I really liked the story and how it brought forth so many other possible implications of how the tech could be used and misused as well as what could happen if the coding happened to be buggy or become corrupted. It brought to mind how it could lead to a 'man vs. machine' world like "The Terminator" concept, or even something like "The Matrix" in a drop of H2O and nanotech, again with the 'man vs. machine' idea or the positive aspects of immediate implementations of knowledge and experience to allow people to be proficient at nearly any human-possible task, profession, etc., not to mention what nanotech, in general, could do in medical applications, but all those concepts have been done in other films. The writers of this movie did a great job keeping those other, yet unrelated ideas out of this story, focusing on the people in the story, their interaction, and the how they deal with the situations and resulting pressures of releasing a first product, which is almost always a make-or-break deal, FDA pressure and the stringent guidelines and restrictions that must be followed for their approval, as well as the pressures from the government to use the tech in controversial applications, only one of which was represented in this film; again, the result of the writers staying on topic.
With all that said, I enjoyed the movie, though I thought it was a little long and could have moved along at a better pace, though it didn't seem half as long as it took to write, or probably read this long-winded comment. -- Worth watching, especially if you like thought-provoking concepts with a hint of biotech on the side. If you read this before watching the film, you'll probably still think, "huh?!?" even after the movie. Sorry about that.
Review by HoundCatBlockedParent2018-02-04T08:29:08Z
I really liked the story and how it brought forth so many other possible implications of how the tech could be used and misused as well as what could happen if the coding happened to be buggy or become corrupted. It brought to mind how it could lead to a 'man vs. machine' world like "The Terminator" concept, or even something like "The Matrix" in a drop of H2O and nanotech, again with the 'man vs. machine' idea or the positive aspects of immediate implementations of knowledge and experience to allow people to be proficient at nearly any human-possible task, profession, etc., not to mention what nanotech, in general, could do in medical applications, but all those concepts have been done in other films. The writers of this movie did a great job keeping those other, yet unrelated ideas out of this story, focusing on the people in the story, their interaction, and the how they deal with the situations and resulting pressures of releasing a first product, which is almost always a make-or-break deal, FDA pressure and the stringent guidelines and restrictions that must be followed for their approval, as well as the pressures from the government to use the tech in controversial applications, only one of which was represented in this film; again, the result of the writers staying on topic.
With all that said, I enjoyed the movie, though I thought it was a little long and could have moved along at a better pace, though it didn't seem half as long as it took to write, or probably read this long-winded comment. -- Worth watching, especially if you like thought-provoking concepts with a hint of biotech on the side. If you read this before watching the film, you'll probably still think, "huh?!?" even after the movie. Sorry about that.