AUTOMATA is another disappointing addition to the robots-run-amok cycle of films which have been pumped out relentlessly since I, ROBOT and SURROGATES back in the 2000s. These all feature similar-looking robots breaking down and killing people, which is against the laws of robotic programming. It takes something special for such a film to stand out, but AUTOMATA isn't that film. Instead it's a gloomy, slow-paced police procedural-type thriller with a few half-hearted action scenes amid the recycled plot ideas. Poor old Antonio Banderas does his best and is supported by some interesting actors in support, but the story never takes off and ends up climaxing in the most predictable way imaginable. The CGI effects used to animate the robots is pretty decent but I'd have preferred a more engrossing story with worse effects.
Review of Automata
