Morgan (2016)

Sorry, this movie sucks

From my favorite movies..

Brilliant and touching

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

This is a sci-fi horror movie about an "artificial" human (Morgan, as she was named) who physically matures much quicker than normal humans thanks to synthetic DNA developed by a genetic company. In the movie, Morgan is referred to as a humanoid but the term is actually used for mechanical robots that look like human. In this case, Morgan is a flesh and bone character with some synthetic genes infused to her DNA and we're expected to consider her a "thing." This is outright silly in today's norms where we discuss the human rights of an embryo. We also understand that the first thing all "humanoids" excel is martial arts. Despite its pretentious philosophical dressing, the movie is all about Morgan biting off ears and noses, mauling all those crossing her path with the usual blood and gore fest. In summary, this is a typical sci-fi horror flick with a mediocre acting and directing, worsened by weak, unconvincing and predictable plot.

While the premise was good and the acting was fine, what it needed was Morgan going full tilt and not against a bunch of scientists. Lee Weathers should have brought a 'team' of hard piping mercs to help her. Then Morgan can show she's something special when she wastes right through them. And then when Lee wins the final battle the audience realises she's not what she seems. Just me. At any rate, Kate Mara's performance was the best part of the flick. Cheers.

I like sci-fi for its ability to get us to thinking as we are being entertained. This movie does that pretty well. The premise of a new life form is always a good story to tell and if you add mystery, intrigue and drama you get this movie. My only criticism is that it was too short and under-developed but nothing a sequel couldn't cure if handled properly. There are twists along the way which keep you glued to the screen and one wonders about the full premises of this story if it was truly unleashed. the movie goes there too! Here's to....

I don't write reviews, but the acting talent wasted by the crap script and inept directing has compelled me to write.The biggest problem was that it's never made apparent to the viewers why the staff protects Morgan even though they had just viewed the mayhem she's caused. The moronic and nonsensical actions of the highly educated staff makes me think the writer believes all of us are this stupid except that the last presidential election has shown otherwise; only half of us are willing to protect someone in the face of certain death and destruction.The moment Lee shoots Amy dead was the highlight of the third act for me. While everyone apparently followed the "How to do nothing while a coworker gets mauled to death" company handbook, Amy was the worst offender of them all. She had about 4-5 chances to stop Morgan or at least warn others of their impending doom. Then there's Skip, the useless cook, who had a rifle pointed at Morgan and thought the only reason she was acting this way was because no one had asked her not to.I watched to the end purely out of hope the fine cast would turn this around. Alas, I was disappointed yet again.