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Transcendence

Transcendence

2014
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 59m
A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable. (imdb)

Directed by:

Wally Pfister

Screenwriter:

Jack Paglen

Starring:

Xander Berkeley, Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Cole Hauser, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins Jr., Lukas Haas, Cory Hardrict, Kate Mara, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Taylor Dudley

Genres:

Drama, Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller, Action

Countries:

China, UK, USA

Language:

English
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Transcendence

2014
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 59m
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kasperlKasperL
Rated 06 Jul 2014
55
39th
C'mon guys, this wasn't so bad! It is a little too bland and lackluster, but I thought that the premise and some of the ideas were really cool. I wish it had had the balls to go full brain-geek on the subjects of transhumanism and posthuman singularity.
Rated 06 Jul 2014
dougiedDougieD
Rated 19 Apr 2014
30
5th
A prime example of how a terrible script can ruin a film no matter how good the cast, direction and production values are. Characters are underwritten and their motivations confusing, and the structure of the film is such that there is a general lack of suspense. Worst of all, the story just doesn't make much sense. The plot asks intriguing questions but can't be bothered to answer them. It's like attending a tech talk with a special speaker doesn't want to inform or convert the audience.
Rated 19 Apr 2014
goremeatgoremeat
Rated 17 Feb 2018
30
13th
Ambitious idea but generally poorly executed. Confused moral and wobbly sci-fi.
Rated 17 Feb 2018
djrossdjross
Rated 26 Aug 2014
40
26th
A magical computer frightens people with its awesome powers but ultimately suffers from a weakness identical to that of the aliens in WAR OF THE WORLDS (and INDEPENDENCE DAY). Does raise some legitimate questions, but in such an overblown and absurd manner that it undermines any serious intent. Despite some pretty shots there was only a minimum of visual imagination on display. HER, released six months earlier, makes this effort largely superfluous.
Rated 26 Aug 2014
ytadelYtadel
Rated 16 Aug 2014
3
28th
You know, there are actually some genuinely neat, imagination-stirring ideas here. But it's a very morally confused film. Namely the fact that Digital Johnny Depp never actually does anything bad the entire film - he heals people, wants to save the environment, and doesn't even kill any of the terrorists who attack him - yet is treated like the new Hitler. In fact, literally every bad thing that happens in the film is the fault of the group who I guess are supposed to be the "good guys."
Rated 16 Aug 2014
overratedoverrated
Rated 21 Jul 2014
38
30th
The "villains" (luddites/govt) seem superfluous while the protagonists don't have a quantum fart of a personality between them. A story like Transcendence is either going to be a philosophical and potentially pretentious hard sci fi, or a CGI juggernaut. It's clear the people behind this were playing it safe between the two, hoping Depp's name recognition would cruise it to a soft landing. The reception would indicate he needs to go away and reinvent himself as someone who gives a shit again.
Rated 21 Jul 2014
dunetailsdunetails
Rated 03 Aug 2014
40
21st
It's technically a good looking movie,all the money is in screen. The plot is dumb as fuck though; a technology story by people that just want to roll out the same tropes. "We need to take every networked hard drive offline,Y2K" FUCK. OFF. Could have been so much better.
Rated 03 Aug 2014
dresd_r_e_s_
Rated 01 Aug 2014
1
8th
SPOILER ALERT: The idea is good, and it definitely has some interesting points, but this is barely a horribly executed sci-fi thriller, but merely an underdeveloped love story. Actually everything is underdeveloped. The last 20-30 minutes, in particular, is horrible. Mara's character's decisions, the fact that the CIA sends only Murphy to sort out this global threatening situation, and Depp to suddenly rely on Bettany to choose whether or not to destroy himself... - Bad
Rated 01 Aug 2014
vdecraimVdecraim
Rated 09 Jul 2014
65
31st
Wally Pfister surely knows his way around the camera. Transcendence is a cinematographic delight, featuring some cool set pieces. Sadly, the rest of the film is faulty from the script up. It contains interesting ideas, poses some interesting questions, but fails to tie them together into something that engages its audience. Some of the plot twists damage the internal logic and Pfister's direction isn't strong enough to elevate the idea to a worthy film. A shame.
Rated 09 Jul 2014
notitlenotitle
Rated 29 Jan 2018
54
9th
Elon Musk in conference :)
Rated 29 Jan 2018
luna6ixLuna6ix
Rated 23 Nov 2017
56
11th
It was pretty difficult to watch this movie. Firstly, it's got many actors that I really like: Freeman, Depp, Hauser, Murphy, and the always awesome Clifton Collins Jr. And I'm a big Sci-Fi buff, which usually makes me pretty forgiving. But, damn I judged it wrong. This was a mess, it's never riveting, the script sucks, and it bumbles along for too long to get to the meat, which really isn't interesting. It's not even that original, not when we had "The Lawnmower Man" twenty two years earlier.
Rated 23 Nov 2017
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 06 Mar 2016
40
28th
Well, as they say, that escalated quickly. It is not that the people behind 'Transcendence' were on to the wrong idea; they just chose the wrong format. This would make an excellent Sci-Fi series, with more characters, slower development and greater ambiguity towards the moral dilemmas facing the opposing sides.
Rated 06 Mar 2016
ribcageribcage
Rated 08 Jul 2015
44
18th
No ones motivations make any sense therefore most of the story is heavily contrived. Began to feel like a rejected terminator script and considering what gets accepted as a terminator script that is a stern condemnation
Rated 08 Jul 2015
theescapistTheEscapist
Rated 30 Jun 2015
70
47th
Not as bad as it is made out to be, or perhaps this is because I had low expectations. I enjoyed watching it. The ending doesn't really make a lot of sense but I thought it did have some beauty. It deals with interesting themes but doesn't really explore them very well or truly challenge your mind to think. There's some illogical actions throughout the entire film but I still found it to be entertaining. Basically don't expect too much and you might be entertained.
Rated 30 Jun 2015
kavuKavu
Rated 29 Sep 2014
25
9th
Decent idea and Pfister is naturally great with the visual side, but the script is just too awful to bear.
Rated 29 Sep 2014
snazzSnazz
Rated 19 Sep 2014
60
50th
Not as bad as expected from what I had read. It helps that I am a sci-fi fan, albeit the "sci" is extremely "fi" in this one. It has definitely not been supervised by any computer experts, but hey, it's Hollywood, so I give them some slack.
Rated 19 Sep 2014
lightning17Lightning17
Rated 17 Sep 2014
75
53rd
Visually beautiful, thought-provoking, and stylistically well made, Trancendence has a good plot that perhaps is not as deep or well scripted as it was intended to be, but still is driven well by its all-star cast. A good movie that could have been great.
Rated 17 Sep 2014
mcjohnsonMcJohnson
Rated 08 Sep 2014
20
1st
Some interesting, but invariably stolen ideas and piss-poor execution. Characters do the strangest things at the strangest times, and not in a good way.
Rated 08 Sep 2014
andaybandayb
Rated 12 Aug 2014
40
15th
well look who read about singularity in wikipedia and decided to make a movie? a text-book "bad" hollywood take on a gold-mine of a concept, it couldn't have been executed more poorly. depp goes from a siri knock-off to the motherfucking almighty in mere months, well i say tomorrow can't come soon enough.
Rated 12 Aug 2014
duderDuder
Rated 27 Jul 2014
50
12th
Even the movie Her has a more logical understanding of how a higher intelligence will/would work. Why would a creation of such high intelligence do things/act in ways a normal human would do? What part of the is science? And why not just try talking next time super intelligent AI? Or is that a too wise thing to do?
Rated 27 Jul 2014
walkaboutwalkabout
Rated 11 Jul 2014
15
1st
A very difficult high-concept project executed awfully.
Rated 11 Jul 2014
carsonwidCarsonWid
Rated 04 Jul 2014
44
16th
Cool idea. Bad movie.
Rated 04 Jul 2014
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 04 Jul 2014
24
2nd
Blame it on Nolan.
Rated 04 Jul 2014
grapeshinegrapeshine
Rated 03 Jul 2014
55
25th
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time, Who countest the steps of the Sun: Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the travellers journey is done. Where the Youth pined away with desire, And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow: Arise from their graves and aspire, Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
Rated 03 Jul 2014
hisblobhisblob
Rated 02 Jul 2014
20
12th
A self-modifying superintelligent AI takes two whole years to make a nanotech breakthrough and decides to set up shop running an emergency room that turns a few dozen people into zombies. This finally rises to the attention of USG, which responds with one cannon (really) to fire at its solar panels. Rebecca Hall and the rest of the cast are bored with the superintelligence in town, a reflection of Paglen/Pfister's complete lack of imagination and storytelling/directing skills.
Rated 02 Jul 2014
mikehMikeH
Rated 09 May 2014
87
65th
There are flaws to this film and I probably would have preferred the action to be minimised more. BUT - there has never been a film that deals with our enigmatic and ambiguous relationship with technology so masterfully. Meticulous 'realism' about the feasibility of the technology and the behaviour of all the groups (military, FBI, terrorists etc.) were beyond the scope of such a film and would've taken away from the core ideas.
Rated 09 May 2014
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 23 Apr 2014
85
85th
Who classified this as Action or Suspense/Thriller? Bad calls there. Hearing complaints about the storytelling and "muddled" plot. Counter-point: If the movie took the time to fully flesh everything out, it'd be twice as long and you would be complaining about being bored. It's a movie that leaves you debating, thinking, with far more questions than answers. When done well, this is very effective. It's done very well here. See it, commit yourself to paying close attention, because it's worth it.
Rated 23 Apr 2014
tj_monsterTJ monster
Rated 26 Jun 2023
58
37th
average, alright time waste
Rated 26 Jun 2023
braddad68braddad68
Rated 01 Jun 2023
88
36th
Loved the first half, then it goes a little off the rails. Overall, still a good sci-fi movie.
Rated 01 Jun 2023
ultrightultright
Rated 17 Sep 2022
2
9th
Pompous, all surface no depth, consummate juggling of buzzwords with no connection to anything but the human ego, in other words a typical postmodern post-diversity egotastic White Redditor film. Barf!
Rated 17 Sep 2022
cetincelikcetincelik
Rated 12 Jul 2022
55
29th
2022'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 126. Transcendence (2014) Uzun zamandır ertelediğim, kızımın seçimi ile izlediğimiz film. Ciddi bir tempo sorununa sahip maalesef. Büyük beklentilerle başlayıp sonuna "mehh" şeklinde geldik.
Rated 12 Jul 2022
difontaineDifontaine
Rated 17 Jan 2022
55
20th
Interesting idea but I'm not sure what the script wanted to do. A shame given the talent involved.
Rated 17 Jan 2022
leemarvinsleemarvins
Rated 24 Aug 2019
50
27th
This film is actually a triangle drama about a wife who can't let go of his terminally ill husband and the husband's friend who conducts a crazy science experiment to preserve his husband "alive" in a form or another. When the motives of the "husband" are unknown he is seen as monstrous and is estranged from his wife. Pure fear of the unknown. All this small drama is disguised as a huge summer sci-fi blockbuster that is sold on the image of Johnny Depp. pay attention to the drama not spectacle.
Rated 24 Aug 2019
emirhanshnEmirhanShn
Rated 20 Apr 2019
73
43rd
Ölüme karşı,yapay zekaya karşı bilime karşı tüm bakış açınızı değiştiren film!
Rated 20 Apr 2019
metalhankmetalhank
Rated 02 Jan 2019
79
93rd
Very under-rated film that I think is lost to too many sheeple. If you pay attention and enjoy sci-fi this has many levels and makes one think or imagine as well. The effects are well done and the actors play their roles well.
Rated 02 Jan 2019
lkklkk
Rated 25 Jul 2018
100
99th
Mind-expanding!
Rated 25 Jul 2018
rgbRGB
Rated 14 Dec 2017
0
0th
Rubbish
Rated 14 Dec 2017
ikkegoemikkeikkegoemikke
Rated 09 Oct 2017
48
25th
Disappointment of the year. More reviews here : http://movie-freak.be
Rated 09 Oct 2017
jordanraidenjordanraiden
Rated 26 Sep 2017
9
6th
4/4
Rated 26 Sep 2017
hadleyreisHadleyreis
Rated 13 Mar 2017
53
29th
Johhny the Depp was a dog?
Rated 13 Mar 2017
angrypierreangrypierre
Rated 02 Oct 2016
50
21st
An interesting sci-fi idea swallowed up by style-over-substance warbling pseudo-intellectual bullshit.
Rated 02 Oct 2016
monografiqmonografiq
Rated 26 Oct 2015
70
63rd
Painfully slow start, decent resolution, confusing ending.
Rated 26 Oct 2015
nanacanonanacano
Rated 10 Oct 2015
20
20th
It contains usual old ideas. There is no new vision in this movie. It's holiwood garbadge
Rated 10 Oct 2015
dyannethorneDyanneThorne
Rated 28 Sep 2015
45
28th
Two thoughts kept coming back to me while watching this. One was "ummm, I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that's not how that works". The other was "I bet Christopher Nolan could have taken this idea and really run with it". Starting with the ending ruined most of the tension of the movie, but I'll give it credit for not just ending with a bunch of explosions and shootings like so many other "smart" sci-fi movies that degrade into mediocre action flicks.
Rated 28 Sep 2015
jacobclark12jacobclark12
Rated 28 Jun 2015
32
20th
I wanted to see this movie so much when I first heard about it. Christopher Nolan's cinematographer of choice Wally Pfister in my opinion made his films perfect visually. However, Transcendence never really knows what to say about technology, bouncing back and forth between a the-environment-would-be-better-without-it perspective and a people-would-be-more-social-without-it view. It has such a convoluted plot and flat characters that all of Pfister's visually amazing direction just gets lost.
Rated 28 Jun 2015
andersqqAndersQQ
Rated 17 May 2015
50
31st
Weird...
Rated 17 May 2015
harmonicaHarmonica
Rated 16 May 2015
40
7th
Plods along in mediocre sci-fi territory for just long enough to make the wheel-spin head first into unbridled silliness completely jarring. The entire film suffers from bad writing, but I have to wonder if the cast and crew woke up one morning and read the scenes they were about to shoot for the first time and collectively just lost the will to go on. Make no mistake, this is a profoundly stupid and terrible film, and everyone associated should be embarrassed for their part in it all.
Rated 16 May 2015
jazzalohaJazzaloha
Rated 15 Mar 2015
67
52nd
Heard the film had bad reviews, so I had low-expectations. I actually enjoyed the film until the ending--specifically, (spoiler) the circumstances involving the virus upload. The fact that Will ostensibly remained the same disappointed me as well. Still, I enjoyed everything up to that point. (ps:53)
Rated 15 Mar 2015
minorsageMinorsage
Rated 18 Feb 2015
65
41st
If it weren't so slow moving, this would be a great film. The premise is interesting, the science exciting, but it's so slow you really have to commit to watch it until the end.
Rated 18 Feb 2015
thehynesthehynes
Rated 11 Feb 2015
52
37th
Interesting concept to begin with but then it crawls up it's own arse and despite attempts to coax it back out again it flatly refuses to do so.
Rated 11 Feb 2015
lookjabbaLookJabba...
Rated 31 Jan 2015
5
30th
Transcendence as expected is an attractive directorial debut from cinematographer Wally Pfister. There are many interesting ideas and they pose some interesting questions. But they are poorly strung together and don't build towards any kind of completion. Rebecca Hall & Paul Bettany both give solid performances but the films downfall is its weak script. There's no doubting Wally Pfister's technical abilities, but a story teller he is not and this arguably the biggest disappointment of 2014.
Rated 31 Jan 2015
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 29 Jan 2015
50
35th
Passes he time.
Rated 29 Jan 2015
forehead1forehead1
Rated 26 Jan 2015
40
26th
Coming across as an unofficial sequel to Lucy (and equally bad - but in different ways), Transcendence plays at a much slower and more considered pace. You're invested in the story but a film like this hinges on its climax, and unfortunately the final act here just gets worse and worse. Lots of ideas are floated but none explored satisfactorily, and in the end you're bemused to discover the love story angle is at its heart. The more I think about this one, the less sense it makes.
Rated 26 Jan 2015
travisbickleTravisbickle
Rated 16 Jan 2015
55
9th
Great premise, lousy application
Rated 16 Jan 2015
lebarLebar
Rated 12 Jan 2015
77
66th
nice try, internet haters :)
Rated 12 Jan 2015
realmacgyverRealMacgyver
Rated 05 Jan 2015
70
54th
I was rooting for Will the whole time. Bar the loss of autonomy (to an extent that was never fully clarified) he was a force for good. Until human paranoia kicked in. Huge amounts of religious alegory in this. Much better than expected
Rated 05 Jan 2015
vorpalkittenVorpalKitten
Rated 29 Dec 2014
65
25th
The sci-fi is cool and all, but when your story sucks your movie is going to suck too. Worth watching I guess because any sort of harder sci-fi movie is incredibly rare.
Rated 29 Dec 2014
nofearnofear
Rated 23 Nov 2014
65
21st
Think a more modern Lawnmower Man and you won't be far off.
Rated 23 Nov 2014
jlewisjlewis
Rated 15 Nov 2014
45
27th
Against all recommendations I couldn't resist watching as the advertised themes resonate with me so strongly. I should have heeded the warnings: the film is a confused, messy, directionless piece of future-concept-junk, unworthy of consideration, let alone 90 minutes of attention. Any visual pleasure that could have been wrung from this abortion was destroyed by a soppy, wet 'story line', with Depp rushing through his lines in an odd effort, presumably to get out of there as soon as he could.
Rated 15 Nov 2014
spaceflohspacefloh
Rated 14 Nov 2014
85
97th
eng; [transcendence]; ein mann der im bereich künstlicher intelligenz forscht, wird auf einer tagnung tödlich verwundet, doch sein bewusstsein wird auf einen rechner transferiert - was ihm macht verleiht.;
Rated 14 Nov 2014
dougcollinsDougCollins
Rated 29 Oct 2014
70
10th
very slow moving a tedious. Really hard to sit through
Rated 29 Oct 2014
gkfilmgkfilm
Rated 19 Oct 2014
70
77th
Entertainment: 4.5/4 -- great sci fi story, not too violent. Spirituality: 1.5/3 -- the visualizations of the nanites "infecting" everything with consciousness makes me wonder whether one day we will indeed discover that, through the quantum field, all particles in the universe is indeed "networked"...could be said that everything has consciousness. Sustainability: 1/3 -- the healing of the planet.
Rated 19 Oct 2014
damildamil
Rated 12 Oct 2014
45
17th
Bland, stupid, & damn boring. Direction is very paint-by-numbers &, at times, straight-up bad. Not to mention the painfully slow pacing & incomprehensible editing. Some decent ideas about technology & artificial intelligence hidden in the story somewhere, but it's buried underneath an uninspired script. Characters are totally flat & their actions make no sense. Even great actors like Depp & Freeman can't - sorry - transcend a bad script like this. The movie thinks it's smart, but it's not.
Rated 12 Oct 2014
wicheWiche
Rated 29 Sep 2014
63
42nd
This interested me (I mean, why wouldn't it? Think about the plot and everything that was possible), but after all I have to say that they missed a chance. Like all the other films that struggled with this theme, this one left me disappointed.
Rated 29 Sep 2014
mistersplicemistersplice
Rated 27 Sep 2014
50
28th
5 - alright
Rated 27 Sep 2014
daphnlDaph_NL
Rated 24 Sep 2014
27
4th
This is no sci-fi, no drama, no suspense/thriller. There were absolutely no moments that were exciting. I hated the character of Depp, and the acting of Hall was unconvincing. To make things worse, the change of heart of the character of Bettany was so sudden it was already over before I knew it. 27/100.
Rated 24 Sep 2014
orcunyondemorcunyondem
Rated 13 Sep 2014
67
48th
A great idea mixed with false story. Actually script was good but this movie has one of the worst and non-sense ending. It could have been a perfect sci-fi, but they messed up.
Rated 13 Sep 2014
chroniclerChronicler
Rated 31 Aug 2014
30
6th
A visually stunning film, Transcendence is a Sci-Fi film that resents the sci-fi concepts that make up the bulk of the film and sympathize with those who commit terrorism b/c in the end, they were right BS. Wonky internal logic and a point about radiation poisoning that was wrong and it really bugged me. This film tries to be this film of big ideas but in reality is not very smart, falls apart under scrutiny. Not a great film nor a good one, wished it was better
Rated 31 Aug 2014
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 31 Aug 2014
70
70th
Rebecca Hall is beautiful, poised and altogether marvelous. Johnny Depp quickly becomes overly reserved. An uneven balance of good and bad writing. Unevenly paced. Most of the cast was saddled with poor roles. Some of the special effects were good, but most were uninspired and overused. Music was good though frequently somber. It start off good, but the message gets confused and the ending is badly botched. This could easily have been a much better movie, it lost momentum and became stagnant.
Rated 31 Aug 2014
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 30 Aug 2014
55
35th
This movie is the perfect example of many good ideas becoming a cluttered movie. This movie has its very high points, in terms of its cast and acting, yet the story is cluttered, incomplete, and often boring. The acting is phenomenal for the most part and the direction and cinematography fantastic, but it is not enough to keep up this poorly written, planned, paced, and thought out movie. What could have been a really great movie had it not been for the extremely poor writing.
Rated 30 Aug 2014
johnd11JohnD11
Rated 26 Aug 2014
70
35th
not so bad, relaxing, but a lot of untold parts causing few inconsistence. And some movements of characters aren't explained. anyway I enjoyed this movie. kinda
Rated 26 Aug 2014
nevejasnevejas
Rated 20 Aug 2014
58
35th
When I hear Morgan Freeman narrating I believe in unicorns, which, I tell you, makes singularity viable just about every other day. Still given the rate in which an interesting idea became gradually more and more poor and inconvincible he should have narrated some more. Oh oh oh, and there was love, and explosions, and a desolated town, and shiny labs, and the AI that was more touching than all the rest of the cast, for they were so deeply transcended god would envy.
Rated 20 Aug 2014
dylanwilson6dylanwilson6
Rated 14 Aug 2014
35
7th
A movie with some interesting ideas and thoughts that completely abandons them for some shitty story. I mean, let's send everything back to the stone-age to save one guy. WHY?! It's not like Depp had this amazing healing power and wicked ground attack move......maybe he was too far away? THEY WERE DRIVING CLOSER TO HIM AND HE HAD CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE TOWN! Stupid, just stupid. You really have no idea why any of the characters are doing anything.
Rated 14 Aug 2014
eric_janeric-jan
Rated 13 Aug 2014
70
54th
Depp, when are you going to regain your legendary acting ??? This movie had a lot of great actors in it, but was kind of a waste of talent :( I loved the story, but the movie never really made its mark... It's easy to forget and therefore nothing special.
Rated 13 Aug 2014
kurochocoleKurochocole
Rated 11 Aug 2014
60
7th
Fresh theme but extremely poor execution. Horrible script and pacing. Skip this movie.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
giuseppeGiuseppe
Rated 29 Jul 2014
65
23rd
Some interesting, yet wholly unoriginal ideas can't save this film from being a mess. Some of the plot holes are larger than those holes they keep finding in Siberia.
Rated 29 Jul 2014
superargoSuperargo
Rated 25 Jul 2014
19
9th
Boring as ass. Aggressively uninspired, too--it's about how Technology is Gonna Destroy Us All. Eek, computers! Bah.
Rated 25 Jul 2014
chemical404chemical404
Rated 25 Jul 2014
39
23rd
Big budget and big ideas doesn't work in favor for this technophobic sci-fi thriller/romance. Somewhere beneath the choppy plot and flat characters are hidden interesting philosophical questions about nature of intelligence, technology vs. humanity, religion, but you have to look for them and it's a chore not worth the bother. The position of this film is unclear to the very ending which just adds to the confusion.
Rated 25 Jul 2014
sdiamasdiama
Rated 23 Jul 2014
62
56th
I found the script genius (except from the virus thing!). A great idea with a solid sociopolitical background. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for the direction of the movie. As a sci-fi movie lover, and a social movie hater, I had always the feeling that the style was too slow, too dark (even at the bright white scenes of the lab) and too "social". Sure, it's my "taste" and in fact I don't like the movies of Wally Pfister but this sci-fi script could obtain better treatment.
Rated 23 Jul 2014
ressaRessa
Rated 20 Jul 2014
92
61st
Unfortunately just what I feared/expected. A basic idea with very interesting potential, but horrible executed in terms of plot(holes). Hollywood-superficial, and not at all exploring it's own world. Too bad...
Rated 20 Jul 2014
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 20 Jul 2014
69
23rd
Sometimes ambitious messes capture something special and overcome their flaws, that's not the case here. There's a lot to like in the concept and the visuals in the second half, and the pretty strong performances, but these things don't fit together as well as they should. It doesn't help that the film is rather bloated.
Rated 20 Jul 2014
punqPUNQ
Rated 14 Jul 2014
40
57th
Must have been Johnny Depp's easiest acting role. He's a..... COMPUTER! I wonder who's brilliant idea that was. "Hey, lets get one of the most popular actors around and turn him into a computer! That'll be so awesome!". Or not. Is he good or does he have bad intentions? That's the question. And that does linger a story that feels like it has way too many flaws to really work. Some of the aspects actually was interesting and it could have worked had it not been so damn slow and boring in parts!
Rated 14 Jul 2014
barraocBarraoc
Rated 13 Jul 2014
60
38th
This could have been truly excellent. All the ingredients were there. If it wasn't for the stupid humans...
Rated 13 Jul 2014
boriajboriaj
Rated 13 Jul 2014
70
43rd
The movie is ok. But for a movie about the first super-integellicence on Earth, it's pretty dumb.
Rated 13 Jul 2014
ludvigsenludvigsen
Rated 12 Jul 2014
30
6th
The subject matter considered, this leaves you feeling ironically detached. Narrative decisions seem almost lopsided, with the movie spending next to no time setting up characters at a trailer-like pace, before you're expected to care for them in an overlong climax. The few moments you actually feel transcended never makes up for this.
Rated 12 Jul 2014
naurunauru
Rated 11 Jul 2014
64
63rd
Good script, acting and pacing. The budget starts to become apparent in the later scenes however, when the film noticeably lacks a sense of scale or global urgency. Worth a watch just for the concept and some nice bits of cinematography. Be aware though: this is a sci-fi romance, not a thriller.
Rated 11 Jul 2014
sirrobbieSirRobbie
Rated 09 Jul 2014
60
24th
Great idea, weak execution.
Rated 09 Jul 2014
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 09 Jul 2014
12
9th
A totally ludicrous fairytale. They did not bother to give any plausible elements to support the idealistic, out of this world storyline.
Rated 09 Jul 2014
gideonGideon
Rated 04 Jul 2014
1
16th
Wow, can a film be any more scattered than this? This flick sucks in every way imaginable, almost had me impressed. You're out of your element, Paglen/Pfister!
Rated 04 Jul 2014
whotempwhotemp
Rated 02 Jul 2014
67
17th
Interesting idea...
Rated 02 Jul 2014
burkayadaligburkayadalig
Rated 01 Jul 2014
57
15th
a great idea wasted due to poor execution, repetition, sloppy acting and complete lack of attention to detail...Its refreshing to see Johnny Depp in a "normal human" role
Rated 01 Jul 2014
fartblasterfartblaster
Rated 30 Jun 2014
33
4th
The worst kind of sci-fi schlock - doesn't respect your intelligence, and doesn't have the conviction to entertain you. Its uncommitted melange of perspectives calls to mind 70s dreck like THE TOWERING INFERNO more than the thoughtful sci-fi influences Pfister likely had in mind.
Rated 30 Jun 2014
zariuqzariuq
Rated 28 Jun 2014
5
66th
A good, amusing tragedy. *spoiler* At first there are many parts that annoyed me, but after thinking about it I realized that Will Castor had to die. Otherwise it'd just be a transhumanist fantasy. The rest of the flaws pretty much follow from that requirement :x.
Rated 28 Jun 2014
honestthiefHonest_Thief
Rated 26 May 2014
2
13th
Unfocused dull exercise on existencialism and technology. Johnny Depp was probably half asleep when delivering his lines and I shared that sentiment when making an effort to finish the movie.
Rated 26 May 2014
yaisogyaisog
Rated 11 May 2014
60
51st
Max Headroom meets Wesley Crusher and his Nanites...
Rated 11 May 2014
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 27 Apr 2014
75
37th
Wally Pfister's directorial debut is visually stunning, but never answers the important questions. It continuously asks for more in depth thought from the audience, but when it is time to start delivering the poignant responses to said questions it cops out and becomes a traditional action flick. Depp does what he can with the source material, but not a single member of the cast really stood out and defined the film, and with a film of this nature you need some image to resonate.
Rated 27 Apr 2014
shauny18shauny18
Rated 25 Apr 2014
57
43rd
Thr idea of the story is better than the script unfortunately. There are alot of big named stars in the film with very little to do and never get a chance to shine. Overall a very disapointing movie and expected alot more especially with the cast and director.
Rated 25 Apr 2014
ryan_luedersRyan Lueders
Rated 23 Apr 2014
60
15th
An ordinary movie for sure. Seeing this on the opening weekend on a Saturday right before Easter, you think the theater would be full. No. This film can't draw an audience like it can't take a stab at a decent plot. The acting was ok, nothing really grabbed me. This even made Morgan Freeman look less than good. Depp was at least acting normal and not like a weird lunatic...
Rated 23 Apr 2014
wezzoWezzo
Rated 22 Apr 2014
61
12th
A quick Google suggests I'm far from the first to Christen this film "ham-Pfisted", but it's so apropos that I can't help but drop it once again. Sorry, guys. Anyway, this is a strange, disappointing movie that provides the viewer with no real reason to care about its characters or the story's development. Things move at an erratic clip, Depp gets little chance to shine, and an interesting concept ultimately gives way to a drawn-out mess.
Rated 22 Apr 2014
stewballStewball
Rated 22 Apr 2014
70
54th
Not nearly as bad as the preview made it look, though the overacting when the virtual WIll "transcends" his death and shows up in the computer is still there. If Freeman's trite trope, "If we don't stop it, it will be the end of mankind as we know it" from the preview was there, I don't remember it. I was dreading it so much, I may have blocked it. The movie does a good job (I guess) of not settling on one side or the other being the bad guys, but that contributed to the obscurity (plot-wise and [Full review]
Rated 22 Apr 2014

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