Origin Unknown (2018)

Origin Unknown: Directed by Hasraf Dulull. With Katee Sackhoff, Ray Fearon, Julie Cox, Steven Cree. After a failed mission to Mars, A.I./ARTI is now used for the 2036 mission with a few human supervisors. A monolith of unknown origin is found there. It will have a big effect on Earth.

“This wasnu0026#39;t very good.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMovies about AI always want to be thought-provoking, and at the same time they always reinvent the same wheels over and over. This movie is no different.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf this had been made in the 80u0026#39;s, it would probably be considered a much better movie. But this is 2018 and you really have to bring something better to the table, especially if you want to preach a certain message.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m guessing there was a clear lack of budget, because apart from the CGI quality that ranges from barely passable to outright terrible, they had to invent some u0026quot;scienceu0026quot; and background to the story to justify the lack of actors and sets; the movie takes place in one room, and itu0026#39;s 90% Katee Sackhoff you see on screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is not necessarily a bad thing, because with a great script and a great actor you can really create something wonderful (and CGI be damned). But the script overall is just so poor and Katee Sackhoff, who manages to pull off a decent performance (but no more than that), simply canu0026#39;t carry something like this and just drowns in the bad dialogue and overall story that unfolds around her in a largely illogical and mostly very unoriginal manner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe pacing overall is slow, but not too slow for me personally, and nearing the end it does try to offer some sort of resolvement, with a little twist. If the movie itself had been better up to that point, I probably could have appreciated that effort a bit more. It also didnu0026#39;t help that most of the bigger questions are actually never answered and that the last 15 or so minutes were apparently filmed through a kaleidoscope.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, not an unlikeable movie, but itu0026#39;s just not good at all. 4,5/10, rounding it up to a generous 5.”