Why Watch? In a different world, this short film exists as a fairly standard police negotiation thriller, but through blunt force editing and a very cool robot, writer/directors Jason Groves, Chris Harding and Richard Kenworthy have created something worth cheering about. With sirens blaring, a metal E.T.-looking automaton works its way up a staircase to an apartment where a bleeding man is slouching desperately against the window. The full force of the police is outside, but Dr. Easy attempts to offer medical assistance and talk the man down from what he’s about to do. Tight as a drum, this movie cracks on with a direct mystery and high stakes, placing the slightest twist on a common genre. That CGI twist makes all the difference. Dr. Easy itself is integrated with precision (except a few dodgy bits near the end) and becomes a warm blue tractor beam alongside a situation that grips you by...
- 8/7/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Watch: Stellar Sci-fi Short Brings You into the World of 'Dr. Easy,' but the Film Doesn't Stop There
Hopefully you've got 10 minutes to spare today, and if you don't, you should really make an effort to find them. That's all it will take to watch Dr. Easy, a remarkable sci-fi short film that packs an impressive amount of awe and awwww into its short run time. Based on the novel The Red Men by Matthew DeAbaitua, Dr. Easy tells the story of a robotic medical technician who is sent into a crisis situation to give care to a suicidal madman before he does something rash. It's a beautifully conceived snapshot of the future that'll have you projecting emotions onto a supposedly emotionless robot. The film was written and directed by Jason Groves, Richard Kenworthy and Christopher Harding, a trio of names we hope to see attached to some feature film...
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- 7/3/2013
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Check out this exceptionally well made sci-fi short film called Dr. Easy. It's based on Matthew De Abaitua's novel Red Men. This short was written and directed by Jason Groves, Richard Kenworthy, and Christopher Harding, and it serves as a prologue for a planned feature film adaptation of the book.
The short centers on Michael, "a broken man with a gun. He is surrounded by armed police. A robot with medical training is dispatched to negotiate – but can it save him?" For those of you not familiar with the book, here's a description:
Nelson used to be a radical journalist, but now he works for Monad, one of the world's leading corporations. Monad makes the Red Men-tireless, intelligent, creative, and entirely virtual corporate workers-and it's looking to expand the program.
Nelson finds himself at the helm of a grand project whose goals appear increasingly authoritarian and potentially catastrophic. As the...
The short centers on Michael, "a broken man with a gun. He is surrounded by armed police. A robot with medical training is dispatched to negotiate – but can it save him?" For those of you not familiar with the book, here's a description:
Nelson used to be a radical journalist, but now he works for Monad, one of the world's leading corporations. Monad makes the Red Men-tireless, intelligent, creative, and entirely virtual corporate workers-and it's looking to expand the program.
Nelson finds himself at the helm of a grand project whose goals appear increasingly authoritarian and potentially catastrophic. As the...
- 6/22/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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