Subservience (2024)

Megan Fox is a robot. It is the role she was born to play, allowing her to explore the full breadth of her acting capacity. Do you like vacant, blank and sultry? Then look no further! She emotes with the conviction of a toaster in what is a rote and uninspired retread of every bad babysitter trope with a healthy dose of “AI iz takin ur jobs”. Offhand I can think of at least a dozen variants of this concept in 6 different forms of media executed in a vastly superior manner. But those of course don’t have Megan Fox, and I legitimately feel few actresses have the capacity to represent this level of plastic emotiveness, on both physical and emotional levels.  But for all the elements of what should be a steamy scifi-thriller, the content feels tame and sanitized, with little to thrill or excite. There are one or two decent visuals, and some surprising gore, but little else to offer. Hilariously, this is not the worst ‘Bad AI’ movie that’s come out this year, that honor belongs to a piece of celluloid atrocity called AfrAId. In comparison, this is a cinematic masterpiece, a mildly entertaining means to waste a few hours, but still deserving of little more than a 

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