Storyline
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Directors
Cast
Antonio Banderas, Robert Forster, Andrew Tiernan, Tim McInnerny, Bashar Rahal, Stanislav Pishtalov, Geraldine Somerville, Christa Campbell, Andy Nyman, David Ryall, Melanie Griffith, Javier Bardem, Dylan McDermott, Dan Cade, Harry Anichkin, Danny Kirrane, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Philip Rosch, Christina Tam, Albena Stavreva, Lyubomir Neikov
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Reviews
60
The early scenes of Gabe Ibáñez’s impressively mounted but uneven thriller do some terrific dystopian world-building.
50
Yet another “Blade Runner” knock-off, a sci-fi dystopia about robots getting too smart for humanity’s own good on an already sun-cooked Earth.
50
Once the film hits the desert, a little before the halfway point, Jacq has the energy sucked out of him and so does the film, limping along while he repeatedly throws histrionic fits.
50
With all of its glaring faults, Automata has some shining moments, most of which come during the surprisingly emotional climax.
40
Village Voice
Automata has moments of tremendous visual and storytelling elegance which are punctuated with ham-fisted characterization and thunderingly terrible acting.
