In the near furure, humans are being replaced by lifelike androids, not just at work but increasingly at home too. Sound familiar? Yes. it's an American film version of the British TV series Humans, which was itself a remake of the Swedish Äkta människor. As is usually the case with U.S. rip-offs of foreign source material, the subtleties have been erased and what was a fairly complex examination of the theme of artificial intelligence and what constitutes actual sentient life has been turned into a thriller that goes all the way to a slasher final chapter. Megan Fox does actually prove good casting for once, already being self-confessedly artificial as a screen persona, as the domestic servant android who reprograms herself and becomes jealous in a Star Trek "what is this thing you humans call love?" manner, and then full-blown homicidal, of course. But that's all there is, a plastic simulacrum of an idea.
3/10
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