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Robot Overlords

Play trailer Poster for Robot Overlords PG-13 2014 1h 29m Sci-Fi Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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After the Earth is conquered by alien robots, humans are implanted with tracking devices and must stay inside or risk incineration by robot sentries.

Critics Reviews

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Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter 06/29/2015
Surprises are few and far between, but what makes it a bit better than average compared to other live-action kids' films is the jaunty banter. Go to Full Review
Guy Lodge Variety 04/02/2015
The pic's general good humor - plus the tony adult presence of Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley - compensates to some degree for its cheapjack construction, but not enough to extend its appeal far beyond pre-teens in Blighty. Go to Full Review
Mark Kermode Observer (UK) 03/29/2015
3/5
Director Jon Wright, who directed the rambunctious monster-movie Grabbers, makes the most of his limited resources, imbuing the action with an oddly endearing sense of string-and-glue DIY youthfulness. Go to Full Review
Jason Best Movie Talk 04/09/2016
3/5
Lively action on a low budget. Go to Full Review
Alex Zane The Sun (UK) 12/29/2015
3/5
While Robot Overlords looks like it's been made on the budget of a Doctor Who episode and features binary acting, there is enough spirit to entertain. Go to Full Review
Mark Adams Screen International 06/29/2015
Robot Overlords is an engaging action romp that moves at a nice pace but eventually gets rather let down by effects efforts that are compromised by the film's low-budget origins. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Fin D 02/29/2024 The music pulls me in, the main characters bring me excitement. Overall i've loved this movie ever since it released in 2014. Will re-watch again in the future See more Arthur B 02/07/2024 Good visual effects, decent plot, the young leads are thoroughly believable and backed up by an excellent supporting cast, so it's hard to know why Robot Overlords isn't really a good film. See more Davide B 12/14/2023 Great little indie sci-fi movie. It's a bit rushed here and there but other than that, especially considering the budget, there's not much to complain about. The story is simple and fun, it doesn't take itself too seriously but it's not too silly either. It's just good, simple entertainment. Acting is great, both by the famous stars and the less known actors. VFX are great and so is the music score. It's short, so perhaps 10 or 15 more minutes more would have helped cementing and fleshing out some of the relationships, but somehow it works anyway. This film vastly exceeded my expectations. See more 10/16/2021 Worst storyline effect and stupid stereotypes of British people, if i could give this a lesser review i would. See more 08/02/2021 i screamed without the s while watching this masterpiece See more david j 03/03/2021 The basis for the story was fairly unique in the vastly inundated genre of alien, earth apocalypse films, and it tried to get some credence with Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson involved ... but due to the low budget and pretty poor script ... it doesn't really work as released. If this received a hollywood style budget and a good script and storyboard team ... and perhaps a director who could keep it moving seamlessly through single scenes, with a decent understanding of flow, this story could have been a blockbuster with potentials of writing it towards a short 3 film Hunger Games type franchise. But as is ... its a pandemic binge time killer, soon to be forgotten ... shame. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After the Earth is conquered by alien robots, humans are implanted with tracking devices and must stay inside or risk incineration by robot sentries.
Director
Jon Wright
Producer
Aidan Elliott, Ian Flooks, Steve Milne, Justin Garak
Screenwriter
Mark Stay, Jon Wright
Production Co
Wasted Talent, Tempo
Rating
PG-13 (Sexual References|Sci-Fi Action|A Crude Gesture|Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 3, 2015
Runtime
1h 29m