During a routine investigation involving robot manipulation, an insurance agent (Antonio Banderas) discovers some truths that will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
One gets the feeling of witnessing some kind of primordial origin story about parallel destinies for the human race and the intelligent machines we make.
Paste Magazine
October 23, 2014
Unfortunately, like some of the malfunctioning robots in the movie, Automata is a clunker.
No matter how exhausted cinema is in its dystopian anguish, this film shows us that there are still independent horizons for the genre in the future. [Full review in Spanish]
"Autómata" is a movie that's all look and no feel, all sizzle and no steak; while it's remarkably easy to appreciate a film with such nimble visuals, the lead-footed storytelling makes it difficult to care.
There may be little here that we haven't seen before, but Ibanez keeps the pace fast and manages to suggest a bit of religious allegory without bonking us over the head with it.
