Why can't films be made without plot holes and why do they have to be so clichéd? I watched this yesterday and I was entertained (I gave it 7/10), but it irritated me that there were so many plot holes. They ruin a film especially one that bills itself as being full of mystery and intrigue. If I'm trying to figure out what the plot is, then throwing something in just because it would be cool is confusing (explosives and his room (surely there were better ways to get his coercion) / the guy that gets fried (how did those cable detach)). In this film it then ends up with very convoluted ways for them to escape (crane from FBI / cars and wrecking yard) which is supposed to make you think, wow, it was all part of the plan, but the actions scenes are too chaotic and the outcomes would be too random to have had a plan in place (phone in plane / injections to get into the pentagon / many people which just grab them and give them stuff).
The clichés are just lazy (HAL) and have been done so much better elsewhere. I can accept that an AI can become 'a bit misguided', I've read enough Clarke and seen 2001, but the intelligence it exhibits to come up with the most stupid scheme is frustrating as there must have been easier ways to kill 12 old men especially when you can control UAVs.
If you want to see a film with a crazy AI watch 2001, if you want more intelligent scheming AI then Ghost in the Shell, if you want an action big brother movie then Enemy of the State is good and if you want a really good action movie then watch Die Hard.
The clichés are just lazy (HAL) and have been done so much better elsewhere. I can accept that an AI can become 'a bit misguided', I've read enough Clarke and seen 2001, but the intelligence it exhibits to come up with the most stupid scheme is frustrating as there must have been easier ways to kill 12 old men especially when you can control UAVs.
If you want to see a film with a crazy AI watch 2001, if you want more intelligent scheming AI then Ghost in the Shell, if you want an action big brother movie then Enemy of the State is good and if you want a really good action movie then watch Die Hard.