Review of Next Gen (2018) by Gorthor — 12 Sep 2018

In a world seemingly devoid of all property destruction Laws, a girl meets a robot, fights ensue, character building does not.

So basically in the beginning of the film (first scene or so) the story establishes that the main characters father left her and her mother, as a result the mother becomes obsessive over robotstechnology to the detriment of all else and thus Mei (Main characterthe daughter) hates them.

Unfortunately beyond the first couple scenes, character growth largely grinds to a halt, enemies become friends based after being beat up 1 time, the main robot joins the MC because reasons, and a certain character is straight up murdered after a grand total of maybe 10 mins screen time - on the whole character motivations seem to jump at arbitrary points in the film to the point where common tropes would dictate they end up, but with no story to connect the sourcebeginning point personality to the destination one.

By the end of the movie I had a feeling like about half an hour was missing for backstory and world building split between the 2 main characters, bad guy, bad guys partner, and maybe even a bit more history on robots role in society that would have completed this movie, but unfortunately without it the pacing feels rushed, the emotional scenes feel un-earned, and the ending on the whole feels hollow.

Beyond this major fault the film has a solid sound track, good animation, and I can see the shadow of a good movie - its just a shame how much the pacing (that reminds me quite heavily of Green lantern's) pulls it down.