IMDb plot summary: Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the robots' secret weapon to end the conflict, an AI in the form of a child.
Directed by Gareth Edwards. Starring John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, and Gemma Chan.
The Creator is a sci-fi story that follows a man who lost his wife while working undercover to crush an artificial intelligence army. Now, years later, he has the option to finish the work he began. I had medium-high hopes for this, and it was a good third of the way through the movie before I finally gave up on them and realized I just wasn't going to like this film. I was hoping for something positing interesting questions on technology and the future of humanity, but it is just a war movie in space focused more on the secret missions and the combat than anything else. It feels like it's relying on tropes established in previous "are robots people" stories to make me feel something without bothering to actually establish something that works in *this* film. On top of that, it leans into ALL of the "cranky hard-hearted man is softened by having to take care of a child" cliches, which are maybe my least favorite out there. This tackled interesting concepts in the least interesting way possible, at least for me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Creator < Dodsworth
The Creator > Zorba the Greek
The Creator < Fun Size
The Creator < Less Than Zero
The Creator < The Disappearance of Alice Creed
The Creator > Inherent Vice
The Creator > Snakes on a Plane
The Creator < Andrei Rublev
The Creator > Love in the Rough
The Creator < Luther
The Creator > Borderline
The Creator > The Spiderwick Chronicles
Final spot: #2883 out of 3983, or 28%.
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