Sci-Fi is one of the most poorly represented genres in cinema... especially in the last 25 years.
All the other 'types' of movies have hundreds of titles to choose from so we don't see the same thing over and over... but not science fiction.
Sure there are plenty of science fiction films that have been made but they are almost all rubbish.
If you look at a list of top 50 sci-fi movies from any website (including this one) you'll find that there are almost non on the list that were made in the last couple of decades.
The Machine bucks this trend by actually being a very watchable story. Unfortunately it's not 'listenable.'
The incidental music sounds like it was ripped from an episode of The Equalizer. It's a bloody awful, over-synthesized noise.
That's why I deducted 2 stars from what would have been a worthy '9' star flick.
The whole grating 80's noise made the film too difficult to properly enjoy... although I did watch it twice because (without the torturous grind of the moog) it was an excellent story.
All the other 'types' of movies have hundreds of titles to choose from so we don't see the same thing over and over... but not science fiction.
Sure there are plenty of science fiction films that have been made but they are almost all rubbish.
If you look at a list of top 50 sci-fi movies from any website (including this one) you'll find that there are almost non on the list that were made in the last couple of decades.
The Machine bucks this trend by actually being a very watchable story. Unfortunately it's not 'listenable.'
The incidental music sounds like it was ripped from an episode of The Equalizer. It's a bloody awful, over-synthesized noise.
That's why I deducted 2 stars from what would have been a worthy '9' star flick.
The whole grating 80's noise made the film too difficult to properly enjoy... although I did watch it twice because (without the torturous grind of the moog) it was an excellent story.