Philip K. Dumb

Rating: 5/10 (22 June 2020)

I love Spielberg - he made four of my favorite movies of all time - but file this one under his "missed opportunities" section.
There was a great premise buried deep behind this, a cyberpunk quest with intriguing philosophical elements. The execution is juvenile, clunky and masturbatory though. What's truly baffles me is how set-pieces are visually busy and tiresome: it is, in a word, tawdry, which is astonishing for Spielberg.
This CGI MacGuffin hunt feels more like a barrage of MMORPG trailers than Blade Runner. Pity, really.
5.5/10