There’s a cold war going on and the competition mostly revolves around the West and China trying to outdo each other with more and more advanced robots. Then, naturally, they come up with a sexy cyborg—it’s just coincidental that she’s hot—that achieves artificial intelligence. It’s all hum-drum stuff you’ve seen before that comes across as rather cheap (90 percent of the movie takes place in dank, underground facilities). But Caity Lotz shines as both a scientist and especially as the “the machine” based off of her looks. It’s not every actress that can display real star power while being asked to do ridiculous things. Grade: C
Blue in A Red State
