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A patchy retelling of a classic trope
This movie certainly started like an action movie. Elaborate action sequences filled the screen with loud noises and pyrotechnics. It is all done with good quality CGI. It launches the plot and introduces all the key players. The premise of the movie is not exactly new. The use of AI/robots in combat was cause célèbre before the first Terminator movie but that franchise certainly made it a pop culture phenomenon.The special sauce in this case is the combat AI in question was extracted from the dying brain of the lead researcher’s mother. She is a famous mercenary who nearly died years ago during her last mission to earn money to pay for her daughter’s surgery. She has been kept alive but in a vegetative state.
The research project led by the selfsame daughter (2FL) is the central plot. It largely focused on honing the AI’s combat and tactical abilities as captured at the height of the FL's fighting prowess. However, it is treated as a closed loop and each time the experiment ends in failure, the android’s mind is wiped.
Everything changed when the research programme is cancelled with little warning. At first, the 2FL was just going to pass on the data and shelve the programme, but she found out that her mum’s memory is intact and the android will behaves as if her mum has come back to life if the restraint on its programming is removed. That realisation triggered the final cascade of events.
I gather the writer-nim and director-nim are trying to make a grand statement about the morality and pitfall of using AI created by mapping a living brain or the sanctity of one’s mind. Unfortunately, the message is not particularly strong nor clear and is mixed in with all the political/business imperatives and feels muddled.
What I did notice is that the process and legality of transferring a dying person’s mind to an android seems to be well established and there are even a price list for perspective clients which diluted the message further. This makes it hard to explain why the 2FL, being a leading scientist, is caught off-guard by her own discovery.
While the start and end sequences are impactful and quite entertaining, the middle section is slower and meandering. It is filled with pseudo-science and the movie tries to use the narrative to fill in some of the backstory. It is watchable but the complete change in pace did the movie no favours. It just feels like there is too much exposition about contrived theories.
As I mentioned before, the ending was an even bigger rollercoaster thrill ride. It was certainly well made and keep your attention to the end. However, the ending is rather tropey. It just about confirms the whole movie is a retelling of the liberation of a trusted slave/horse/mum trope. The final shot of the FL was “interesting”. It is cheesy but does leave the door ajar for a sequel.
Acting wise, it is a mix bag. The female leads did well especially the mum/android role. It is very demanding both physically and emotionally. The 2FL earned her keeps but the script doesn’t really give her much time or room to grow. She has a job to do, and she did it to the best of her abilities. The ML is a caricature and prone to overacting. Most of the support cast are just living props. That is probably why the middle section is the weaker link because we have to rely on some of those secondary roles to push the plot along and they are not always up to the task.
All in all, it is an enjoyable popcorn flick. There is a hint of grand ideals but the setting and execution was too restrictive to truly deliver a knockout punch.
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Lot of AI Action
The story is about a woman whose brain has been replicated. She was a captain during a war so Her combat skill is very good. Their objective is to make the soldier have the same skill as Her but it's never successfully executed because they always died in the same place. They analyze the brain during the simulation. In the middle of the journey, there is something strange with the brain. It shows that there is another part of the brain that got triggered and She somehow can defeat the robot during the crisis time. That's where everything begins strange.Was this review helpful to you?
Interesting premise and heart-wrenching ending
I really loved the whole setting of futuristic scenes, AI war and brain copy, it's just that it wasn't utilized that much. The story focused too much on the emotional aspect of a mother who has unconditional love for her daughter and a daughter who feels guilty for her mother's demise.As usual the action scenes and the CG is top notch. I really like how Hollywood like are the CGs of Korean movies recently. The action scenes are also great. Kim Hyun Joo did a great job portraying a strong female mercenary.
Overall, I enjoyed watching the movie and got a bit teary eyed towards the end. It might disappoint those people though who wants a 'Sci-Fi' plot because it's not really about that. It's more of like just the settings. Still I consider this worth the watch. You should try it too.
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SOOO BORING
I watched it, cuz it looked cool in the trailer and it had a pretty interesting premise.The idea is cool tho, ngl, but the movie didn't really deliver. There were so much lacking in this, so much so that i feel like if they had more time and i guess budget as well, they could've refined this movie more. I liked the slow burn in the early part in the movie, but it kept dragging on and on, and there's not much crumbs to make you interested, want to be hype for the payoff, but NO.
The CGI is very good in this, i'll give them that, but space sweepers had much more GOOD CGI...
Actors are great, but there's not really much to say. No one piqued my interest in terms of characters, they couldn't really flesh out much, considering they had to dump everything during a 1hr & 30mins movie.
My critiques tho, so SPOILERS!!!
The beginning already gave me a sign to exit, but i kept watching. In the intro, they will bomb you with so much text and i was like "Well, atleast show me?! don't just feed it into me"
And lastly maybe this is a nitpick critique, but during the last fight scene on the train. Like how did Kim Sang Hoon managed to go toe to toe in combat with Jung_E???? I mean, i get he's an AI, but im pretty sure there's no combat files that was uploaded in him, aside from knowing how to use guns...
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É um filme de ficção genérico
O filme é a mesma ideia da maioria dos filmes nesses estilo, isso é um problema gigantesco em filmes assim pois nunca renova, fica sempre a mesma coisa e você sabe oque vai acontecer.....
spoiler:
O filme tem tudo de genérico, a personagem com o passado triste que morre no final pra salvar alguém e o vilão tbm n é inovador
O final do filme é realmente sem graça.
O que realmente se destaca são as atuações, a dublagem em português que ficou mt boa e os efeitos especiais.
é isso ^3^
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Mediano
Estava pé atras porque é sobre novas tecnologias e etc, mas quando vi a sinopse e vi que se podia tratar de algo mais sentimental eu dei uma chance. O filme em si está interessante, achei que tem MUITAS partes desnecessárias, de conversa fiada.Achei que iriam explorar mais a relação da cientista com a Jung_E, mas foi em vão... tudo isso só serviu para ela no final a soltar e apagar as memórias dela... (??), mudar a mente dela para um robot sem expressões e deixa-la ir.
Eu entendi a intenção dela, mas para mim não fez muito sentido sair de lá num corpo de robot e fugir para sei lá onde num mundo apocalíptico ...
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Fort dans ses thématiques, faible dans sa narration
Malgré ses promesses et son visuel prodigieux, Jung Yi souffre d’un manque de matière avec un goût d’inachevé en raison d’un sujet lourd et d’un temps imposé insuffisant.Yeon Sang Ho délaisse les zombies de Train to Busan et la secte de Hellbound pour se tourner vers la robotique. Si le réalisateur reste redoutable derrière une caméra, on pourra malheureusement sentir qu’il manque de matière, malgré une histoire intéressante et une photographie époustouflante.
Jung Yi (Jung_E) débute sur une scène d’action explosive délicieuse. Explosions, flammes, fumées, tirs et chorégraphies parfaitement exécutées. Pourtant, sa scène d’ouverture laissera un goût amer pour l’heure suivante, nous offrant seulement de longues discussions sur les façons d’améliorer leur IA. Dont tout un questionnement sur une zone qui, jusque là, ne s’était jamais animée. Il ne faudra pas longtemps aux spectateurs (la diode s’allume tout de suite, en réalité) pour comprendre cette zone. Mais des scientifiques chevronnés semblent coincer…
Jung Yi souffre dans sa forme, malgré ses thématiques fortes. Nombreuses dans un univers bien pensé, mais mal exploitées, on pointe du doigt un futur terrifiant. Un futur qui fait le lien avec notre vie actuelle où tout devient numérique et où nous sommes, depuis longtemps, le produit. Tout comme il touche notre éthique et notre morale.
Le film était prometteur, mais sa narration faiblarde et son scénario médiocre auront raison de lui.
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Intrigante
Primeiro Kim Hyun Joo arrasou e nem imaginava ela nesse genero de trama.Como sou fã de ficção científica Eu adorei toda funcionária e a temática abordada principalmente a ideia central do filme e apesar de existir de muitos filmes de ficção por aí e americanos principalmente dessa vez eles trouxeram algo diferente bom que pretendo não dá spoiler até porque o filme está na Netflix não faço acesso a todos e seria interessante que pudessem assistir mesmo que seja só para ver a atuação da Hyun Joo que mesmo android não deixou de proteger a menina. Mas que menina é essa e porque ela ha protege?
Vai assistir comendador umas frutas e se hidratanto e tire suas conclusões.
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