What a time to contemplate robots.
Lea Seydoux stars as the titular Zoe, who works in the worlds premier AI lab.
Cole proves his genius by activating an all-new robot, Ash (Theo James).
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Ashs presence unsettles Zoe, and she soon realizes that she, too, is a synthetic.
The fascinating (and quasi-Oedipal?)
dynamics of this attraction between creation and creator are, unfortunately, barely explored.
It would probably look something like this: an unimaginative waste of science-fiction potential.
Look is the key word.
Instead, the films sets are as white and drab asKanye Wests recent decor tweets.
This is a movie that casts Christina Aguilera as a robot and yet still manages to be boring.C
