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We've seen it all before. The AI traps a woman in the house thing. We saw it in The Demon Seed and Vau and a few others as well. In this version of that story they intertwine it with a story of maternal abuse and imprisonment of the the protagonist in childhood.

It's an OK film, but that's all. The acting and production values are ok but the action feels padded out and I got rather bored about halfway through.

Maybe with a bigger budget and better directing talent it could have been something instead of the bloated short story it is.

Stop reading now. Ian padding this review out because I have to write six hundred words.

This film should have been called Writer Blocked and be an episode of an anthology like Outer Limits or Twilight Zone. Then the fact that it only had two ideas the entire length would have made sense and the titles should have been funny. I have no problem with the actors, direction or production values. It was just stretched too much to fill a feature film (much like the lead character should have done).

I can't even mention details of the plot because I can't avoid spoiling those two basic premises of the story. Given that it is either one of those Covid-made films or another thing inspired by Moon, the entire cast is one actress and four supporting roles. It really is barebones.

Bottom line: it might be entertaining if you are doing something else at the same time. Otherwise it drags a little too long.

Have prefered to be waited and courted by the staff of downtown abbey, most of all to know whos superior after all, and dealing with human flesh robots are in forseeable time a utopian reality, so a film made on a lot of will wont work at a lowbudget this film have had.. having studied the human race in a professional careere as a staff nurse, i dont see the misery of being cared for at my latter days by robots at the nursing home, maybe the ones AUTOBAHN sang about in the 70's , all in all this small cast feature crawling at the pace of a butterfly larvae, where the special effected caracters are so out of reach of the vibe of the plot that every hint of belief flies away , and it a boring fight towards the end.

Of course the film has a message, and the simple quote is that in the end you will meet yourself in the doorway, with all your past memories and that its more probable youll become like your psychopathic mum when growing up. Its also an essay about loneliness, isolation due to social media digital rather than real living being able to touch , feel and maybe kiss your communication partner.

Well im older than the digital age that grew and flew far beyond the reach of my understanding so bear over with a grumpy old man, if youre able to complete viewing this one, then youre probably lonely and depressed. I'm chronicaly so, just a 3, mostly for the main actress.

There is one idea in the movie and it is stretched out for up to an hour too long. WE get it she can't get the door open. Oh no!!! Now lets keep hammering this same idea till the audience is sick of the sight of this movie. And where is tech support or some sort of manager of these units we're staying in? Ludicrous nonsense is what it is. The author writes the story of herself as a girl trapped in a house with her mother who is blind. Oh no, she's trapped in a house again, how dramatic this must be for her. We simply must keep watching this play out in parallel. It just goes on and on and on and on...

Here's a little gem of a movie. The simple, yet effective plot is about a writer who gets writer's block and goes to a retreat to help with that, but things don't go to plan as she is trapped inside with a psychopathic robot.

Be under no illusion, this is a slow burn and if you're looking for action, i'd advise looking elsewhere, but if you want an original, intriguing thriller, than look no further.

Yes, there is a very small cast and obviously low budget, but it doesn't really effect the movie too much and the acting, especially by Heida Reed, who plays said Robot.

What i liked most about this movie though, is the way it parallels the story the character is writing with the story the film is telling. Also watch for the credits, because if you have good eye-sight, there's a little cue to what it was all about.