Gareth Edwards' new sci-fi film is flawed but also engaging.
“The Creator” might have more in common with Frankenstein’s monster than artificial intelligence since it seems pieced together from parts of other movies. One limb from “District 9,” another from “Blade Runner,” a torso from “Children of Men” or maybe it’s “Lone Wolf and Cub” or “The Mandalorian.” Then, throw in some DNA from “Rogue One” , “Ghost in the Shell,” and “Apocalypse Now.” In other words, a lot of the film feels familiar and recycled.
But the hitch is that the AI weapon is packaged in the body of an adorable little Asian girl called Alphie. Yes, think Grogu or WALL-E or E.T. because she is Edwards’ not-so-secret weapon in wringing tears from quite a few audience members. There’s an onslaught of inconsistencies in the narrative ranging from the U.S. government’s flipflopping about killing the AI child-weapon or capturing it, to Alphie and Joshua bonding for no apparent reason, to the military trying to destroy all AI while employing it at every turn.
And while I have no problem with the U.S. military presented as evil, imperialistic villains, and the Asians as the sympathetic victims in the AI war, I do feel that Edwards and his co-writer Chris Weitz cop out to stereotypes as a means of shorthand. If the U.S. military is the baddie, then they can just stop there and not waste time on any further development. And they know you can always count on Asians to epitomizes wisdom, spirituality and tradition.
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