A US weapons manufacturer tests its 4 killer robots on heroin producers in the Golden Triangle in SEAsia. It goes haywire.A US weapons manufacturer tests its 4 killer robots on heroin producers in the Golden Triangle in SEAsia. It goes haywire.A US weapons manufacturer tests its 4 killer robots on heroin producers in the Golden Triangle in SEAsia. It goes haywire.
- Awards
- 1 win total
- Angie
- (as Taylor Edwards)
- Bill
- (uncredited)
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5.5/10 would be my honest rating, it would score higher if it was a bit shorter.
Short Version: CGI: 9 out of 10 Rest: 5 out of 10
A Little More: A Group of advanced Robots is inserted into a South East Asian Country as a Field Test. Observed by the Manufacturer and the Government aswell as supported by a local Team of Programmers things quickly get out of Hand.
Interesting Take on Weaponized Robots, Artificial Intelligence, 'Evil' Government and Defense Contractors and finally even a little Philosophy on what it means to be 'Man or Machine'.
Shout Out to Boston Dynamics !
Not terrible, not wonderful.
Good:
- Effects (not saying much as most effects these days are believable)
- Best actor in the film was the little Cambodian kid. He had a couple of scenes which genuinely pulled at my heartstrings.
Bad:
- Whiny, strident, screeching, 2-dimensional characters played by actors who think that hyperventilating is the best way to convey fear, excitement, and nearly every other emotion.
- I didn't care if anyone of them died. In fact, I was rooting for the robot to clean house and just blow them away.
- Some of the "acting" felt really forced and try-hard, like a 9-year-old was trying to impress their parents with a dramatic reenactment of what they saw an amateur do on TV.
I've noticed this trend in recent movies - this forced kind of acting, even in huge budget movies like the most recent Star Wars installments. Take note of how many times the actors hyperventilate when they are afraid, excited or just trying to talk to someone. Forced and one-note.
If you want examples of fear expressed wonderfully, watch Ripley in Aliens when she first discovers the queen, or the scene when Tom Cruise pulls off his mask in the middle of a gigantic room full of menacing masked onlookers in Eyes Wide Shut. These are great examples of believable fear emoted without having a damned asthma attack.
I feel like writers and actors of today don't understand nuance or subtlety. It's all over-the-top popcorn variety schlock. Just fill the screen with screaming meat targets and that should be enough to make the audience to feel sorry for them when they die.
They think the way to invoke tension is by directing actors to shriek and shout at everything when things get a little tense. They don't know how to balance it out with some humor or downtime.
Millennial writers and actors could learn a lot from old school classics to learn how to better their craft and make characters relatable and even likeable.
Movie wasn't terrible, but this trend of mediocre acting doesn't help the its rating.
Did you know
- TriviaFans around the world helped fund the film via the crowdfunding website Indiegogo. Depending on the reward selected. They got a digital copy of the movie, digital script, screensavers etc. and also their name in the end credits of the movie.
- GoofsNavy SEAL would never leave an enemy combatant (with his/its weapon lying around) alive in the back of his unit as Mason did.
- Quotes
Bao & BR4: Captain Mason Cartwright, Navy special forces. What is your objective.
Mason: The boy's life! The boy's life is my objective!
Bao & BR4: Echo's: The boy's life is my objective
Mason: [groans and says] Yes, the boy's life! Human life! Okay, no, his life's more important than mine! Let him go!
Bao & BR4: Why is the child's life important?
Mason: Because he's just a kid! He hasn't lived long enough yet!
Bao & BR4: [Echo's: Human life! Okay, no, his life's more important than mine! And asks] Have you caused death?
Mason: Yes. Yes, I have.
Bao & BR4: So life is not important to you.
Mason: I was a soldier under orders, just like you.
Bao & BR4: Humans do not control me. Humans control you. You terminate life under human command.
Mason: Please, please, please, I was wrong, okay? I was fucking wrong! All right? Let the boy go!
Bao & BR4: [Echo's: I was wrong, okay? I was fucking wrong! And asks] What is life? Why is life important?
Leap: [In his native language] Life is all around us. If there is no life, there is nothing.
[stands up picks up some dry leaves and gives those to BR4]
Leap: .
Bao & BR4: [Takes the dry leaves, looks at them and says] I am not life, but I exist. I think, so I must be alive. Am I alive or dead? What am I?
Mason: You're a fucking robot.
Bao & BR4: This body is a shell. It aides me to see, smell, move, touch, learn and discover.
[Takes and hurts Mason's arm]
Bao & BR4: And you're a soldier of death.
Mason: So are you! You were made by humans to inflict death! You were made by humans. We're different! I'm a man, I have life, you're a fucking machine!
[groans loudly while moving his hurt body]
Bao & BR4: What is life? Why is life important?
[and is jumped by another BR]
- Crazy creditstowards the end of the visual end credits, BR4 is standing among the newly built robots, and comes to life snapping his head at a factory worker.
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- Inson yaratgan mahluqlar
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $6,854
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1