The Couchpotatoes
I don't know what their budget was, obviously not much when you see the poor special effects and the mediocre settings, but a low budget does not necessarily means a bad movie. It could have good actors and a good story. But the truth is that neither of those were present in Genesis. It's a terrible movie, a total time waster, one you wished you never watched. And not only the movie is really bad it's also extremely long, almost two hours of intense garbage. If only they would have used the money they spent on a two hour movie for maybe a very short movie or a videoclip then maybe it could have been something, but I have severe doubts about that because talent is obviously something they lack here. I hope it's not their only way to make a living otherwise I can't see a bright future for them. If so, don't despair, McDonalds is always hiring.
s3276169
Genesis looked encouraging on first inspection but sadly, a closer look proved me wrong. I'm afraid ambitious sci fi, needs an equally ambitious budget. This film in short simply lacks the $$ to meet any possible potential it might have had. That said, the general idea behind this film has been done before and done much much better too. Blade Runner is the obvious point of comparison (granted they are not the same but the general concept is). Acting wise Genesis does do a good job. There is some decent talent brought on board for this project such as John Hannah. Its a shame the rest of the film could not live up to expectations.As it stand marginally watchable but by no means special. 5/10 from me.
pietclausen
What a waste. The story looked promising and the trailer looked like a good sci-fi saga comprising 3 movies. But alas, this first installment was boring to watch, not even raising any excitement. The humans were rushing around, distrusting the civvies and going as far as trying to eliminate them.No wonder the AI Robot had enough of this nonsense and set up the scene for the next installment. If it is actually going to be made, I won't be watching it.
mick120359
Considering that this film is a look at human nature with an AI humanoid made to help them, the ending is not a great surprise.
quite predictable but also quite well made for a low budget film.
It's a shame that although this is the first of a trilogy, I don't think that the second part will be made, let alone the third. (any film makers out there who want to prove me wrong, please go ahead and make part two, I for one will give it a watch.)
The films views on how "humans" react to certain circumstances is fairly accurate which makes the whole story line believable.
I feel that a higher budget would have helped, but overall it's worth a watch if you like this kind of film.
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