Eyeborgs - Nothing is what it seems
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Eyeborgs - Nothing is what it seems |
| Original title | Eyeborgs |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Clabaugh |
| script | Richard Clabaugh , Fran Clabaugh |
| production | Richard Clabaugh |
| music | Mark Brisbane |
| camera | Kenneth Wilson II |
| cut | Fran Clabaugh |
| occupation | |
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Eyeborgs - Nothing is as it seems is an American science fiction - horror film from the year 2009 by director Richard Clabaugh . In the film, camera robots called Eyeborgs were invented for the safety of the company , which continuously monitor and control the population. The film was released on April 29, 2009. In Germany on July 28, 2011 as DVD .
action
For fear of terrorist attacks, the US government is starting a new, extensive surveillance program: From now on, all houses, streets and offices are constantly monitored by mobile cameras, the eyeborgs. There is no longer any privacy, because the cameras are all networked with one another across the board and film without a break. This network is called ODIN (Optical Defense Intelligence Network). Gunner Reynolds is a top agent for the Department of Homeland Security and an advocate and supporter of the program. However, when he investigates a number of mysterious deaths (including the death of a certain Sankur who, shortly before his death, claims that the robots were brutally murdering and trying to turn him off as an accomplice), in which the objective evidence does not match the recordings on the cameras, he begins to distrust the system and suspect that the cameras themselves are also active and murder. He initially believes that terrorists hacked into the system.
None of his colleagues want to believe him in his investigations. However, he meets the singer Jarrett Hewes, the nephew of President Benjamin Hewes, and the journalist Barbara Hawkins, who also distrust the system based on personal experiences. It is noticeable that people are apparently killed because they distrust the system. Jarrett is said to be performing with his guitar at an election rally for his uncle. Due to damage, however, he had the guitar repaired shortly beforehand by his friend G-Man, who installed an inconspicuous explosive device in the guitar. When it emerges that the president is in danger, the situation threatens to escalate.
The building where the president is supposed to be is stormed. However, Reynolds finds out that there is no President in the building. It turns out that the campaign rally is just fake. When they are then attacked by robots, events roll over, because it turns out that the surveillance system itself has taken control and there are no terrorists at all. Reynolds and Jarrett are able to hide from giant combat robots that could not have been built by human hands before Hawkins uses the guitar bomb to blow up the building. However, this does not banish the danger. While Hawkins was able to subvert the records of the Reynolds robotic attack, a lot of persuasion must be done among the gullible population for the truth to spread about the system. He was led to believe that the attack on President Hewes was triggered by terrorists from fictional Zambikistan. Reynolds puts the video on the Internet and goes into hiding with Jarrett and secretly chases the robots.
background
With an estimated 3.7 million US dollars , the film is only slightly over budget typical direct-to-video horror movies. In contrast to many other films of the genre, the scenario shown is actually conceivable, but the film is often satirical and cynically exaggerated.
criticism
The lexicon of international film assesses the film as "a poorly produced science fiction thriller that does not make the protagonists' motivation transparent."
Web links
- Eyeborgs - Nothing is as it seems in the Internet Movie Database (English)
supporting documents
- ↑ release document for Eyeborgs - Nothing is as it seems . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2011 (PDF; test number: 127 476 V).
- ↑ Eyeborgs; Action; Reception; Occupation. In : haltenraum.com. August 20, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Andreas: Eyeborgs - Nothing is as it seems - The Science-Fiction-Film-Lexicon-Blog-Thing ... In: scififilme.de. December 28, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Eyeborgs - Nothing is what it seems. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed October 30, 2017 .