Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

TeenzTen An action-packed slog

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

riesel72 The production values are great. Acting is good. Special effects are good (CGI is realistic & not fake looking, blending seamlessly). Great variety of locations. Cool props. Cinematography & editing are spot-on. The characters acted realistic instead of dumb - and yes, they celebrate the small things in life since they have been denied those little victories for years; although there was almost zero character development, personalities or background other than for the main 2 people. The robots were ruthless. The dialogue was natural. Yes there was one extremely cringe-worthy moment at the very end* And there are two major, MAJOR plot points** that go unexplained. I don't mean a macguffin, it's practically the entire basis of the whole movie!! This is NOT one of those times when being ambiguous or leaving it to imagination. It would be like a M Night Shyamalan movie without an act 3. Other than the one cringe-worthy moment & 2 huge unexplained plot points, this was a competent entertaining movie. Not great, but not bad. I think I liked it more than I should because it was executed so well. If I had bought a ticket to see it in the theater instead of Netflix, I would say it was money well spent and not a waste. Basically, very entertaining if you turn your brain off*** but thankfully those are very very few moments ... .. . SPOILERS: * Who needs CPR when a kiss will work just as well? (Suffers form Transformers 2-itis: have the girlfriend push the medics away and proclaim her love & repeatedly say I love you.. THAT always works better than any medical procedures.) ** How does the protagonist (& what makes him able to) control the machines? & What was the big ominous plan/end game the Robots had (that is constantly hinted at but we never find out.. over then robots like to download brains & learn stuff from individuals.) *** These alien Robots have the same aiming proficiency as a stormtrooper.

Prismark10 Robot Overloads is a film with an uneven tone aimed at teenagers and harking back to sci fi films of the 1960s. Comparisons have been made to Doctor Who, but that is lazy. The film lacks the warmth and heart of Doctor Who. A more apt comparison was a cheesy 1980s serial, Tripods.The setting is a planet occupied by Robot invaders who wish to study humans. Humans are confined to their homes, a strict curfew is imposed and monitored by implants in their necks.A group of kids set out to join the Resistance. One of them has the ability to interface and control the robots. Chasing them is a robot collaborator Mr Smythe (Ben Kingsley) who has the hots for one of the kids mom (Gillian Anderson.)The film was shot in the Isle of Man and Northern Island. There are some great mountain scenes, the special effects are very good and Kingsley and Anderson lend the film some class.The story was thin, even cheesy. The tone rather uneven for a film aimed at teenagers. Something never clicked and there were times the film was just drab and dull.

Tharindu Dilshan the theme of this film is very simple and childish.For teenagers this is a great film.However I enjoyed the filmThe film depicts the family bonds very much. The behaviors of humans when the fear, how they act when they feel the fear of death.They betrays their own people for their own survival.This film show those qualities and the strength of real friendship and also how people act when they are blind with the eager to power.Finally this is a good film with fun

Jerghal Robot Overlords...a look at the poster made me expect something along the lines of Sharknado or some Z-level movie. Oh wait...it's got Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson...in a cheap movie about alien Robots. Huh? OK, it wasn't supercheap with a budget of 21m$ but the VFX look like they tried their best but they just don't look real (but not bad either). The thing is: the story is nothing special, in fact it's rather lame. So one has to wonder why Anderson & Kingsley wanted to play in this. They both must have lots of bills to pay I guess. I can't imagine they read the script and jumped on their phone to convince their agent to get them a part in the film. We can conclude that this film hardly adds anything to the genre, the acting is okay and the effects aren't bad but it really does not stand out in any way so I find it hard to recommend this flick.