Zone 414

Zone 414

In the near future on a colony of state-of-the-art robots, a private investigator is hired by the colony's creator to bring his missing daughter home.

  • Released: 2021-09-03
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • Genre: Mystery, Thrillers
  • Stars: Guy Pearce, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Travis Fimmel, Jonathan Aris, Colin Salmon, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Ned Dennehy, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Olwen Fouéré
  • Director: Andrew Baird
 Comments
  • vegav-10398 - 14 December 2022
    Watched - Sick at home from work
    Save your time. Watch something else. This film missed the mark is so many areas: pacing, plot, character development, dialogue, ending. You name it, it was either underdeveloped or shouldn't have been in the movie in the first place.

    There are multiple problems with the droids in their mannerisms that stem from a problem of origin. Parts of the droid mind just don't fit or make sense and the acting is subpar during most of these moments. Much, much left to desire.

    Chuck another $50 million to the budget and maybe the director could've tied up some loopholes or simply developed a better storyline. You'll be there sitting, waiting for this movie to end.
  • stevenevans-28597 - 30 June 2022
    Severely Lacking, But Not as Bad as It Could Have Been
    Whenever I see a movie poster with a tough guy holding a gun, I immediately become skeptical. The first thing that comes to mind, is that the movie will be extremely typical, superficial, and will be full of cliches. This movie certainly has its many flaws. However, it wasn't quite as bad as it could have been.

    I chose to watch this movie because I love sci-fi. Had that genre not been associated with it, I wouldn't have even given it a chance.

    The best thing about this movie, is that it explores a relatively interesting concept. Although the concept isn't completely original, it certainly has the ingredients for a good story. Unfortunately, this movie makes a few critical mistakes. The biggest, is that most of its characters come off as completely fake. They tend to dress, talk, and behave in a way that no human being ever would. It's that cheesy implementation where eccentric people can't just be eccentric. They're shown as over-the-top, clownish eccentric. They're silly characters who speak the way that poetry often sounds. It's just not, at all, realistic.

    I can't help but wonder what this movie would have been like if the writers had taken a more serious, realistic approach with the characters. It's a real shame that they didn't.

    Aside from the overall concept, the story, itself, also had potential. However, it unfolds in the midst of these, sometimes, superficial characters. I say "sometimes", because some of the characters, are well-enough developed. However, they're mixed in with all of the bad stuff, that I just mentioned.

    The casting of the two lead characters, is good. Which is evidence that this movie could have worked so much better, had the overall approach been more realistic.