If you look past the horror/violence elements from this 12-minute short movie, there really is not that much left. A boy gets a robot as a gift, but after spending some time with it initially, he quickly loses interest and starts mistreating his new pal. The fact that he asked for a new one when old Blinky seems broken shows that the boy definitely had a touch of sadism to his character. He does not simply lose interest and stops caring, he wants to keep humiliating the robot. But revenge is a dish best served cold. In cold metal robot-style here in this short film. The writer and director is Ruairi Robinson from Ireland and he made this one 10 years after his Academy Award nomination. The lead actor is Max Records and he was already a bit of a star when this was made due to his turn in Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are". There's some drama in here, some horror, some humor even (the scene with the war robots with the actual danger being Blinky), but none of the aspects were really fascinating enough to let me recommend it. However, I did like the early parts with all their fake harmony and music, even if there was something really scary and eerie about the robot from the beginning. All in all, I hoped for more though. Not recommended.
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