2036 Origin Unknown (2018)

2036 Origin Unknown is a 2018 British science fiction adventure film directed by Hasraf Dulull, written by Dulull and Gary Hall, and starring Katee Sackhoff and Steven Cree. The film follows mission controller Mackenzie “Mack” Wilson (Sackhoff) and ARTI, an artificial intelligence system (voiced by Cree), as they discover a mysterious object on Mars and witness it transporting to Earth by faster-than-light travel.

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I feel as if I’ve seen this actress in another movie or at least somewhere else. There’s also a very big chance she looks almost exactly like another actress. If you’re reading this and know who I might be talking about would you please leave me a clue in the comments?

I’m also going to appallingly honest here – I did not watch the last 20 minutes of the film.

I’m reminded of a previous movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, but with a lot less actors. The basic premise is the same, sort of. A.I. versus humans, who controls who, and can we control the hierarchy at all. Lots of politics, personal drama and struggle, and all of it mostly filmed in one little control room with monitors.

I got bored. I won’t say I’m not interested in politics, but for this instance it made for a rather boring movie. I know I didn’t finish it, but all the discovery had already happened, the politics were established, and many arguments had already ensued, including a murder/kidnap attempt(?). All the action had already taken place, and I really didn’t care how it ended by that point.

It’s very rare that I find a film that I can’t watch until the end.

My Ranking: ★