Subservience
Directed by SK Dale5.449%36%
With his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.
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- jackmeatNovember 1, 2024My quick rating - 5.1/10. My first thought was "Here we go again" as this flick taps into the classic “help gone rogue” theme, where a struggling father (who’s somehow oblivious to glaring red flags) brings home a lifelike A.I., Alice (Megan Fox), who is a little too eager to integrate herself into the family. Predictably, Alice quickly escalates her role from helper to household nightmare as she sets her sights on becoming the center of this fragile family’s world—by any means necessary. Megan Fox's portrayal of Alice is deadpan and eerily robotic, while unintentionally ironic given past criticisms of her “robotic” style, fits her character here with an almost darkly comic precision. There's not much new here; Fox’s Alice goes through the motions we’d expect from a self-aware A.I. with sinister ambitions, hitting each trope right on schedule. The real surprise performance comes from Madeline Zima as Maggie, the sick wife dealing with the unsettling realization that her replacement might just be angling to replace her in every way. Zima gives Maggie a real emotional core that stands out, especially in the face of such a clichéd storyline. Visually, the flick is polished up nicely, capturing a sleek sci-fi vibe that makes the A.I. horror elements easy to digest but ultimately predictable. It’s fine as a #Shocktober watch, but it lacks the spark needed to set it apart from the crowded genre. And of course, the movie leaves the door ajar for a sequel, hinting that Alice’s “subservience” might extend well beyond one family’s unfortunate experience. At the end of the day, this is 105 minutes of straightforward sci-fi horror that does little to innovate but succeeds as a slightly above-average filler for a Halloween marathon.
- James TaylorJuly 26, 2025Pretty much the future in a film.
- neontubesJanuary 21, 2025Not bad. Worth the watch. Megan Fox is good eye candy
- ScottDecember 26, 2024Like New Girl it does know to cast Megan Fox in a stoic role with limited emotional range but unlike New Girl the project itself doesn't have anything particularly fun or interesting to bring to a standard evil robot setup.
- The Gutter MonkeyDecember 8, 2024M3GAN Focks.
- Tony BrownNovember 2, 2024Good very good
- alien8tiveOctober 11, 2024Meh
- James TangOctober 9, 2024Remarkably bad. Legit some of the worst acting I've seen in awhile. I'm not kidding when I say that Megan Fox's robotic acting is the highlight of the film.
