I managed to endure a staggering 39 minutes of what can best be described at utmost boredom when I sat down to watch "The Devil's Machine" (aka "Automata") from writer Sarah Daly and director Lawrie Brewster.
Now, it was the movie's cover/poster and the fact that it was listed as a horror movie that initially made me sit down to watch this 2019 movie. But the fact that I hadn't already seen it before also helped to win me over.
And I endured 39 minutes, and I can honestly say that I will not, never ever, be returning to "Automata" to attempt to watch the rest of the movie. This movie just was a massive swing and a miss from director Lawrie Brewster in terms of appealing to me or entertaining me.
The storyline was just rubbish. It felt like a heap of random scenes shot independently of one another and then given to the editor to make a movie out of the random clips of film.
Little did it help that the characters portrayed in the movie had as much appeal as wet cardboard and never stood a snowballs chance in Hell of winning me over. The dialogue given to the actors and actresses was just dull, mediocre and tedious.
My rating of "Automata" is a more than generous two out of ten stars. This was a stinker, and my advice is to give the movie a wide berth.
Now, it was the movie's cover/poster and the fact that it was listed as a horror movie that initially made me sit down to watch this 2019 movie. But the fact that I hadn't already seen it before also helped to win me over.
And I endured 39 minutes, and I can honestly say that I will not, never ever, be returning to "Automata" to attempt to watch the rest of the movie. This movie just was a massive swing and a miss from director Lawrie Brewster in terms of appealing to me or entertaining me.
The storyline was just rubbish. It felt like a heap of random scenes shot independently of one another and then given to the editor to make a movie out of the random clips of film.
Little did it help that the characters portrayed in the movie had as much appeal as wet cardboard and never stood a snowballs chance in Hell of winning me over. The dialogue given to the actors and actresses was just dull, mediocre and tedious.
My rating of "Automata" is a more than generous two out of ten stars. This was a stinker, and my advice is to give the movie a wide berth.