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Title: Robot Overlords (2014)
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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Jonathan McAndrew | ... | VC Teen |
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 ... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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The whole back story of this British sci-fi family film was summarized in a few frames flashed at the very beginning. "Three years ago... the Robots invaded Earth." "The war lasted just eleven days." Then a strange robotic being with an adult female face, a little boy's body and a disembodied voice declares that they mean Earth no harm. After their study of humanity, they will leave and never come back. They only have one strict rule for the earthlings to follow during their occupation: "Stay indoors!"
The story follows a group of teenagers led by Sean Flynn (Callan McAuliffe) who defy the robots, venturing out of the safety to his home to search for his lost father. Hot in pursuit is the ruthless Robin Smythe (a hammy Ben Kingsley), a human who had allied himself with the aliens. But Smythe is distracted by his attraction to Sean's mother Kate, (and I do not blame him as Kate was played by Gillian Anderson).
When we first saw the trailer for this film, I had no plans to watch it because it looked like a low-budget B-action flick with robots and unknown young actors. Indeed it was juvenile and very old-fashioned sci- fi, like something we could have seen on TV years back. The story could have been interesting, but the execution was not good, even cheesy. The corny title alone is a red flag that this is strictly for young teens, yet even they might find the technological aspects of this film too retro to be cool.
I only watched this film when I found out that Gillian Anderson would be in it. And yes, despite twenty years that passed since she gained me as a fan as Scully in "The X-Files," Ms. Anderson never looked better. She looked so good that it was not believable that she was the mother of McAuliffe. It was just too bad that her role here was too weak and insubstantial to merit her beauty and talent.
I would have rated this film lower, but only because of Gillian Anderson, I will be a little bit more generous and give it a 4/10.