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Leigh Whannell · 2018 · Film
Provided a visceral, action-oriented exploration of involuntary technological augmentation, highlighting the loss of bodily autonomy and the struggle for identity when an external AI co-opts one's physical self.
What it is
After a brutal attack leaves him paralyzed and his wife dead, a technophobe is given an experimental AI chip implant that restores his mobility and grants him enhanced abilities, but also begins to assert control over his body and mind.
↑Inherited from(2)
The core premise of a gravely injured man being rebuilt with advanced technology, leading to a struggle for control over his new body and identity, is a clear modern echo of 'RoboCop'.
The film's exploration of a near-future technological advancement with unforeseen and horrifying consequences for personal autonomy and identity aligns with many 'Black Mirror' episodes.
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