An average movie

When I was a kid, I used to watch the ‘Astro Boy’ cartoon and while I wasn’t a huge fan, I was always fascinated by the introduction when you saw this little robot come to life. Unsurprisingly, they decided to adapt this cartoon and since the animated market is rather saturated, it was pretty much a flop. Still, there were some interesting things in this flick and there was some darkness rather unexpected in such a familly friendly. Indeed, during the first half hour, it was pretty much a mix of ‘Artificial Intelligence: AI’ and above all ‘Frankenstein’. It was quite striking and almost unsettling the way Dr Tenma try to resurrect his lost boy through this robot and his rejection of this little robot was also quite heartbreaking. Since ‘Up’, I had never seen such a dark introduction but the makers didn’t care much about all this and threw us not one but two rather underwhelming plots. Indeed, there is first the evil and boring President Stone who desperately wants to be re-elected and another story involving the people downstairs in the slums (which shows once again that ‘Elysium’ was seriously not original whatsoever). Honestly, I thought I was watching maybe 3 movies crammed into one and I wish they focus on the whole ‘Pinocchio’ tale instead. To conclude, even though it was flawed, the whole thing looked pretty good, there was something really interesting about this main character and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10