Subservience

 

It is a tale as old as time, when a man, struggles to cope with day-to-day life, taking care of his family while his wife is sick, he seeks out help. In this case, he buys a robot which ends up malfunctioning and terrorising said man’s family including his sick wife. Humanised robots is by far not a new concept and amongst the countless stories out there, Subservience doesn’t try to reinvent the AI dangerous narrative but merely tell us a story which we have seen before.

Full review over at Filmhounds.

Orca

 

Strangely enough, Orca actually had some minor success at the box office, but was critically panned as it was deemed too similar to the blockbuster hit, Jaws released two years earlier. Orca is a straight forward cash in. If shark attacks are bringing in an audience, then the, presumably lesser-known orca will bring them in too. Sadly, for the killer whale, it would experience a very different life on screen as seen in Free Willy and such documentaries as Black Fish. Orca has an exciting story and holds the promise of being entertaining at the least, but the comparison with Jaws is woefully exaggerated. The only element thar connects the two films, is that there is a sea creature out for the kill.

Full review over at Filmhounds.