I wanted to see this because of Caity Lotz. I enjoyed her on the shows Arrow and Stalker.
As much of an effort as she gives, she can't save this flick in the end.
SPOILERS.
Midway through the film, Ava, Lotz' character, gets killed. Then things take a turn. The mad scientist uses Ava as a template of sorts to create the titular Machine. Predictably, Ava/Machine is more than a bit dangerous (sorry for paraphrasing Roxette and/or Big Data).
Putting aside the melodramatic score, I could have dealt with the next couple of plot turns. But the last two swerves were a bit random, and I could all but see the writer grasping at straws trying the hammer out the end of the third act.
The last scene is particularly lackluster. As the credits rolled, I muttered, I could have written a better ending than that.
If you are a Lotz fan, by all means, give this a look. Otherwise, stick with a better grade of female cyborg. Some examples: Terminator III, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Six Million Dollar Man, Alien Resurrection (Joss Whedon's script is nothing like the others in that series, so be warned; it's as much a black comedy as anything), Screamers (from waaaay back in the 80s), the Battlestar Galactica remake, Mann and Machine (if you can even find that short lived early 1990s show) and Star Trek Voyager (after all this time, still gotta like Seven of Nine).
As much of an effort as she gives, she can't save this flick in the end.
SPOILERS.
Midway through the film, Ava, Lotz' character, gets killed. Then things take a turn. The mad scientist uses Ava as a template of sorts to create the titular Machine. Predictably, Ava/Machine is more than a bit dangerous (sorry for paraphrasing Roxette and/or Big Data).
Putting aside the melodramatic score, I could have dealt with the next couple of plot turns. But the last two swerves were a bit random, and I could all but see the writer grasping at straws trying the hammer out the end of the third act.
The last scene is particularly lackluster. As the credits rolled, I muttered, I could have written a better ending than that.
If you are a Lotz fan, by all means, give this a look. Otherwise, stick with a better grade of female cyborg. Some examples: Terminator III, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Six Million Dollar Man, Alien Resurrection (Joss Whedon's script is nothing like the others in that series, so be warned; it's as much a black comedy as anything), Screamers (from waaaay back in the 80s), the Battlestar Galactica remake, Mann and Machine (if you can even find that short lived early 1990s show) and Star Trek Voyager (after all this time, still gotta like Seven of Nine).