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Please Hold

  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 19m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.3K
YOUR RATING
Erick Lopez in Please Hold (2020)
ComedyDramaSci-FiShort

A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."A young man's life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated "justice."

  • Director
    • K.D. Dávila
  • Writers
    • K.D. Dávila
    • Omer Levin Menekse
  • Stars
    • Erick Lopez
    • Doreen Calderon
    • Daniel Edward Mora
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    2.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • K.D. Dávila
    • Writers
      • K.D. Dávila
      • Omer Levin Menekse
    • Stars
      • Erick Lopez
      • Doreen Calderon
      • Daniel Edward Mora
    • 18User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Erick Lopez
    Erick Lopez
    • Mateo
    Doreen Calderon
    Doreen Calderon
    • Mamá Torres
    Daniel Edward Mora
    Daniel Edward Mora
    • Papá Torres
    • (as Daniel Mora)
    Ruben Dávila
    • Guillermo Lima
    John Alton
    John Alton
    • Ben Saperstein
    Greg Karber
    • Automated Public Defender
    • (voice)
    Dani Messerschmidt
    • Correcticorp AI
    • (voice)
    Brian Paison
    • Various
    • (voice)
    Shaun S. Sutton
    • 'Ready-to-Win' Commercial
    • (voice)
    Devon Dávila
    • Onlooker
    Rubina Dávila
    • Onlooker
    Nadia Trinidad
    • Onlooker
    • Director
      • K.D. Dávila
    • Writers
      • K.D. Dávila
      • Omer Levin Menekse
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    User reviews18

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    10dcarroll74

    Clever

    Brilliant short which brings modern technology into the glaring light.

    Many take tech for granted, without thinking what the ultimate outcome may be. And therin lies the problem.

    Tech is slowly but surely, taking over intelligence. People are beginning to forget how to think for themselves.

    Ironically, technology has become the electronic Dementia, and very few see this.
    5soma000

    Stolen plot from Futurama

    Futurama Season 3 Episode 11 "Insane in the Mainframe"

    Fry is falsely arrested and detained in a Robot Insane Asylum where he has to battle with technology trying to get a hold of ANYONE who can help get him out.

    This Short literally uses the exact premise with mateo/Fry going crazy trying to prove hes not supposed to be in this facility full of technology/robots

    Its very black mirror... but... again... futurama did this exact thing 20 years ago.

    5/10 its not a bad little short, just unoriginal.
    UNOhwen

    A terrific, darkly humourous short

    I must hand it to the people involved in this short. They made afilm which is both humourous, - and it's in that,whchits so very frightening.

    A young ma's on his way to work, sometime in the not too distant future, when he's alerted- on his mobile phone- that he's under arrest.

    He hadn't done anything, but, it's due to the impersonlaisation of everything that he's locked up, and faces up,to 4u years.

    The 'public defender's is nothing better than 'Clippy'from Microsoft Bob - and it's due to the failure(s) of all the voice controlled services where Matteo (the main character)fights his battle.

    Ideally hope that this short leads to a good future for those involved- from direction, and all those behind the camera, to theterrifi performance.
    9gabs444-879-846393

    scary look at future tech

    Short well made look at a potential real situation in near future. Well made, told a lot in the short time given and reminded me of a situation i have been in where looked like proving my innocence was impossible, and would have been if i was not extremely lucky having a witness i did not know i had lol.
    8imseeg

    Hilarious and worrying futuristic vision of AI

    What about AI? What if every single suspect of a crime was controlled by AI? Get fined and handcuffed by a robot. That's the hilarious and worrying vision this short picture shows us.

    Definitely worth a watch. This nightmarish future is closer than we might think.

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    • Goofs
      While handcuffed, Mateo somehow changes out of his clothes into a prison jumpsuit. It would be impossible to remove/put on sleeves without taking off the handcuffs, yet presumably he neither a) had human assistance, since he spends most of his time after being arrested trying to contact and communicate with another human being, nor b) were the handcuffs remotely removed since when he gets to his jail cell he seems surprised when he is able to remove the handcuffs at all.
    • Connections
      Featured in 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Extreme Rock
      Written and produced by OrangeHead

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 17, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Пожалуйста, подождите
    • Production company
      • Scavenger Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 19m
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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