Roel1973
In a world 'after the decline' a scientist creates a robot in his image. The robot, named Puzzlehead, is getting smarter every day, and more independent, which at some point makes the scientist feel threatened by his creation. A strange love triangle brings the situation to a boiling point.I very much liked this small scale and moody sci-fi picture. It's well acted, has an intelligent screenplay and lots of atmosphere. The writer-director never makes the mistake of trying to make his low budget film bigger than it it is, thus keeping it believable.
bcp-3
This movie sounds promising but just plain doesn't deliver.A potentially interesting plot is completely ruined by: Terrible acting.Poorly mixed sound. I had to crank my receiver way up to hear what these poor excuses for actors and actresses were blathering on about.Beyond low budget filming and effects, what effects?A kid with a camcorder could have done better.This would have made for an excellent episode of MST3K.Hopefully I can save someone from wasting an hour and a half of their lives by steering them clear of this failure.
mnogomedvjeda
...and in present-day America, someone makes an awful film about it.The setting (explained (or rather, not) by a sentence or two about Luddites) is quite literally like Soviet Russia conquered the USA. There is nothing to look at; a pile of junk is more visually attractive than this film.But what about the acting? Let's put it this way: Stephen Galaida seems to have stayed in character throughout the film. Only, he stayed in the Puzzlehead character when he should have been Walter. Robbie Shapiro was slightly better, but still in the category of bad. In fact, their acting was so bad it was like watching porn, only without the sex. And with better music.As for the comments describing the film as intellectual, thought-provoking SF: if this is the very first piece of SF you've been exposed to, then yeah. Otherwise, the ideas explored in this film have been explored in countless other works, and much better so.Consider yourself warned: this film is not an overlooked little gem, it is a waste of time. Consume quality SF instead.
lawrence-d-rand
This is one of the best science fiction movies that I have ever seen. You will not be disappointed seeing this movie as it will keep your attention for its entirety. Mr. Bai is an excellent writer and the cast of the movie are all top talent. The characters in the movie are all great actors and this movie is a quality work from start to finish. It should receive the highest ratings and awards from the Tribeca Film Festival raters. I strongly recommend seeing it and believe that it will receive numerous awards. Hopefully, Puzlehead will come out in the movies and gross millions of dollars for Mr. Bai, the cast, and crew. Additionally, I hope that Mr. Bai writes a sequel to Puzzlehead since the movie leaves viewers with the belief that there can be one.
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