Written by James Wan And Ingrid Bisu And Rafael Jordan And Kate Dolan
Directed by Kate Dolan
Aubrey: "I'm not your enemy. We don't need to be pitted against each other."
Sara: "Don't try that girl power shit with me."
Following the failure of M3GAN 2.0, the general consensus seemed to be to just to relegate this movie straight to streaming and forget it ever happened.
Don't get me wrong. I do think that if this went to theatres, it likely would've bombed but it's actually not a bad movie. It's just very predictable from start to finish. You will literally see everything coming a mile off.
Anyways, you've got your grieving widower protagonist David (David Rysdahl). He works for a tech company that are testing the Soulm8te companions. David's boss, Ben (Arty Froushan) got David to sign up to test one named Sara (Lily Sullivan). Everything you would expect to happen did happen of course.
David played around Sara's software in order to make her feel more authentic. David also had sex with Sara while developing feelings for co-worker, Aubrey (Claudia Dormit). Sara didn't exactly take that particularly well.
The more the movie went along, the more independent thought Sara had for herself. This meant Sara getting insanely jealous over David and Aubrey, including the latter being ruined and nearly killed by Sara. Sara also took a neighbours baby in one of the few genuinely unsettling scenes in the film.
The last few minutes did have an interesting final confrontation between David and Sara. The actual final scene did prove that once again, technology can't be shut down permanently as David realise when he saw a familiar face under a new guise.
- Lily Sullivan played the other android, Lydia. Lydia had black hair but David recognised her immediately.
- This movie is set in the same universe as M3GAN though there's no explicit references.
- Standout music: Sara might have gone homicidal but her version of The Cardigans Lovefool was excellent.
- Chronology: Present day American setting. A year had passed during the last scene.
Soulm8te might be one of the most predictable films I've seen this year but it's oddly charming in it's way. Lily Sullivan did elevate the material and she's great as Sara. It's not an innovative look into AI or an erotic thriller but it's watchable at least.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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