Plot: The plot itself is quite bare bones. A male astronaut settler is sent on a journey to Alpha Centauri, by way of a social experiment, an untested android model (customized to a man's personality) is accompanying him on his mission. Besides an expansive list of preprogrammed functions, the android also has a separate, secondary OS that develops itself through interaction with its environment. In this particular case, that environment is largely defined by its male companion. With little else to do on this long and solitary journey, it doesn't take long before the two of them develop feelings for each other.
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June 06, 2019
AI Rising is an oldskool, but very moody and pleasantly focused sci-fi film. There's a little too much name-dropping in the beginning (Asimov's Law, Schrödinger's Cat), but apart from that it's a very strong and atmospheric exploration of the relationship between human and android. It's the kind of sci-fi I've been craving for a while now, glad to see it might be making a return.