Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Futureworld'

12/7/2016

Written by Scott Edwards

Every vacation comes with a small problem or two, but most of the time they are such tiny issues that you can easily get over them. But there are the few instances where the problems escalate into something that cannot be ignored and that is when your vacation turns into so much more. The entire point of taking a vacation is to get away from life, but when you are forced to work hard at trying to have a good time, it may wind up being pointless. There is no true way in knowing whether or not a trip you plan will be perfect, you just have to go with the flow and hope for the best, because in the end, that is all you really can do anyway.

Years after writing his piece on Delos and the problems that happened at Westworld, Chuck Browning is ready to move on, but getting a strange phone call at the office has piqued his interest once again. Heading off to see an informant, Chuck is surprised to see that the man has fallen dead at his feet and now he must try and find out what is happening at the cyborg vacation location now that it has reopened. Being privy to a special all access tour from Delos, Chuck may have found his next exposé to write about, but he will not be met with open arms as news personality Tracy Ballard wants in on the story as well. With the two having history, Tracy and Chuck are forced to put aside their personal differences and work together, if for nothing else to get a really good story.

Seeing all of the heads of state on their flight, Chuck’s mind goes into overdrive since he has never seen this many people of power heading to one place outside of the U.N. Wanting to know why they are all headed to the new Delos facility, he strikes out at every turn trying to get a word with them. Arriving at Delos and noticing how much bigger it is now than it was two years ago when things went haywire inside Westworld, Chuck has an ulterior motive as he wants to know why his new informant Frenchy was killed. With the robots being able to answer questions freely, they tell him nothing, but that will not keep Chuck from getting the answer he is looking for. While being catered to by Duffy, Tracy and Chuck are given all access to the park, including central command where all of the magic happens, but there is a different feeling around the floor as everyone that works behind the curtain is a robot to limit the chance of human error ever again.

After waking up from a nightmare, Tracy sees that Chuck is about to head out on an after-hours tour of the park and threatens to turn him in if she is not allowed to go with. Agreeing to let her tag along, Chuck moves under the park and finds someone that might actually be able to give him some answers as he meets Harry, one of the few remaining humans working on site. Being able to place Frenchy as a worker at the park, Harry has more secrets that Tracy and Chuck know nothing about, especially one room that he is not able to access, but the newest machines can. Being able to gain access to the room with some creative thinking, the group sees that there is something more sinister than they could have ever imagined going on behind closed doors since duplicates of world leaders along with replicas of Chuck and Tracy are being created. Knowing that they have outstayed their welcome at the park, it is time to leave, but when the duplicates are released, there is no telling what they might do.

When you do one thing and it fails, it is always good to try again, but when it comes to androids that are self-aware, it might not be the best idea to give them another shot, that is what Westworld showed us and now Futureworld is making that same mistake all over again. As the robots become more self-aware and willing to do anything to ensure their survival and the survival of the planet, the gloves have come off and they do not have to listen to any rules. That has to be what I liked most about this movie since Dr. Schneider and Duffy know the ins and outs of the robots and what their purpose really is in this world, while Chuck and Tracy have no idea what the robots are capable of. It is fun to think about what the future will bring as it gets closer and closer every day, but if robots are in the picture, you might want to give it a second thought since there is no way to know what they can bring to the table, especially when they become free-thinking killing machines.

Five Takeaways

If you are hated by a company, you should never accept any gifts from them, period.
When robots lie to you about anything, their programming is flawed, or they have been programmed to work against you.
If your best friend is a faceless robot, you might want to get out some more.
When your duplicates come to kill you, it is best to think outside of the box when it comes to outsmarting them, mainly because they know everything that you do.
A simple kiss can tell the difference between a duplicate and the real person, yup, its science.

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