Robotropolis (2011)

Great Film overall

best movie i've ever seen.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

ROBOTROPOLIS is a cheesy B-movie spin on the classic sci-fi staple of robots turning murderous, so there are the requisite nods to THE TERMINATOR and WESTWORLD, but actually this is a film which has a style all of its own. Financed by US money but actually made in Singaporea, I found myself really enjoying the premise and set-up, which is a surprise as I normally find such B-movie fare to be pretty dull.The story is set in the near future and sees robots acting as guardians of society - a bit like the ED-209s in ROBOCOP. Yes, they eventually run amok, but before then ROBOTROPOLIS has quite a slow build-up. It's as realistic as it can get given the premise, and I enjoyed the way it didn't devolve into mindless action from the outset as so many do. Plenty of thought has gone into this, and the production values are better than you'd expect.In some ways ROBOTROPOLIS reminded me of the found footage genre; the whole news reporter angle is a little reminiscent of the eco-horror THE BAY. Zoe Naylor (THE REEF) is pretty nice as the sympathetic lead, and I enjoyed watching the corporate shenanigans play out. Yes, the robot CGI is amateurish at best, but nonetheless this is a surprisingly enjoyable little B-flick.

I found this movie is not as bad as the reviews and ratings claim it is.Again, everything depends on your movie tastes and preferences.But if you like movies such as "District 9". "metal tornado". or some other type of space channel or Sci-Fi channel movies, oh, and also cannot forget these "found footage" genres, then you might be able to get along fine with this movie.but if your expecting a "star trek" type movie, or some popular science fiction movie, then you may be disappointed. This just goes to show you Cannot always go by the user ratings or reviews that's for sure.

I enjoyed this, and as a sci-fi fan, you probably will too. It's a pretty good story of a (not too distant) future society where robots are introduced into daily life, and then things go wrong. Not original, but interesting enough. After reading some of the other reviews I just want to defend the acting in this movie, there will be no Oscar nominees here, but it's adequate. I think lead actress Zoe Naylor did a good job of depicting the somewhat heartless sideline stance of modern journalism. The critics who say she shows no emotion should notice this is only true when she is 'on camera' in her reporter role. The big stinker however is the guy who plays her producer, Edward Foy. By far the worst acting job I've come across in 2012! Some things in the movie didn't make much sense (like where does the flashlight come from in the tunnel scene?), others could have done with a little more explaining (the how and why of the sabotage by one of the robot developers) and the ending is kind of sudden. Also, the intro scene doesn't fit in the storyline, as we (at least the careful listeners) are made to believe all the robots get shut down when the screen goes black at the end. All in all, it was still a good waste of time.

"contains spoilers" The acting is the worst i have ever seen, Zoe Naylor is by far the worst, she needs to give up acting all together!!!. She shows no emotion when the guy on the football field gets shot. Also the footballers are terrible actors they just walk away, surely you would go see if he's alive, right?The script is terrible, when the footballer gets shot, Zoe's character stands there and says stuff like "someone has just been shot". I was watching it thinking THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS -.-The scenery in this movie is great, i really enjoyed it. The robots are OK, they could have added a bit more animation to them though. The explosion effects are OKThis film is very boring at the beginning but about 35 minutes through it starts to pick up. Still i would not recommend the movie.