2050 (II) (2018) User Reviews

Not Dean Cain's worst film in the last decade

[troy-boulton · 5/10 · 16 January 2020]

It's not a new premise by any measure, but the narrative and dialogue has enough originality to hold some interest. There are moments of brilliance in the cinematography, like islands in a sea of low budget mediocrity. "Futurising" the present by dropping in the odd cheesy special effect really doesn't work; either go all the way, or be way more subtle. This is just disjointed world-building that drops the viewer out of the story.

The acting and dialogue is like the cinematography. Inconsistent. Moments of beauty and powerful nuance, drowning in acres of awkward and stilted.

I'm glad Dean can still get work. I've always had a soft spot for him. He's not a great actor, and his 50+ years sans A-grade Hollywood cosmetic surgery/stylist/nutritionist/trainer budget are showing, but he seems like such a nice guy. He deserves a shot, and this film shows not all hope is lost.

My Review Of "2050"

[ASouthernHorrorFan · 4/10 · 4 February 2020]

The story is ambitious. Much like "A.I" and 'Humans', "2050" explores the relationship between man and technology. The personal acceptance, social implications and potential conflict. In this film the exploration is between human relationships and advanced artificial intelligence integrated sex bots. And yes there is a slight flippant approach with "battle of the sexes" humor.

I am not sure if "2050" ever lives up to the expectations of the film's creators. The concept, on the surface is a curious topic, one with a valid point. Unfortunately, I felt a definite judgemental vibe from the story's perspective choices. Several of the characters felt shakey, didn't really fit Into the situations offered. Some of the writing seemed to need a bit more development.

Special effects are pretty minimal. The environments seem more now than future. Aside from some ancillary CGI elements peppered in there is no real leap to a sci-fi aspect. I didn't get enough A.I conveyance from the android characters to believe them. All that said, the film is shot nicely. Some of the situational material between the human characters were nice. "2050" has a few cool elements but not enough to make sci-fi futurist fans happy.

Sex robots?

[BandSAboutMovies · 5/10 · 18 February 2019]

As early as the 1980's, Church of Satan founder Dr. Anton LaVey advocated the use of Artifical Human Companions, saying, "These humanoids will be constructed to be as realistic as possible, and available to anyone who can afford one. Recognizing that the human animal often raises himself up through the denigration of another, this would provide a safe outlet for such behavior. Have the lover of your dreams, regardless of your own prowess." As we've seen through the real doll and now actual robots growing closer, he wasn't far off. Now, we have a movie to add to the conversation.

2050 is all about a married video game developer who discovers the idea of androids for human companionship from his brother-in-law, who wants to give his up and try to win his ex-girlfriend back. Meanwhile, Superman himself, the man who took Brooke Shields' virginity, Dean Cain plays Maxwell, the man who owns the warehouse with all of the amorous androids.

Can sex bots save a marriage? Will they destroy it? And what happens when the bots get their own personality and maybe even soul?

It all reminded me of the Image Comic Alex + Ada, which was more about the personalities of the robots becoming actual souls and the ethical questions of their slavery. That goes a bit further than this film, which is more concerned with the ways that relationships are changed by the introduction of a lover that's exactly what you've always desired.

I kind of love that Dean Cain has been showing up to add star power to smaller films, like he did in The Incantation. I miss American stars turning up in Italian horror films, so this is pretty much the closest we'll get.

Too afraid of the subject to say anything interesting about it.

[tetrahex · 21 January 2020]

The film takes an interesting premise and plays it inoffensively as possible, and drags the thin plot over far too long of a run time. If this was a short youtube scifi short it might have been bearable, but at full length its just wasted potential.

Speaking as a fan of Robot Genre films,....

[pidstr · 1/10 · 19 February 2020]

...., Don't Bother, you'll never get these wasted minute back.

Go watch the UK production 'Humans' instead, it's a lot more thought provoking and deals with the disruptions to society and family that the technology will bring in the near future. There's very little to make this turkey stand out from the crowd, visually it's uninspiring, there's no real plot, just a load of over-wordy sentences strung together with no real meaning - the Director and Writer should watch "Ghost in the Shell : Stand Alone Complex" to understand how to use dialog properly during scenes with limited activity on camera. The actors do a fair job of trying to deliver the lines with conviction, but the dialog they're given to work with, just makes the viewer want to skip forward.

It's like getting beaten over the head with the obvious hammer.

[mick-lexington · 1/10 · 24 March 2019]

It's like getting beaten over the head with the obvious hammer.

Remake of Cherry 2000

[orleanslady · 2/10 · 15 January 2020]

While some elements are different, it is essentially a remake made to appear different. Sorry Cherry 2000 from the 80's is better than this film

Bore Bore Bore !!!!!

[wbwalthers · 2/10 · 25 November 2021]

This movie is a slow stupid story. The Director is absolutely terrible. All kinds of ridiculous camera angles and ridiculous lighting all of which are drug out for such a long time. I can't say anything bad about the actors. I think they did OK with what they had to work with. The script was just stupid and the characters of the story are flat boring. Fantastic music playing throughout the movie. Only problem with it is it doesn't fit the movie. One of the lamest movies I've ever seen.

A total waste of time

[devahan · 1/10 · 27 March 2020]

I just felt that I spoiled 2 hours of my time to watch one of the worst movies ever. It supposed to be about AI, but it didn't manage it at all. A cheap production, nonsence dialogues, a real waste of time.

They just love

[nogodnomasters · 7/10 · 8 February 2020]

Michael (David Vaughn) designs video games. Between his failing home life and curiosity, he visits the "Butterfly Chasers" and gets himself an e-Mate or sexbot. This causes other issues as he (and the audience) faces tough questions about life and love and the role of the computer.

The film was a lot deeper than I hoped it would be. I was wishing for a comedy with sex robots. As it turns out it was heavy into examining love and relationships. The heavy talking scenes were a bit long and the film needed some levity.

Guide: F-word, sex, and nudity (Stormi Maya)

putrid

[ggrtu · 1/10 · 7 April 2019]

This isn't a film, it's a large pile of fecal matter. The "director" isn't a director, he isn't even a wannabe director. He should stick to bragging about this mess of a movie, and buying YouTube viewers for his trailer. btw- the trailer is the entire movie. Dean Cain- who was never anything to rave about as an actor looks fat and bloated. The female bots look like he casted them from a strip club. Just incredibly awful. Stay very far away from this. You've been warned.

Great Analysis about the meaning of being human

[jadediamond · 9/10 · 27 July 2020]

Covid-19, social distancing, the MeToo movement, smart devices. Socially Awkward Humans hardly interact with each other anymore. Walking down the street, at work, in the car, in the bathroom, at dinner, at family/social gatherings, at home, in bed, humans heads are down and glued to smart devices which can do everything for humans besides cook for or have sex with them for now. An entire generation born technology efficient but with weak verbal communication skills with one another, speak to the opposite sex, or having access to instant gratification. Men with something to lose being afraid to interact with women for fear of being accused of harrassment or assault if they attempt to ask them out, touch them, speak to them, or give them a compliment or even being accused of rape after consensual sex if the woman feels violated days, months, years, decades after the act. Thanks to issues such as low birth rates due to the young adults being drowned in student loan debt with low paying jobs, women prolonging having children or choosing to remain childfree, a growing single population rivaling the married population, and laws like China's one child policy, women outnumbered men in the world. This is the present. The subject of this movement is eerily close to being a reality. So it highly possible for men to rather pay ten grand for a sex doll than deal with consequences and cost of dealing with a real woman with the added benefit of not being jailed for needing to pay for illegal sex with a prositute. Single, independent women over thirty who want a dream guy to go out with and listen to than deal with the headaches of dating or trying to find this dream guy in real life when the pickings get slim as they get older and slowly lose their beauty may be willing to pay ten grand for a sexbot who listens and are designed to please them.

It seems like a joke now but it's happening in Japan right now. Single and married Japanese men paying ten grand for realistic sex dolls. And the sex dolls are not too far from looking as humanistic as the sexbots in this movie.

Can you truly have a meaningful relationship with a machine? Can having instant gratification with a sex machine designed to be your ideal sexual partner and have all the traits you desire in a mate make you happy? Does having perfection bore you and stop the feeling of loneliness? Is it cheating when it's sexual relations with an android versus another human being? Can you truly fall in love with a machine? Do you get bored having the artifical dream girl or guy catering to your every wish or desire except the ability to have an opinion of their own because they are artifical machines programmed with your desires to only please you? This movie asks the question about what is the meaning of being human or any other social norms such as marriage, relationships, and family. The ending is meant to open-ended because there is no easy answer and society will judge you either way. This movie presents the question about using nonjudgmental artifical intelligence for fulfulling the physical needs of human's sexual desires and/or their emotional need for companionship and allows the viewer to decide what is morally right or wrong.

Dean Cain does a great job as Maxwell, the creator of the sexbots. After a walk though a ridiculously long warehouse, Maxwell gives a great speech when the protaganist complains about falling in love with his sexbot or e mate and accuses Maxwell of making machines which manipulate human emotions.

If you're looking for a raunchy comedy about sexy, submissive female robots, then this is the wrong movie. 2050 is an analysis of the way our world is heading in merely thirty years from now when people depend on androids to fufill their emotional and physical needs and desires.

Great near futuristic film about human desire and using technology to fill the void we believe we are missing in our lives! Dean Cain was great in his role along with the rest of the cast.

A great film or a terrible film depending on what you're looking for

[bayshore-2 · 7/10 · 16 December 2023]

When I saw that this had a 3.x rating I wasn't expecting much. I found it to be a deeply intellectual study of humanity, which is probably why people looking for hot robot sex feel disappointed. Some of the dialogue has shades of Woody Allenish insights about the struggles of relationships, desire, and fulfillment.

I think parts of it could have ended up on the cutting room for, and some of the explorations could have gone a bit deeper, but overall it was engaging. I wasn't sure where it was going to end, and it was a worthwhile journey getting there.

Also, it was largely free of talk of AI evolution and robot rights and instead probed if robots could want things and if they "feel" anything. It turned out to be some of the best moments when the humans are trying to project their lack of fulfillment onto the robots seeking a common struggle where none exists.

I'd rather be labotomized with a circular saw than to watch this again

[MinistryofDoom · 1/10 · 16 January 2020]

If you're Dean Cain and the only thing people know you for is playing Superman in the long gone TV series, "Lois and Clark", and the only offer you're getting is to play a guy who has sex with robots, maybe it's time to retire from acting.

Acting:5, directing:5, occasional flashes of insight:10

[BarneyGrapes · 21 May 2022]

I really struggled rating this one. I have a softspot for any nice cinematography set in New York City. Don't know why, have never been there. Just something so human and organic about that city.

As for acting: some really really bad, most slightly below average, and occasionally excellent. Same for directing.

The main companion robot was really good in her role. The others were fine. There was some unevenness in how the director saw their movements and expressions. Maybe he could explain it off as older and newer models. The companion to the main protagonist seemed more natural, but with a slight emptiness in the eyes. The other models felt very artificial.

And finally to what drags my rating way up to 7, which most wont agree with it deserving for good reasons. But I just had to give it some reward for a couple things it does very well.

It doesn't get too deep. It's not a complicated highly metaphysical issue. It's an issue we are currently facing, just in a different form. Devices. Loss of human contact and meaningful interaction. Inability to know how to interact.

On the flip side, they make the very valid point that we overcomplicate the meaning we give to sexual devices. Our social conditioning adds way too much subtext (you need the device or the roll play because Im not enough, you don't trust me enough, etc...).

Finally, there is a brilliant comment near the end (non-spoiler, it doesn't impact the outcome or story of the film). It involves releasing sterile insects into a population to help control or eradicate that population. A simple comment, but one the writers were brilliant to see and make the connection to sex bots.

So I don't want to over emphasize this film and say it's amazing. It's more of a film with a lot of lost potential. In the right hands, with the right director, and some cleaning up of the script and dialogue, it could be an excellent film. Not ground breaking, but good. But again, some people may find it too simplistic. I loved the simplicity.

And we certainly can't fault those who struggle to get through this film. They have good reason.

Last note: the ending dialogue is excellent, however, it ultimately ends flat.

Lacking in both charm and intellect. And LONG.

[james4003 · 1/10 · 2 July 2020]

To be fair, while there are a couple of films in this genre I've seen that had a certain charm and fun about them--"Weird Science" and "Galaxina", there are none that have any intellectual or philosophical depth. While "Bladerunner" had outstanding cinematography and some poignant moments, it paled with regard to Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep."

Cons: No likable characters, and poor dialogue. (Btw, extensive dialog isn't a problem for me if it's clever and interesting.) A hazy premise, and an abrupt ending with no sense of resolution. The soundtrack was generally inappropriate to the scenes, particularly with the classical pieces.

Pros: There were some cool cinematographic moments, and they had some interesting color saturation with evening/night scenes.

Regarding the philosophical aspects of this subject I would recommend reading books because thus far, not much anything of depth (except perhaps Fritz Lang's "Metropolis") has hit the silver screen.

Recommended reading: " "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Phillip K. Dick", and "The Glass Needle" by Robert Silverberg.

Worst movie ever!!

[vladislavivanovvi · 1/10 · 3 November 2020]

Soooo slow! I hate it! Wasting of time! Literally, I've watched this movie for 3 days, cause I just kept falling asleep with the non sense talking, too much instrumental music effect just for the movie to go on. The concept of the movie is good but the story kinda didn't went nowhere. The conclusion that this movie has left in my head... "humans are gonna end up making their e-toy because humans can no longer communicate with each other. This is so lame.

Beautiful film every thing else meh

[haji-16500 · 1/10 · 23 December 2021]

Whenever I see someone post about the puritanical views of Americans I just laugh. How outmoded is that reference. Also trying to act like this is an intelligent film with an in depth look at anything is reaching. The ending was especially dumb and quite honestly insulting. Basically saying we need to rely more on technology and accept less human interaction because it is hard? Honestly what a dumb message. I know they were shooting for thought provoking and profound, instead the ended with idiocy. This move was fine until it decided it needed to be smart. Finally any man who tells his wife she isn't enough for him and puts his own desire for his kids is a POS, not someone to try and use as an example of someone who has it all figured out. Finally the wife going along with his lunacy at the end is so out of touch with reality and insulting to women. But of course I am sure I am too puritanical and unenlightened to get the films deep meaning. 😂

It's so bad it's good

[kmanmovie · 1/10 · 21 October 2020]

I could not recommend this movie more it's so bad it's entertaining a great laugh to sit down with your mates a mock

Review

[catpantry · 1/10 · 2 April 2022]

The film takes off when Nasa hires jim eagle, and jim gets dressed in a space suit and put in a setting where he witnesses Mr. Mime (pokemon) being born from the quarter slot of a pay phone. Mr. Mime opens a briefcase and pulls out a wishlist he starts reading. 'all i want is comfort, all i want is quietness,' Mr Mime repeats. The films lead male and female roles belong to two stick figures with long cains.

Love Doll

[arfdawg-1 · 2/10 · 29 January 2020]

The love doll in this movie is a blonde light skinned black girl who apparently you dont have to clean up after using.

Can't say the same for yourself after watching this movie.

Good Social Commentary

[davidsexton-00883 · 8/10 · 12 March 2020]

I thought this movie did a good job showing a likely future as technology advances. Relationship and sex will always be an issue and I liked how this movie protrayed a future for many people that haven't figured it out yet (me included :) ).

I actually enjoyed the over done camera angles and the red and blue tones. I feel that they captured the loneliness and issues that happen even when in relationships. I wonder what the budget was for this one.

I enjoyed it.

A Stinker

[bshaef · 1/10 · 21 December 2020]

Dean Cain is no. 4 on the list of characters.. If he can't do any better in a movie like this he should probably consider running for office in the NRA or joining the Trump coterie.. He can't act very well.

Usually overrated and barely scratches its subject.

[consthanse · 2/10 · 24 August 2021]

It is low budget and it showed real bad unfortunately.. No camera movement, I thought I was watching a drama play that had been videotaped by my uncle Jerry. And he lost both his hands in a car accident.

The best actor in my humble opinion was Stormi Maya, sad considering she's supposed to play an emotionless robot, but Dean Cain was entertaining to watch at least.

The scenario is very very light. Every summary I've seen of it holds on 1 line.

The music is often atrociously off. Or is played for way too long to an extent it becomes annoying. I never want to listen to Carmen anymore.

There's sometimes the odd interesting plot point or dialogue tho, so not a waste of time but not the most pleasant thing to watch. And I enjoyed Captain Marvel a lot.

Funny, but Inconclusive

[bemyfriend-40184 · 4/10 · 22 September 2021]

I guess my title says it all. Parts of this well crafted rom-com made me laugh out loud. But yeah, there was no real conclusion; to the story, or to the moral/ethical questions. Towards the end of the film, I could see that the writers really didn't have a point to make; or a conclusion to reach. I lost interest, and the movie lost 4 stars. Seen on Tubi, the free streaming site; which has an odd assortment of films, and now, live TV.