Review of Transcendence (2014) by Roxanne R — 13 Aug 2014
Saving the best for last! I don't care what the critics say nor other viewers but I loved this film and if the film manages to touch at least one person in the audience, the cast and crew have achieved their objective.
Dr. Caster (Johnny Depp) is a subject matter expert in AI. Being part of a team working to create a sentient computer, he predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity, or in his words "Transcendence".
Dr. Caster's wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max (Paul Bettany) the concern was more if they should. I think Dr. Caster had great intentions to improve our planet, with safe drinking water across all rivers, to forests improvement and nanotechnology that can regenerate tissues and heal any malady.
Unfortunately such wonderful projects and ideas will hit a nerve with people that consider it a threat- so the extremist group "Revolutionary Independence From Technology" (R.I.F.T.) has one of their members shoot Will with an irradiated bullet and carry out a series of synchronized attacks on AI laboratories across the country.
Will is given no more than a month to live and the film continues from there. Creative story line, great special effects, and frankly it is sad to see our government and law enforcement fear technology and the limitless good possibilities it has to help our planet and help humans.
Why be a finite organism when we can be so much more? Bravo to Dr. Caster and I am on his side. I disliked the ending but overall the motion picture was fantastic in Blu-ray and a must see. RECOMMENDED!
This review of Transcendence (2014) was written by Roxanne R on 13 Aug 2014.
Transcendence has generally received mixed reviews.
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