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Atlas movie review: J LO’s AI sci fi hits a new low
What: ‘Atlas’ – starring Jennifer Lopez (also one of the producers), the Brad Peyton (‘San Andreas’, ‘Rampage’) fame big spectacle director AI (artificial intelligence), sci fi is an insipid dud that wastes the resources of the makers and time/patience of the audience.
Atlas movie synopsis
Atlas (Jennifer Lopez) an anti-social ICN analyst is an expert on extracting information from captured bots. Atlas who has trust issues is the daughter of scientist Val (Lana Parrilla) who created an AI companion Harlan (Simi Liu) who later turned into a monster – a terrorist who wants to terminate humankind. A tragic incident occurs during Atlas childhood that leads to the death of her mother scientist Val.
Harlan’s plans to destroy human gets a setback by The International Coalition of Nations and Harlan shifts to another planet.
Years later, Harlan initiates his dangerous plan to eliminate the entire humankind and Atlas is called to ICN.
Atlas directed by Brad Peyton is a science fiction that lacks logic, purpose, it’s a badly written plot that needs an immediate ICU treatment.
Atlas is a mess that fails to utilize either the potential of Jennifer Lopez as an actress and Brad Peyton as the filmmaker known for ‘San Andreas’ and ‘Rampage’. The scrip credited to Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleiteis is a dark dull sci fi circus that is a showcase of good AI (Smith – Atlas capsule AI bot) v/s bad AI (Harlem). The visual effects are also not great either, in fact Atlas looks like a dark and ugly sci fi most of the time.
Atlas – final words
‘Atlas’ is a lesson in overbudgeting, insipid writing and soulless filmmaking. To add more chilies, pepper, chutney and aachar to the wounds Jennifer Lopez disappoints in this sci fi woman super hero adventure gone terribly wrong. In spite of having J Lo in every frame forced to work in a confined space, the actress disappoints. Jennifer fails to make the audience root for her as she fails in pumping the excitement level when required during crucial moments and the bot is not to be blamed in this case.
Going with a disappointing one star for this dud streaming on Netflix from May 24, 2024.
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