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The Electric Statebegs for playfulness, dynamism, some sense of dash and charm.
Honestly … it could use the comic expertise of the Joe and Anthony Russo of 20 years ago.
Its an action fantasy built on silliness.
Are they running from their former selves?
Did they buy into criticisms of the MCU as being too jokey?
But that would require some kind of emotional investment in characters that seldom get as far as two-dimensional.
But all this clunker of a movie really has to offer is nostalgic vibes and groan-inducing product placement.
A.A. Dowd,IGN
Brown, as Michelle, has a lot of integrity and charisma.
Its just a slog.
In this battle between man and machine, there are no winners.
Anna McKibbin,The A.V.
Club
The Electric Stateis a fundamentally unsatisfying and muddled film, even leaving aside the deja-vu.
Robots are good … and Ethan Skates robo-tech is bad?
), its also completely undone by our lack of interest and understanding in whats at stake.
David Ehrlich,IndieWire
The look is mid-periodTransformers.
The dramatic tension non-existent.
And the performances uniformly weak.
This is top-dollar tedium.
At worst, it feels like youre getting 10,000 volts of electricity applied directly to your groin.
David Fear,Rolling Stone
