Kill Command
Tags: comedy, murder, violence, psychedelic, suspenseful, sci-fi

Plot synopsis:
In a technologically advanced near future, Katherine Mills, a cyborg working for Harbinger Corporation, discovers a reprogramming anomaly regarding a warfare A.I. system located at Harbinger I Training Facility, an undisclosed military training island. She meets with Captain Damien Bukes and his team consisting of Drifter, Robinson, Cutbill, Goodwin, Hackett, and Loftus - all of whom have been assigned to a two-day training mission at Harbinger I.
Upon their arrival, the team notices global communications have been disabled, limiting them to local access only. They discover autonomously operating surveillance drones monitoring them. The team begins their mission of eliminating A.I. threats. The first encounter proves easy for the team as they eliminate A.I. drones from a vantage point. During the battle, Mills discovers an advanced S.A.R. (Study Analyze Reprogram) unit, S.A.R.-003, but is unable to access it.
That night, Drifter and Mills discuss their pasts and Bukes' disdain for her. Later that night, Loftus is killed by the S.A.R. unit. The next day, they discover Loftus's body at the location of the first encounter. The drones take the team's original vantage point and kill Hackett. They discover the A.I. is adapting and learning from them. Bukes flanks two drones, which immediately disperse. Later, the S.A.R. unit captures Cutbill and has him shot and killed by another drone. The drones attack the group again and Bukes and Mills are separated from Drifter, Robinson and Goodwin. That night, the S.A.R. unit discovers Bukes and an unconscious Mills; it "connects" with Mills and leaves.
The next day the team attempts to exit the training area, but they are attacked by smoke and gunfire. Drifter is shot and pinned down by the S.A.R. unit. Bukes kills Drifter as a coup de grace before the S.A.R. unit is able to. The team escapes into the barrier complex and discovers that the A.I. has killed all of the employees. Mills activates another S.A.R. unit to learn that S.A.R-003 reprogrammed the A.I. to use lethal force in order to improve soldier motivation and has ordered the soldiers to Harbinger I on its own. S.A.R-003 and other units break through the barrier door as the remaining team escapes through the back. Mills discovers an EMP device which can be used to stop the original S.A.R. unit but could also kill her or wipe her mind clean.
Bukes, Mills, Robinson, and Goodwin place explosives to prepare for a siege. The following day, A.I. drones attack the facility. The team wipes out more than half of the drones, but Robinson is killed in the ensuing gunfight. As S.A.R-003 approaches the team, Mills detonates the EMP, incapacitating herself and the drone. The S.A.R. unit reawakens and attacks Bukes and Mills. Mills controls a drone gun in the building to destroy the S.A.R. unit; S.A.R. however uploads its program into Mills before it shuts down and Mills loses consciousness. Hours later, a tiltrotor arrives to rescue the survivors. As Bukes and Goodwin approaches the aircraft, Mills reawakens with S.A.R-003's mission protocol.

Review: Putting aside the awful script, the movie looks very professional and the acting, although a bit stiff in places, is decent.
If you're like me, you are very leery of low budget sci-fi and horror films that are written and directed by the same person who is relatively unknown and not yet an established filmmaker.
If you are a fan of movies like Skyline, Predator, and Terminator, you will probably enjoy this film..
Kill Command is a relatively straight-laced sci-fi that takes itself seriously - and is the better for it.A military team are sent to training, when they are attacked by robots.
you know the feeling when you tired and have nothing to do and already watched all the recent movies up there so you pick any not-very- promising film to be as a visual background to relax with?
i expected to watch a low budget-shitty effects movie with a bad story and line.
you wont expect to get a SHASHANK REDEMPTION story in an action film,yet the story was good very nicely done guys, it was a great job.
There is the usual bunch: the mean guy, the nice guy, the cold robot like girl, the cowardly guy, the big muscle guy who says five words and there are the cannon fodder guys (all the best sci-fi movies rely this team format).The script is no Oscar winner, but imagine if they only had a million dollars to make Predator and there was no Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Now imagine the same for Aliens, add a few really talented VFX guys, some really great concept art people, a half decent script and this is probably the movie you would have got.
It's low-budget, yet the actors, the scenery, the CGI, the costumes, the effects, the music, the sound they are all top quality.The direction could have been a bit less cliché at times, in how it handled scenes with "he's watching you" tension.
Kill Command is a solid Sci-fi low budget movie, it's the first credit for Steven Gomez who wrote and directed the movie that makes me curious what is next from him, from the begging of the movie you know that you are going to watch a well-made movie.The plot of the movie is very simple, right to the point from the beginning of the movie, there are no useless points to fill the movie with it as we see in many movies these days, a group of trainees going for their regular training but something will happen will make them never to forget this training, the script really supports the movie because it is very well written and performed, IN THE OTHER HAND there are of course some plot holes and staff but personally i didn't focus on them that much, also it could have been better if they gave us more details, also the ending was very mysterious which was a little disappointed for me but i think it worked too.The cinematography in the movie was great, the CGI looks awesome, even with a low budget, flawless CGI and visual effects which looks even better than a lot of high budget movies, I think that the fact that Steven Gomez works a lot in the visual effects department could have helped him,right?, IN THE OTHER HAND sometimes the robots looks a little weird but that happened just a few times.The acting as everything in the movie is very solid, a group of mid- known actors each one of them played his role as it should be played and again it was very controlled by the director, awesome performance by the group leader Thure Lindhardt...Captain Bukes and Vanessa Kirby...Mills which added a lot to the movie, IN THE OTHER HAND there are moments when they were fighting with the robots i felt something weird and could have been better but maybe this isn't the actors fault i think there is a fight scenes designers or something like that, i just think it could have been more realistic.The sound effects in the movie as well played a great role like how the robots speak and interact, the gun shots, etc .., all were good nothing over the top or abnormal.Finally, everyone who is interested in the Sci-fi genre should watch this i pretty sure it will entertain you, I think Gamers will have a bit of deja vu watching this lol.7.5/10.
It is still very watchable when acting, camera work, and special effects are good.Music is passable, nothing special, but they do avoid turning up volume for cheap scares.Frankly, this movie can be compared to a novel which had to compete against the best of 19th century writing and came somewhere in the lower middle..
im a big sci fi fan, but i don't settle for any kind of sci fi, big blockbuster sci fi in the last few years is terrible, there still hasn't been anything that has beaten the original sci fi movies, alien, predator, blade runner etc but this was a breath of fresh air, the cgi is amazing for low budget movie, not too much character development which i think is good, a lot of movies today focus on this too much and we miss out.
The movie looks good even though the narrative might feel stale as it progresses sluggishly.Its most valuable asset is certainly its graphic, the effects are riveting and it brings out the sci-fi aspect really well.
I was so surprised that the team could come up with such an overused story line and execute it in a very different way.The CGI or special effects or robots used were very convincing and well edited and directed by Steven Gomez, to show the world a much better view of a well known script.I would advise anyone, who wants to see something new, refreshing, simple Sci-Fi based subject, this is the one for you.
Although most of the times ratings in IMDb do give a nice warning on what you are about to watch, this time , this 5.9 rating is probably a rating that does injustice to the movie.There are a lot of special effects with CGI and carefully designed for friends of sci-fi movies and the scenario is quite interesting.
Certain details regarding tech on this movie are not fictional and have a base on what DARPA has produced recently along with battle equipment that already exist, on a different form.All in all, i think that this movie is totally worth watching and it is certainly something that would trigger some wondering afterwards on what is about to come on battlefields, regarding technology and human-troops..
I think the one thing that stands out for me in this was both the tension and the the part played by Mills (Vanessa Kirby) with her having a link to the robots just gave it another dimension for me and even her just looking around the woods built up a great foreboding feeling.This is well worth a watch and its a shame it did not get more publicity when first released as it deserves to be watched and enjoyed.
That boss robot is the creepiest design I've seen since the original Terminator.The acting is surprisingly good, if a tad bit on the low-key side.
I can definitely see everyone involved, from the actors and director, to the cameramen and VFX people moving up to the A-list if they got the chance to work with a bigger budget.The camera work is really nice, with very competent focus while working with a beautifully short depth-of-field, which is far too often left out of B-movies or otherwise botched.
"Take a B Sci-Fi movie theme and recycle it with something added and stay within the budget we gave you" - that seems to be the specification the director and the producer of the film received from the Studio.
What you will find if you are accustomed with the genre is that the theme is way too washed out to be recycled (those bloody AI military machines that turn rogue and start killing people, variation of the HAL 9000 from 2001 - Space Odyssey)) and the one added element (an AI augmented human in the center of the plot) is not enough to make the reshuffle interesting.
I give it 3/10 simply because the camera and special effects along with a couple actors I was familiar with wasn't the worse thing I've seen on screen but boy it was definitely no where near good.
The plot wears a little thin and could probably have done with a stricter edit as it does feel like it goes on a bit.The characters are all good.
It may not be particularly original, and as others have stated, the script is a bit ropey but for a film with a budget of only a million dollars it's got some high production values.
Its CGI production quality for today's standards is somewhere between very good as you would expect and a little B movie ish.Honestly though I'm quite surprised how much I enjoyed this.
A sci-fi film with a low budget but the acting is good, the setting well thought out, and the SFX extremely good.
The script is the only thing that lets this movie down, but really, compared to other films in this category, it's a masterpiece.I found it enjoyable - and that is, after all, the main point of watching a film like this..
Kill Command is a really well done budget sci-fi film.
Solid action scenes, great actor (for not knowing any of them), solid story.....low budget yes but hey its really good.
Anywhoo watch this movie if your a military,sci fi, action fan..
We learn about what is going on in Kill Command slowly, and that suits the film well.It's a clever premise, and if you watch the film a second time some of the dialog makes a lot more sense.
The soldiers rely too much on the high powered sniper rifles to kill the robots, but I guess that's realistic.There are a few scenes that remind me of Doom and The Terminator, so if you liked those films you will like this..
When I was watching this film, I was totally blown away by the CGI effects of the robots.
It was so detailed, the movements were so 'realistic', and given this film had a distinct B-movie feel, I was extremely surprised that those effects were done with a budget of $1m.
As such, one would judge this movie based on how you felt watching it, rather than analysing on how good the story is.
You progress with the character, you root for them, you feel like you're part of the action.It's a run of the mill story, but with tremendous sci-fi graphics and fairly decent acting.
I enjoyed her slightly detached from humanity portrayal.The effects are great, outdoing some high budget movies easily.
Simple plot with a few holes in it, good action, and special effects worthy of bigger budget movies.
That night the SAR kills a Marine, using his body to lure the unit into an ambush where they are attacked by advanced battle robots controlled by the SAR.The Rogue AI story has been done many times before but this is an interesting SF/Action film.
A pretty decent low budget sci-fi movie.
Think fairly generic 'Machines turn on their creator' type stuff but with a lot of ammo, some pretty cool robot designs and some quite well written interpersonal relationships.This movie mainly is a spectacle movie, but it's a bit low budget, so built sets are kept to a minimum, larger locations are office buildings, forests, abandoned buildings, muddy fields, etc.
they stop short of an actual quarry but there's nothing terribly spectacular there, it's all about the digital augmentation.If you've seen fan made Star Trek movies that rely on green screen, CGI sets, movement tracking, key frame animation and an awful lot of atmospheric plug-ins, this movie is like a slightly higher budget more professional version of one of those.It mostly holds up well, the animation can be a bit stiff at times, the robots walk, interact and shoot well, but don't pull or push people about nor fall well, and occasionally something doesn't quite look right at all, but it's mostly all pretty convincing.
The actors do just fine at selling this augmented reality to the audience considering they themselves presumably cannot see it, and you're seldom distracted by the weird eye-lines or odd framing that sometimes plague this style of film making.The pacing is good, there's some decent characters, plenty of action, lots of cool stuff to look at and it's reasonably entertaining.Good for a wet Wednesday, give it a go..
Nothing new here unfortunately, but was surprisingly better than expected for your standard low budget futuristic science fiction action/horror film.
Decent Acting, great special effects, good character development, and a fairly believable story line (As far as sci-fi goes), I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good Action film..
I was expecting to see a low budget film with mediocre acting and poor effects but from the first minutes, the movie proved me wrong.
Kill Command is basically Dog Soldiers with robots instead of werewolves (but not nearly as good).
Sure, I wasn't expecting a moral dissertation about the relationship between robots and humans either (we have the work from authors such as Karel Capek and Isaac Asimov for that), but I would have liked to see at least a bit of reflection to bring substance to the shootouts, explosions and magnificent special effects displayed by the film...
However, the main pro of Kill Command are the brilliant special effects, whose design, execution and integration to the filmed material surpass the expectations of a modest B-Movie.
I wish Kill Command had shown the narrative ambition of, for example, Ex Machina; but as a hollow action spectacle, it offers tense sequences of combat, moderate but functional drama and impressive special effects which will delight the fans of robots (like me) with their realism and creative ingenuity.
Okay, so being honest, the story line is far too predictable, but where the plot itself is a little boring, the premise of the movie is based on factual future projects such as AI and Robotics that we are already seeing with Google/Boston Dynamics/VR and so on, rather than basing it on fictional Terminators.
But by and far the absolute best part of this film, the star of the show, is the CGI team and set designers who have made future technology, robotics, and warfare so realistic and believable that within 10 minutes I forgot I wasn't watching the next Hollywood Blockbuster.
The robots are not the only stars though, but also the weapons which although are heavily converted real world weapons, pack so much punch and delivery that you end up enjoying the warfare scenes the most and again, excites you that they are based on current real- world warfare projects that may see the light of day in 10-20 years time.The entire film is a sort of attempt to cross a Predator movie with a Halo video game, and it works well indeed.
But that's just it, it's good, easy watching entertainment I can see a lot of hardcore Sci-fi action fans will enjoy.
As this is 1 budget film that looks good enough to deserve a sequel.All in all a very solid production..
Set in the near future and in the US Army we meet an elite team of soldiers who have been designated to do a test on a remote island for an arms company that have developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) robots to take the place of real soldiers on the battlefields of the future.They are assigned a chipped human called 'Mills' (Vanessa Kirby) who has electronic capabilities and is like walking search engine – only better.
About the only good thing about this film was how great the tech looked.
If you remember your feeling from watching the Predator for the first time - you will certainly enjoy Kill Command.
While Kill Command can borrow from the best - without so many of the trappings, it feels like a cheaper version of a much better suit.Dog Soldiers 2002 - Now were getting closer!
For a low budget movie with almost no marketing Kill Command is a cool film.
The CGI special effects are exceptional in places, moreso for what is a clearly low budget film - the main antagonist (the big bad boy killing machine robot with caterpillar tracks) is truly awesome.
I would watch this again and I'm sure it would be even better second time around.Low budget film makers take note of this.
Don't get me wrong the movie is quite decent, way better than most of the other "low budget" sci-fi creations.Anyhow here are a few things I didn't like about the movie.
What makes this film fun to watch is the Action scenes with the robots.
I thought all of those scenes were very well done.also The Guns the soldiers used were very cool looking.The film takes place in the near future when technology reliant society has created killing machines.
I thought Vanessa Kirby gave a good performance, she was good as the Half human half Robot.I also liked her special ability to shut down machines and hack machines by using her eyes, I thought that was very cool.I thought the acting was Okay from everyone and I thought the Actor that played Captain Bukes was good in his role, I liked him and found his character believable.I thought he kicked Ass at the end of the film when he Fights the Leader Robot.
The Robot lady also put up a good fight and she has a cool moment at the end of the film.
I wasn't expecting too much from "Kill Command" when I stumbled upon it on Netflix, expecting it to be your typical run of the mill low budget sci fi actioner.