Dystopian drama ‘Foe’ a slow crawl to a preposterous ending

When Junior (Paul Mescal) is summoned to a space station, wife Hen (Saoirse Ronan) is left with his robot replica in “Foe.” (Prime Video)

Just two weeks ago, we had the release of “The Creator,” which was set primarily in the year 2065 and envisioned a dystopian world in which the delicate and dangerous balance between humans and sentient AI creations was the basis for a pretentious and empty cautionary tale with some interesting ideas — but it was mostly a pile of hokey claptrap.

 Now comes “Foe,” which is set primarily in the year 2065 and envisions a dystopian world in which the delicate and dangerous balance between humans and sentient AI creations is the basis for a pretentious and empty cautionary tales with some interesting ideas — but it’s mostly a pile of hokey claptrap.