Review of Extinction

Extinction (2018)
3/10
Dull. Could have been good
16 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This movie had no heart. It has an interesting twist, but then the twist is contrived. And it makes the movie even worse.

So, spoilers: The twist is that the family are machines. But, in that case, why are we supposed to cheer them on? They're machines, running computer code, like a PC playing chess. Even AI's are mindless algorithims.

So, these machines, who have no humanity, just mindless computers on legs, are killing humans. Whose side are we on here?

And the plot holes of all this are huge? Why make these things so humanoid, even down to blood? Don't they notice the kids are not aging and will never age. It's weird, and these plot holes are not addressed.

Given the massive technology weilded by humans, why are we to assume they're safe and live happily ever after. Not that they can, they're machines. They'll break down and crash anyway.

But, worse, the cast don't carry the movie. Better actors could have made me feel something, but I did not care about these wooden characters.

The movie seems more about being woke than telling a good story.

And, we have shaky-cam, and mumbled dialogue. Horrible.
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