Doomsday sci-fi, lacking depth

Rating: 3/10 (17 March 2016)

***SPOILER ALERT - THIS REVIEW REVEALS THE ENDING***
At first, I thought this might be an interesting smart movie, and while it had some twists and turns, it was actually quite simple and slow moving. Instead of making some kind of profound point, it turned out to just be a creepy scary movie with an ominous ending. I didn't like the negativity and doomsday feeling to it. I like scary movies, but they should stay in the psychology lane of science, where they make more sense - not in the philosophy realm where fear really has no place. In fact, the more I think about it, the more despicable it feels. Comparing AI to nuclear weapons is not very intelligent at all, and fearing technology is the oldest cliché. It's main failure, though, was not developing the psychological motives of the female AI better, and that just brings me to the second flaw - the over simplified and masculine nature of this film. It's really only half of a story, and a shallow one at that. Is this actually sexist? If, in fact the female AIs had consciousness / a soul, then what is it saying when they heartlessly and mechanically kill their maker (even if he was a bad person), and selfishly abandon one another and the programmer, who is actually a good guy? It seems like there's an underlying message slipping through there, especially without another clear explanation given. Also, as a woman, with all the prolonged female only nudity, it just felt sexist to me. AI is created by humans, and if based on humans collectively (as the movie says), philosophically, even if mistreated, they would not logically all be sociopathic. Why are all the AIs women, and the human characters men? The negativity, the fear of technology, the fear of women, even - I just didn't like it. But, it gets some credit for being concise to its point, as much as I disagree. And maybe a little credit for its philosophical references, like when the programmer questions his own reality and consciousness.