Automatons

By Louis Fowler • Mar 23rd, 2007 • Category: Science Fiction

How far will this war we’re in now go? Will it ever end? Will it progress? What will the ultimate ramifications be? And, in the end, how many total will be dead? That’s what Automatons is all about.

Automatons Movie

This beautiful indie sci-fi film, taglined “this is how humanity ends”, is a troubling vision of things to come. Filmed in stark black and white and featuring a moody score that doesn’t help to drown out the dread, Automatons tells the story of “The Girl”, the last remaining member of an unspecified country who went to war for patriotism and freedom against those who would wish to destroy it. The earth’s a scorched, uninhabitable place and she’s locked away in a bunker with videotapes of the scientist who raised her playing in the background, with her only company being metallic, stylized 50s-era soldier robots that do her bidding against a group of survivors who she considers to be agents of the enemy out to undermine the “prosperity” of her country.

Angus Scrimm (better known as the Tall Man from the Phantasm films), as the scientist on the videotapes, tells the story of how humanity got to be where it is, creating a fully uncomfortable parallel between his pro-war beliefs and the current state of America. It’s enough to get under your skin and make you think, worry and pray.

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