Rob1n

After proposing to his girlfriend Lexi (Leona Clarke), Leo (Ethan Taylor) decides to reach out to his wealthy, estranged uncle Aiden (Simon Davies), who has suffered from serious memory loss following a car accident. The young couple are invited to stay at Aiden's country house, and are surprised to find that the old man shares his home with a robotic doll called Robin, built as a replacement for his dead son.

If you hadn't guessed already from the title, which 'cleverly' replaces the letter i with the number 1, Rob1n was 'inspired' by M3gan, but made on a fraction of that film's budget, it's nowhere near as slick. The rather clunky script treads water for much of the time, the acting is weak, and Rob1n's murderous AI child robot is a rather pathetic looking specimen, the only parts that are seen moving being the eyes and the head, which tilts a bit from time to time.

That said, I didn't completely hate the film: it features more gore than M3gan, which is a bonus - M3gan was waaay too dry - and there are a few surprises in the final act that I didn't see coming. And as cheap as it all is, writer/director Lawrence Fowler occasionally achieves something approaching tension (but does rely too heavily on loud noises to scare the viewer). Given that I had absolutely no expectations from this film, I would actually say Rob1n was a less disappointing experience than M3gan, even if M3gan is more entertaining overall.

When I first found out about the movie I thought that it genuinely it was going to be a M3gan cheap knock off because of the name but when I actually watched the movie I really liked it. It had totally different storyline that M3gan.the killer wasn't very good and the killings? Meh. But in total the actors were good and the acting was believable in total good movie.

The kills in the movie weren't that great but aside from that it was good the location that it was filmed at was very beautiful and I loved the way the actors felt like they actually knew each other and they weren't forced to make the movie.i absolutely loved the acting In total I give it a 7/10.

I have read greeting cards with stronger plots. Rob1n is one of the most aimless, confused, and convoluted films I've ever had the misfortune of watching. It has no ideas, and so for 90 minutes it just ambles from circumstance to circumstance, explaining very little. The elements of the story that are explained are overwrought, boring, and purposeless. It would genuinely be more interesting and gratifying to watch paint dry. At least something would happen-the paint would dry! That is nearer to intrigue than anything in Rob1n. It is not fun, it is not good for a night in with your friends, it is not even cheaply scary. It literally does nothing for 90 minutes and then ends. Bad, no good movie.

Dont look at it as other media like dolls and stuff just think about it as Pinochio gone wrong and it becomes a good movie with a decent twist at the end ,granted it starts slow but ramps up from the middle i see the low scores and i dont get it....iv seen movies that ir worth a 1 or 2 or 4 but in general most movies ir a 6 or a 7 dont trust the reviews and watch the movie in the end you will probably enjoy it more then you think and dont go in thinking this movie is more then a b movie but in the end im shure you wont think this movie is a 1 like people gave it , i dont relly do reivews but this time i feel like i had to do it !

When I stumbled upon this 2025 horror movie and seeing the cover, my first initial thought was a blatant rip-off of the "M3GAN" movie. I mean, a movie about an artificial being given life, whom kills people, and even the use of a number in the name of the title, it just screamed "M3GAN" rip-off.

But still, since "ROB1N" was a movie that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to give writer and director Lawrence Fowler the benefit of the doubt.

Writer and director Lawrence Fowler put together a fair enough script. Sure, it was rather generic and formulaic in terms of homicidal artificial toys go, and there are other and older movies about killer toys out there that fared way better. That being said, I am not saying that "ROB1N" was a bad movie, because it is a watchable movie and entertaining enough movie nonetheless.

The narrative is a bit slow paced and you have to sit through 70 minutes of writer and director Lawrence Fowler establishing the story and setting the mood before things start to happen. I am sorry, by 70 minutes into the 91 minute runtime, then it was just too little, too late.

I was not familiar with a single actor or actress on the cast list, and that was something that spoke in favor of the movie. I do enjoy watching new and unfamiliar talents on the screen when I sit down to watch a movie. In all fairness, then the acting performances in the movie were adequate.

As a seasoned horror veteran then I found "ROB1N" to be a mere walk in the park. But I suppose that newcomers to the horror genre will get a much bigger kick out of watching this 2025 movie than I did.

Clearly "ROB1N" didn't have the same budget as the movie "M3GAN" did, and thus don't expect a grand spectacle of effects here. I will say, though, that I actually found the effects in "ROB1N" to be fair enough, and the robot was actually well enough made. And the few effects that were in the movie were certainly adequate enough.

This is hardly a movie that warrants more than a single viewing.

My rating of writer and director Lawrence Fowler's 2025 movie "ROB1N" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.