Westworld (2016)
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
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What critics say influenced Westworld
The 1995 anime made an indelible mark on Hollywood cinema, most notably inspiring the Wachowkis’ The Matrix trilogy and the futurism of Minority Report.
It’s less a problem of background logic in the universe (this isn’t HBO’s Westworld) and more a reminder of how much the show misses the absent Cat Grant…
To be sure, director Rupert Sanders (“Snow White and the Huntsman”) delivers a beautiful film, from the “Blade Runner”-esque overhead shots of an unnamed Asian city of the future, to the colorfully appointed characters lurking in nearly every rain-soaked corner, to the holographic creations dominating the landscape, to some jaw-dropping POV angles, to some fantastically crazy human-robot melding reminiscent of the HBO series “Westworld.”