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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 45PolygonRoxana HadadiPolygonRoxana HadadiThe ways Zone 414 lifts from its predecessors, borrowing elements from character development to costuming to questions about the utilitarianism of our physical bodies, denies it identifiable or entertaining qualities of its own.
- 42The PlaylistChristian GallichioThe PlaylistChristian GallichioWhile riffing off almost every film about androids that came before it — “A.I.,” “Ex Machina,” etc. — Baird’s film fails to add anything new to the sub-genre, creating a derivative pastiche of better works that often looks visually compelling but collapses under an underwritten script.
- 40Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaScreen RantDebopriyaa DuttaOffering no individuality of its own, Zone 414 barely manages to stay afloat with its oft-repeated tropes, which come to a listless, foreseeable end.
- 40The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeThe script feels completely devoid of ideas about what the future of AI might look like. But what it does prove is that Pearce adds a basic layer of credibility to any film simply by showing up.