Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Cyborg X’

Written by Scott Edwards

​As technology continues to grow and evolve, it is amazing to see what comes out next. But we should be careful when creating all of these advancements as a real functioning artificial intelligence system is not too far off. What if we give the computers a mind of their own and they decide that the human race is not safe? I am sure that there will be a failsafe in place, but when the machines are already smarter than us, they will be able to bypass them very quickly. I hope the top minds behind this have thought about what can happen when they push the button, because plenty of the world will be watching and eventually fearing for their lives.
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A year after a virus overtook the scientists at X-Corp, the world has fallen into shambles. As cyborgs and patrol drones move throughout the landscape looking for new bodies to infect, small groups of survivors have found a way to live on, but that is far from enough. Knowing that every day might be their last, they also have to worry about supplies and food as well. When those start running out, they have to find some sort of way to get more and any place where provisions are available is where the cyborgs like to hang out.

While on a scouting run, Spears notices that she is on the radar for one of the drones flying overhead. Pulling off the road and covering up, she watches as one of the cyborgs corners a man and a woman in the middle of nowhere. Seeing the woman killed and the man collected, she investigates the site and finds a computer drive that says Kilmore and believes that the man she just saw get carted away is the mind behind the computer revolt. Taking the drive back to her Colonel, the group breaks into it and find out that it is the real deal. Wanting to find a way to put an end to the cyborg uprising, the Colonel sends his troops out to pick up Kilmore from the machines, but they are over matched.

With everyone dying during or after the raid, Kilmore is able to help shine some light on the situation, especially the fact that he was not killed by the bots when the revolution took place. Walking the group through what he knows, Spears digs deeper into his computer drive to find out how the machines have been able to continue winning so far. With a signal that overtakes the human brain, anyone that is plugged into one of the cyborg’s helmets will do what the interface says and the only way to stop them is to take the head off or turn off the system that is generating the signal. As both seem to be viable options, the latter is on the radar of the survivors, but when they are ready to make their way to the first transponder, their base is hit, and they are forced to leave without all of their supplies. Under manned, outgunned and out of ideas, Kilmore knows how to shut down the mainframe, but with an endless number of cyborgs hunting for him and the troops, it will be a battle until the end, or until the last human is disposed of.

People versus cyborgs that are part human and machine, what could be better? Getting into this movie I started getting the end of the world vibe that Resident Evil was putting out and while some of the story seemed to mirror it, there was a change as well as these were cyborgs and not zombies. These cyborgs have been retro fitted with everything that they would need to defeat the humans in their paths, so it seems like a fight that humanity will never win. But there is no replacing the human spirit that is showcased in the movie, so people always have a chance to survive to fight another day and when you have Danny Trejo shooting things, well, you always have a chance. With plenty of action, bullets, blood, running, explosions, cyborgs and a special message from the President of the United States, it is just a fun ride down the ‘what if’ lane for if and when we let our technology get the better of us. Stay Scared.

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