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Atlas

Published May 25, 2024

Atlas

Film info

  • Title Atlas
  • Director Brad Peyton
  • Year 2024
  • Run time 2hrs
  • Genres Science Fiction, Action
  • Tagline The future of humanity is in her hands

A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry.

Live blog

Time Comment
1:46 Incredible that Asimov is still so relevant.
3:12 Seems like a LOT of change for just 28 years.
9:20 “Psych eval says she is rigid and hostile.” “I prefer driven and determined.”
12:18 “You look old,” he says to the woman who hasn’t aged in a couple of decades.
20:28 I’d like more detail as to how the space shield thing functions.
32:13 So many derivatives and we’re only thirty minutes in.
36:39 “I believe you are 98.5% accurate.” Rude.
40:24 What else can happen to this woman, seriously?
52:52 “Oh, so you’re in my head and the only thing you learn how to do is curse?”
57:55 The syncing stuff is creepy, she’s right not to trust it.
1:06:49 Ah, we are at the point where we discuss who has a soul or not.
1:14:08 I don’t like Simu being the bad guy.
1:31:00 These massive robot things do cartwheels now?
1:49:41 I really like those spinny turbines, best thing in the film.

Thoughts

I mean, really. There’s very little redeeming about this film, it’s derivative of everything you can think of, the visual effects are not the best, and despite what could be a fascinating concept, underneath it’s actually pretty dull. Jennifer Lopez does the best she can with some poor material, but Simu is underused massively, and, biased that I am, not in the film anywhere near enough. Hate to jump on the bandwagon of bad reviews, but this one is definitely best avoided.

Rating: 1 / 5

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