A.I. Assault (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Bill Monroe (writer)
Jim Wynorski (writer)

Release Date:

4 September 2007 (Hungary)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Programmed To Think. Wired To Destroy.

Plot:

When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off as soon as possible for the longer they are activated, the smarter they become. |

Plot Keywords:

Island | Navy Seal | Military | Robot | Gunfire

Cast

Joe Lando	...	Major Richard Tunney
Lisa LoCicero	...	Susan Foster
Joshua Cox	...	Jack McKenna (as Josh Coxx)
Blake Gibbons	...	Rork
Hudson Leick	...	Tiffany Smith
Michael Dorn	...	General Buskirk
Bill Mumy	...	Major Heath
Alexandra Paul	...	Marlon Adams
Robert Picardo	...	Doctor John Foster
George Takei	...	Major Lane
Tim Thomerson	...	Admiral Harrison
Roark Critchlow	...	Daryl Cage
Jay Richardson	...	Dr. Trent
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Baldridge	...	Dr. Virgil Finley
John J. Dalesandro	...	Shane
Tony Gonzalez	...	Derek Williams
Clayton Landey	...	Major Steve Tyler
Adam Lieberman	...	Lt. Bill Gordon
Paul Logan	...	Saunders
Yvonne Sciò	...	Victoria Scott
Peter F. Tegan	...	Sgt. Jason Ricks
Diana Terranova	...	Dr. Nava
Terrell Tilford	...	Mike Kirby

Also Known As:

Shockwave (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some sci-fi violence.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Cinetel Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the group is in a open field and attacked by the robots, they run to hide behind a boulder. When they grab the side, it rocks, revealing it is likely Styrofoam.

Movie Connections:

References War of the Worlds (2005)

Good actors, bad directing, writing and SPX

Wow. Some of my favorite actors are completely wasted in this movie. They try, some more than others, but they can't save this clunker of a script in the hands of an incompetent director. Oh look, the writer and director are the same person: Jim Wynorski.

You can tell that this movie had a reasonable budget, but Jim Wynorski doesn't know what to do with it. All of his shots are uninspired and clunky. Likewise, the editing is amateurish. A first year film student could do better.

The CGI effects are clean, but they are not integrated well into the live action scenes. Human actors react to things that don't happen, or are out of sync with the CGI action. For example, while being attacked, someone is thrown to the ground by a CGI robot that never gets anywhere close to the actor.

Additionally, the music is really lame. Casio keyboard quality from someone's basement.

But the worst element is the script. Everything about it is terrible. The story, the lines and the characters are all pathetic.

The only things keeping the movie from being a 1 rating are the actors and the rest of the production staff. The camera work is good, as are the costumes, sets, sound, etc. i.e. it's a well-made crappy movie.