The new movie "Companion" is unusual because it is good at surprising the audience within the entire first third of the film. The surprise is a spoiler alert, any reader of this blog might want to stop reading now.
The two main characters of this movie are Josh, played by Jack Quaid (the son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid), and Iris, played by Sophie Thatcher. It turns out that the relationship between these two people is not real because Iris is a Robot with impressive AI abilities and intelligence, making her as real as any human woman. There is a company that manufactures robots for lonely people, including a portable control panel that controls every aspect of the Robot's behavior.
Iris and Josh are invited to the mansion of a wealthy friend, who might be a Russian criminal. Then this story mutates into a murder, chase scenes, gory and violent scenes all about the worst parts of humanity that all of us possess. All of the technology and action scenes are done very well, making what would have been a run-of-the-mill horror action movie into one that is memorable.
The Rotten Tomatoes average rating is a too high 95%, with my rating 80% and a solid recommendation.
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