This film hit all the right buttons for me. The heartless woman who fires 90% of the employees. The robot with the failing battery. The fact that repair costs more than replace. The switch from "cozy, heartwarming" to frightening on-the-edge-of-my-seat stuff was unexpected, sudden, and effective. I don't really understand what the negative reviews here are about. I loved this film, my wife did too.

I must admit that I had expected a bit more from the 2019 movie titled "Automation" than what writers Rolfe Kanefsky, Matthew L. Schaffer and Garo Setian managed to deliver.

And director Garo Setian wasn't really stepping up to improving on the enjoyment of the movie. I managed to endure 35 mind-boggling minutes of the ordeal that is "Automation", before I just gave up out of sheer and utter boredom.

The storyline was lacking elements to make it worthwhile or interesting to watch. So we are talking a massive dosage of boredom in your face when you sit down to watch this movie. And it didn't do much for the movie that the characters and the robot in the movie were pointless, bland and essentially faceless drones milling about with no purpose, no story or nothing to offer.

This was pure boredom compiled into movie form, and I have no intention of returning to watch the rest of the movie. And yeah, I don't really care that Auto - the robot - apparently is going homicidal or something, according to the synopsis. The storyline and characters just ultimately failed to entertain me.

My rating of "Automation" is a mere two out of ten stars, based mostly on the production level the movie had. Do yourself a favor and stay well clear of "Automation", as there are far better sci-fi movies readily available out there.

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't really recommend.

I'm more of a fan of movies that celebrate innovations in technology that tearing them down. This movie is closer to a fear mongering experience against automation in the workplace. Had it the budget to represent its message in a more palatable experience, then it might have been more convincing in its message.

The low budget and cheap special effect make it very unconvincing as a message and a story. Its very clear that Auto is a man in a suit, worse than C3PO (Star Wars).

Ultimately, this movie loses me for presenting it as a prototype, the beginning of a progressive change: that it would be better if everything stays the same. And more power to you if you like that, but I enjoy the blossoming of the new myself.

Had this been set in the "Alien" or "I Robot" universes where an androids are common enough and one goes rogue, it would be more intriguing.