Next Gen...
I saw the NetFlix feature, Next Gen...
Early on in Next Gen, Mai, while acting up, yet again, encounters a combat robot in a lab. After Mai is escorted out of the lab where the combat robot resides by robot police, the combat robot becomes fascinated with Mai and decides to follow her home. At first, Mai isn't really happy with her newfound robot, but, once she realizes the evil potential of this robot, she quickly goes out on a rampage of bullying and senseless destruction.
Meanwhile, the combat robot's disappearance has not gone unnoticed by its creator and sinister forces looking to, of course, take over the world. After spending a good portion of the feature being drunk on her own power and after sinister forces find her and the robot where she lives, Mai suddenly comes to the realization that the combat robot could be used for good rather than evil. There is, of course, the climactic battle between the forces of good and evil.
Special effects abound in this futuristic action-adventure romp. As the feature is geared more toward a mainstream U.S. audience, there are, of course, no naughty bits. While some efforts have been made to tone down, some of the feature's more adult dialogue with strategically placed beeps, the tone of much of the feature is actually quite dark and pessimistic. Despite its rather dreary undercurrent, and despite spending entirely too much time focusing on bad-girl Mai, overall, Next Gen was surprisingly entertaining and fun to watch. I gave Next Gen a 4 out of 5.
Next Gen is an animated feature that envisions a world where technology is even more ubiquitous than it is today -- a world where artificially intelligent household robots are commonplace. Our story centers on Mai, a young girl who has developed a bad attitude after her father and mother separated. While Mai's mother has wrapped herself up with an obsession with robots, Mai spends about a third of the feature acting out all of her bad-girl instincts.A rebellious girl and a runaway combat robot unite to stop a madman's technological plan for world domination.
Early on in Next Gen, Mai, while acting up, yet again, encounters a combat robot in a lab. After Mai is escorted out of the lab where the combat robot resides by robot police, the combat robot becomes fascinated with Mai and decides to follow her home. At first, Mai isn't really happy with her newfound robot, but, once she realizes the evil potential of this robot, she quickly goes out on a rampage of bullying and senseless destruction.
Meanwhile, the combat robot's disappearance has not gone unnoticed by its creator and sinister forces looking to, of course, take over the world. After spending a good portion of the feature being drunk on her own power and after sinister forces find her and the robot where she lives, Mai suddenly comes to the realization that the combat robot could be used for good rather than evil. There is, of course, the climactic battle between the forces of good and evil.
Special effects abound in this futuristic action-adventure romp. As the feature is geared more toward a mainstream U.S. audience, there are, of course, no naughty bits. While some efforts have been made to tone down, some of the feature's more adult dialogue with strategically placed beeps, the tone of much of the feature is actually quite dark and pessimistic. Despite its rather dreary undercurrent, and despite spending entirely too much time focusing on bad-girl Mai, overall, Next Gen was surprisingly entertaining and fun to watch. I gave Next Gen a 4 out of 5.
