Robopocalypse
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
Director: Gareth Edwards
Writer: Nic Suzuki
Based on the novel by Daniel H. Wilson
Cast: Glen Powell, Ken Watanabe, Gary Oldman, Anna Sawai, Everly Carganilla, Rudy Pankow, Omari Hardwick, Nina Dobrev, Morena Baccarin, Adam Rodriguez, Javier Bardem (VOICE)
Budget: $175,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $82,480,111
Foreign Box Office: $160,398,995
Total Profit: -$90,489,004
Reaction: After starting his career with three straight box office successes, writer Nic Suzuki finally has his first flop added to his resume - and it is a costly one given the film's quite large budget.
"This adaptation of Robopocalypse delivers a gripping, cautionary tale that feels uncomfortably close to our own reality. While it treads familiar sci-fi ground, the film earns its place with compelling characters, visceral set-pieces, and a chillingly plausible AI uprising. A bit of narrative bloat and genre déjà vu can't overshadow its emotional core and timely message: humanity’s greatest invention might just be its last. A thrilling, thoughtful watch that had me entertained and paranoid at the thought that my toaster is watching me." - Dexter Quinn, Cinematic Observer Newsletter
"Robopocalypse" is an ambitious, action-packed sci-fi script with a strong cast and timely themes. Its global perspective, emotional character arcs, and thrilling set pieces make it a promising blockbuster, but it’s held back by an overcrowded narrative, familiar tropes, and uneven dialogue. With tighter pacing and deeper exploration of its philosophical undertones, it could elevate itself from solid to exceptional. As it stands, it’s a gripping, if imperfect, cautionary tale that should resonate with sci-fi fans and deliver on spectacle. Ted Milo - Montasefilm
"Robopocalypse is big, loud, and just smart enough to pretend it isn’t dumb (but it kind of is still). Gareth Edwards delivers some slick robot mayhem, but the script feels like a mashup of every 'AI goes bad' story you've already seen. Glen Powell grits his teeth heroically, Ken Watanabe and Anna Sawai weirdly steal the movie with a touching robot love story, and Gary Oldman mostly yells at computers until he dies. The action works, the emotions sometimes land, but the plot cheats so often it should come with a parking ticket." - Clark Davis, JoBlo.com
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and some language
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