{"id":68406,"date":"2023-09-29T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=68406"},"modified":"2023-09-29T07:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T07:00:17","slug":"the-creator-review-stunning-to-watch-but-hollow-two-dimensional-characters-lack-the-care-factor-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/tv-movies\/the-creator-review-stunning-to-watch-but-hollow-two-dimensional-characters-lack-the-care-factor-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Creator review: Stunning to watch but hollow two dimensional characters lack the care factor | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE CREATOR<\/h2>\n

(12A) 135mins <\/p>\n

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HUMANS are the worst, right? With our desire to rule the world, start wars and, oh, blow up the planet.<\/p>\n

But what if there was another breed of human who tried to destroy us all, for the good of the world?<\/p>\n

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This is the idea behind The Creator, where artificial intelligence has created the super-continent of New Asia.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 2070 and androids have evolved to look, sound and feel like real people, apart from a mechanical hole in their ear.<\/p>\n

Futuristic wonder<\/h2>\n

In the opening moments of the film we discover that AI has learned to cook our meals, chauffeur us around and take care of our lives.<\/p>\n

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Not even Denzel Washington could save The Equalizer's boring final chapter<\/h3>\n

But AI becomes a threat and the robots soon decide to set off a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, killing a million people. So they\u2019re not all good.<\/p>\n

The US is trying to eradicate the AI problem and calls on the skills of ex-Special Forces agent Joshua, played by Tenet actor John David Washington.<\/p>\n

He needs to track down the creator of New Asia, an elusive AI.<\/p>\n

Soon Joshua finds that a small AI child, Alphie (Madeleine Yuna Voyles), may hold the key to the sudden disappearance of his pregnant wife Maya (Gemma Chan).<\/p>\n

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Directed and written by master of sci-fi, Rogue One\u2019s Gareth Edwards, there\u2019s a lot to admire.<\/p>\n

The tech is to die for. Not just impressive, but will often have you muttering \u201cbut how?\u201d during the mass AI scenes. <\/p>\n

It is shot in an incredible 80 locations around the world and the team, including cinematographer Greig Fraser, create a futuristic wonder that you don\u2019t want to look away from. However, what it achieves visually, it doesn\u2019t manage emotionally.<\/p>\n

The characters often feel hollow and we are asked to care about relationships that have only played out for a few seconds before they are ripped away.<\/p>\n

The story is something of a jumble, with the first hour being a tale of a man reluctantly caring for a child with superpowers.<\/p>\n

It then rushes into some serious bonding between the two \u2014 and then into space and full-blown war.<\/p>\n

The humans are also disappointingly two dimensional, waging war wherever they go with little-to-no back story or readable emotions.<\/p>\n

It is a visual feast without the feels.<\/p>\n

SAW X<\/h2>\n

(18) 118mins <\/strong><\/p>\n

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OF all the movie villains to avoid ending up on the wrong side of, John Kramer is at the very top of the list.<\/p>\n

Jigsaw is back and more barbaric than ever in Saw X, a film that should cement Tobin Bell\u2019s legacy among the horror genre\u2019s greatest actors.<\/p>\n

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Set a few weeks after the franchise\u2019s first gruesome game, John is furious after being told he has \u201cmonths to live\u201d because he has \u201ca lot of work to do\u201d.<\/p>\n

While putting his affairs in order, he discovers an experimental treatment in Mexico that promises to cure his brain cancer for $250,000.<\/p>\n

But days after surgery John discovers it was a con and seeks his most ruthless revenge to date, alongside protege Amanda Young, who survived a \u201creverse bear trap\u201d in Saw I.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Prepare to squirm and scream as the fraudsters face sawing off their own limbs, ripping out brain matter and lopping off large chunks of flesh to \u201cprove\u201d their willingness to survive.<\/p>\n

Saw X is hands (tied) down the best instalment from the franchise in years thanks to deviously demented twists, gore galore and a surprisingly hearty helping of humour.<\/p>\n