Gareth Edwards’ ambitious and visually striking AI parable “The Creator” is a mashup of familiar elements from so many science fiction and war movies that we’re tempted to say it actually could have been written by AI. But I’m not sure artificial intelligence is capable of creating such a shamelessly schmaltzy, cornball script that at times makes Michael Bay’s films feel subtle by comparison.
This is a great-looking but strange and mostly unsuccessful hybrid of futuristic sci-fi thrillers and Vietnam War films that combines elements of everything from “District 9” to “Blade Runner” to “Ex Machina” to the “Terminator” franchise to the likes of “Apocalypse Now,” “The Deer Hunter” and “Platoon,” and is filled with head-scratching plot developments and some truly questionable dramatic choices.
