The Pliley Review

  Genre:  Science fiction, Thriller, Drama, Suspenseful Rating:   PG-13 Synopsis:  In the near future, an advanced AI judge tells a captive detective that he's on trial for the murder of his wife. If he fails to prove his innocence within 90 minutes, he'll be executed on the spot. *** From the trailer I was intrigued about the premise of this movie, though honestly I am a little on the Terminator side of the AI discussion.  Each actor did great with the material they were presented with.  Chris Pratt as  Det. Christopher "Chris" Raven is  semi likeable and plays the part perfectly. You can feel the distress and emotion as the story progresses.  Rebecca Ferguson as  Judge Maddox  is great as the AI judge.   Right off the bat I could not help but compare this movie to the Tome Cruise movie, Minority Report. Very similar vibes in a good way. Though out of the two I would prefer Minority Report.  The atmosphere and A...

  Genre: Sci-fi, Adventure Rating:   PG-13 Synopsis: After a war between humans and machines, robots lost their freedom, people lost themselves in tech, and Michelle lost everyone she loved - or did she? *** Hearing about this movie I was very intrigued to see where it would go. The answer all over the place.  Right off the bat, the movie is visually beautiful and the fight sequences between everyone is just amazing.  Props to human characters played by Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci and Giancarlo Esposito. Each one brought their character to life in a very real way and performed perfectly against so much CGI. And while the characters were likeable, well the ones you were supposed to like, and you were cheering for the good guys, they could not help the writing or the storyline from crashing out in the final act. Without spoilers it is hard to discuss the storyline in more detail, but I will say that the storyline was very strange and t...