Robot Overlords (2014)

Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy. survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside.

Director:

Jon Wright

Writers:

Mark Stay, Jon Wright

Stars:

Ben Kingsley, Gillian Anderson, Callan McAuliffe

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Kingsley	...	Robin Smythe
Gillian Anderson	...	Kate
Callan McAuliffe	...	Sean Flynn
Ella Hunt	...	Alexandra
James Tarpey	...	Nathan
Milo Parker	...	Connor
Craig Garner	...	Mediator 452
Steven Mackintosh	...	Danny
Tamer Hassan	...	Wayne
Geraldine James	...	Monique
Roy Hudd	...	Morse Code Martin
David McSavage	...	Watchmaker / Donald
Lalor Roddy	...	Swann / Survivor
Justin Salinger	...	Connor's Dad
Jonathan McAndrew	...	VC Teen

Storyline

Alien robots come to Earth and assert their control over humanity. They claim that they only want to observe humanity. They enforce a strict no one allowed outside rule. They implant humans with a device that alerts sentries to anyone who goes outside and if they refuse to comply they are destroyed. They also employ humans to be their proctors. One of these men is Robin Smythe. He tries to get Kate Flynn to be his wife but she still mourns her husband whom Smythe says died. But her son Sean, doesn't believe it. He sends messages out asking anyone who knows anything about his father to tell him. One day he and three young people are fooling around when they discover that they turned off their implant. That's when they go outside and someone answers Sean's message and tells him where his father is. So he goes out to find him But Smythe pursues him and brings his mother as leverage. And when the robots corner Sean he somehow manages to control them. So the Robots are curious why he can ...

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Plot Keywords:

robot | implant | collaborator | teenager | battery | 

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Taglines:

Robots never lie.......

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, sexual references and a crude gesture

Details

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Country:

UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Robot Overlords - Herrschaft der Maschinen

Filming Locations:

Northern Ireland, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$21,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pinewood Studios, British Film Company, British Film Institute (BFI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The building used to film the school scenes was used to film the police station scenes in The Fall, also starring Gillian Anderson.

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Goofs

When Smythe (Ben Kingsley) is shot and falls over a wall an onto a pile of tarps/garbage, a safety cable is briefly seen immediately when the POV changes from the fall to him getting up.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.185 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Robots Never Lie
[Performed] by Mat Zo
Written and Produced by Mat Zo (as Matan Zohar)

User Reviews

A Must see for all the family?? Really??

How can someone spend so much time, money and effort (Significant amounts by the look of things), get names such as Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley to join his project and end up with this sad excuse for a sci-fi blockbuster wannabe?

The storyline is stupid beyond anyone (above 3 year old) belief. The dialogues are moving between bad to embarrassingly cheesy. The acting is wooden at best. The CGI is dated. There is very little good to write about it. Dr. Who style? Maybe. How does that suppose to work on the Cinema screen??

Once the storyline was approved, this movie was doomed. If the 1% of the budget would have been spent on the writing, it could have made a huge difference.

This should have gone to video. Don't waste your money!