Review of 2036 Origin Unknown (2018) by Brian C — 21 Dec 2018

Not sure what turned me off first, the cheesy CGI at the beginning or the labored, get-the-audience-up-to-speed dialog. Once I realized we were staying in the concrete high tech mission control room for the entire movie I started skipping ahead. There's nothing new here, nor is there anything particularly thought provoking. Really not good.

Low budget films are sometimes great, but this one tried to fit too many clowns into the smartcar. When you watch a movie and find yourself thinking- "oh yeah, low budget" every time the bunker's screens show something happening outside, like heavily CGI'd stock video of UAVs and such, the illusion is diminished and the suspension of disbelief is just too difficult to maintain.

I skipped most of it, knowing that the only way out of the bunker was some trippy transfer-of-consciousness nonsense and was predictably disappointed by the Kubrick references and the little explanatory speech by the god / AI character.

Continue to let the origin be unknown. You're not missing anything.