, plot, cgi, etc Could of been so much better! They were sisters but yet seemed from two different countries and two different families. Was one good and one bad? Who was the good? How did a simple bullet manage to take out advanced robots? There were so many holes left unfilled in this movie.

Really surprised me as I scrolled through Prime-what a shift from the old DVD store hunts! This movie, though stumbled upon unexpectedly, proved to be a hidden gem. Admittedly, my expectations weren't high, but the film quickly impressed with its clever utilization of A. I. and a storyline that resonated more deeply than anticipated. The plot revolves around a girl feeling isolated in her world, with the robot arguably serving as a metaphor for human solitude and our need for connection. This subtext adds a meaningful layer to what could have just been another sci-fi flick. The way the film explores themes of loneliness and friendship through its tech narrative is both innovative and touching. Additionally, the soundtrack deserves a shout-out-absolutely loved it! The music added a whole new dimension to the experience, enhancing every scene beautifully. For anyone looking for something out of the ordinary, this film is definitely worth your time.