Review of A.I. Assault

I will give you this, the acting is actually not too bad. There are actors who do put effort into their roles(which is saying a lot in regard to SyFy) and Joe Lando is a decent actor who sadly hasn't yet had a good script or credible character to work from. The effects have also been worse, they are not great by all means but they aren't so bad that you're gouging out your eyes. However, the camera work and editing are incredibly amateurish and while not bad to look at the effects are poorly used, often over-used and adding little to the scenario. The script is also awful, with cheesy one-liners, stilted dialogue and contrived situations. The story has no real excitement, imagination or suspense, instead it is full of predictability and makes the mistake of making Shockwave dull. The monster is nowhere near menacing enough, and part of the problem to do with the story was that it was introduced too early(in the first scene too) which dilutes immediately any potential Shockwave had. The characters are clichéd and have no development or likability at all, almost as if Jim Wynorski was concentrating on the quantitative(in alternative to qualitative, which for me is more important) spectacle and practically ignoring anything else. In conclusion, has so much wrong but I can think of worse ways to waste my time. 3/10 Bethany Cox