On giving Kessler the slip, Casey arrives at the home of Faye. He reins her in and places her in the repose of a techie, while his investigation leads to a mysterious neighbour of hers who calls himself Casey. However, there’s trouble in paradise when one female simulant turns violent and attempts escape from an Agent Kessler, who is assigned to police the simulants.
The creatures are programmed to abide by four “precepts” or rules that render them harmless and obedient to their human masters. Yes, they are inhabitants of a futuristic society, where a company called Nexxera mass produces these cyborgs that are “As close to human as humanly possible”. This, until his “wife” reveals to him that he is actually an android or simulant that is designed to be the spitting image of her late husband and who houses his memories. The traumatic incident repeatedly awakens a confused Evan from his sleep each morning. Simulant opens with an apparently loving couple – Evan and Faye – who meet with a car accident.
Plus, the tense pacing and dark ambience has been cleverly realised on screen by TV-turned-film director April Mullen. This, while tackling over-arching themes of personal identity, free will, love and revenge. Artificial Intelligence, I-Robot and The Island.īut while its influences may be noticeable, script-writer Ryan Christopher Churchill has crafted a mostly refreshing narrative with ever-surprising characters and taut dialogue. Fans of the Android sub-genre in particular, will find much to relish from a film that draws from a diverse palate of classics like Blade Runner, Terminator, A.I.
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Science-fiction movie buffs are in for an intriguing treat by way of the recently-released Simulant: a futuristic crime drama with a human story at its core. Cast: Sam Worthington, Simu Liu, Jordana Brewster, Robbie AmellĪ humanoid AI’s attempt to win over a widow’s heart places it in the path of a government agent trying to stop the rise of machine consciousness.
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