A. I. Tales

A promising anthology, consisting of four shorts. Short stories have to be about the idea, but when the execution delays not only the twist, but also the idea, to a reveal at the end, then it could become a problem. Action works so much better than drama to get the story going, as the viewer needs a reason to care about the characters, fast. Segments Seed (2016) and IN/FINITE (2017) fall for that trap, by showing drama with people we're not invested in yet. Phoenix 9 (2014) is the best of the stories, with less drama and more action, and a dilemma ending. The last segment, Redux (2015), is too short even for a short. Like someone shredded half the script - So many unanswered plot points prevent to make this a memorable story. Even famous face Eric Roberts can't save that. The sci-fi is light for the most part. The A.I. from the title wasn't the connecting element though, and plays no central role, so I found that to be a little misleading.

SKIP THIS: Acting, script, plots and film quality are all just "tolerable" to watch if you truly can't find anything else. I can not justify recommending any individual to spend their time viewing this.

All five stories are well written, well acted, and engaging.

I won't go into what they are, but I will say that most of them end on a speculative note.

Since each story is under a half hour long, most dump you right into the middle of the story and you have to figure out what's going on. That's not a bad thing.

Each is titled with a year and a two word title.

They are all good, and as recent Sci-Fi goes, they better than average.

I've giving it one additional star to counter the one mixed review and the one bad review.

First 4 were great little shorts. Tightly scripted and well acted and kept me engaged. The fifth let the others down with poor script direction and acting.

Who green lit this piecs of crap?!? I saw little evidence of Artificial Intelligence in any of the plots but robots could certainly have written a better movie. There are better Sci-Fi shorts on YouTube, don't waste 80 minutes of you life watching a single second of this dumpster fire.