Omega 1

Omega 1 (2013) is a movie that I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a futuristic world where hackers dominate, and world domination is on the brink of happening. Meanwhile, a female assassin created by hackers wants revenge for her creation and the state of existence. Can she change the direction of the world and kill her maker?

This movie is directed by Mark Edward Lewis (Blade of Honor) and contains the voices of Alina Andrei (The Mercenary), Beka Ricci (The Super Store), Felicia Walker (Get the Girl), Gabrielle Reid (The Blacklist) and Steve Amerson (Pacific Rim).

The opening narration and story set up is solid, not great. I didn't know this was a digital comic format movie going in, especially considering the cover. The format did not really work for me. Also, this didn't need to be 6 short movies and should have been one 50+ minute long picture. The animation and artwork was just okay, but some of the cut scene and effects were worthwhile. The voices were well selected and the premise had potential.

Overall, this movie doesn't really give you anything you're looking for. There was potential in the writing for something worthwhile, but the animation format didn't work for me. I would score this a 3/10 and recommend skipping it.

Not only is this absolute drivel in terms of storyline, with more than just a teeny bit of far right fear mongering as the basis, but it's absolutely terrible when it comes to execution. It's ugly, stupid and just simply something no one should ever endure more than ten minutes of. Even that much is plain torture.

Let's get a few things out of the way. It's an animated comic style visual book narrative. It is an episodic format that's been prepared as a season amalgamation so you'll see the intro/outro screen if you binge this (I suggest you keep an open mind do it). If you have no idea what it actually takes to put something like this together, this might not be for you. A compelling story, lovable characters, quirky visuals and great voice actors make up for the cons.

It's a cyber centric cyfi thriller that has some pretty great narration and action sequences. Sprinkle in a few good puns and it's an enjoyable ride. It starts to really pull together around the 5th EP. Mark so you'll have to push through. It reminds me of the MTV animated series that were between the big TV movies or Beavis and Butthead headliners.

I'd rate my experience with Omega 1 an 8 which is far higher than I'd rate the Monster Hunter movie with Tony Jaa. Omega 1 offers a lot if you're open to something that's handmade (no ai here) and takes some imagination to fill in the blanks.

If all you do is blockbuster titles and multiverse schlock, this isn't for you. If you enjoy quirky teams of rad tag misfits launching kinetic attacks on merca and slicing and diving bad guys - this is for you. Thoroughly enjoyable.