tugaim
The movie falls apart once the twist is revealed. I was really enjoying the movie up until the big reveal. After that there are only more questions that never get answered.
babucsikg
This movie was kind of ok until the 'twist'... well yes the kids were loud and annoying like on a landing plane...also bad decision makings doesn't help either.
But my question with the whole movie: WHY?
Why would AI want to take over our world? Since Westworld this idea is getting annoyingly overwhelming and the execution is poor in my opinion.
First of all: these 'synths' doesn't need the resources on Earth that we are desperately depending on. They don't need food, fields, water, animals or other resources. They only need energy, what they can get from the Sun, or nuclear reactors, whatever. Thing is: why would they need Earth so desperately that they would try to wipe out humans? Why would they want to become humans in the first place? They don't need chairs to sit, they don't get sick, don't need doctors, society. If they are so smart they don't want to copy/become an expiring vulnerable biomass, like humans.
In one of the first scenes the wife is working as an engineer saying that they need to expand the canals under the city. But why? They don't pee or poo. They don't produce garbage... it's just feels lame. People need to start thinking out of the box and get some fresh ideas regarding this invading 'wannabe human' robots. It's getting too much now.
Also it's hard to like the main characters at the end, knowing they wiped out humanity... And those stupid moves when they stop for family hugging when the soldiers chasing them and the russian metro stops and waits for them... then it's running out from the tunnel with a shiny modern train engine into the sunset using that horrible CGI at the end... It only worth 4 stars because the actors are good and some action scenes are fine - well actually the movie too until the twist.
Alexander_Blanchett
Okay I must say it was one of those films that truly develop during the watching experience. At first it starts like your usual alien invaion film, ultra boring and your standard fare. But then there is a twist and the film got a total turn around and new perspective, It actually became interesting, dramatic and thoughtprovoking.
It was nice to see Michael Pena in a leading role, which is rare. He was quite well. Lizzie Caplan was also decent enough. I liked the two girls as well. Otherwise it was just rather mediocre on the acting department.
The effects looked a bit cheap at times, as did the costume work. The editing was good and the score as well.
I really think a lot of people actually switched it off after the first half hour or the first encounter with the strangers, but I think it deserves to be given a chance as there is an explanation for many things that seem to be a directional error or cheap effect/look.
Páiric O'Corráin
Extinction: SF/Horror Thriller. A tale of Alien Invasion with interesting psychological twists. Peter is married with two kids, he has strange dreams, violent ones, he even has daydreams causing damage to work equipment. The visions seem to involve an alien invasion which involves mass death and destruction. He also sees strange lights in the sky; sent for counselling he finds he is not alone in having these episodes.Finally an actual alien invasion occurs. Flying ships attack both office and apartment blocks. Alien soldiers are landed and go apartment to apartment exterminating the occupants. It looks as if the invaders want to preserve some of the infrastructure. Ambushing an alien soldier, Peter links up with other humans and fights back.Interesting spaceship and space/battlesuit designs, larger ships carrying out heavy attacks, smaller gunships for tactical situations. The suit design terrifies as is no doubt intended. The odd behaviour of some characters will become clearer as the film unfolds and indeed there are several levels of revelations which cannot be described here without spoiling the film for future viewers. A good SF Thriller. 7/10 On Netflix.
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