Tom's Reviews

Who Am I is an incredible German film about hackers. It's thrilling, it's fun, and it's clever. And you should all go watch it. Who Am I is a film about Benjamin (Tom Schilling, Woman In Gold) a pizza delivery guy who also happens to be an expert in hacking. He meets enigmatic Max (Elyas M'Barek, The Wave) who lures him into joining his friends in hacking morally dubious organisations. Who Am I is a bit like The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995) in that it focuses around an interrogation between Benjamin and the head of an investigation into cyber-crime, Hanne Lindberg (Trine Dyrholm, The Commune). Only Who Am I is better than The Usual Suspects , it's far more subtle, and a lot more thrilling. Who Am I remains tense, exciting and engaging throughout it's runtime. The tension mainly comes from it's incredible script by Jantje Friese (The Silence) and Odar, but is aided by the pounding upbeat techno music by Boys Noize and the fast paced editing du...

My opinion of Automata is sat very firmly on the fence. I'm not comfortable being there, I want to go one way or the other, but I will probably never know whether it's a good or a bad film. Automata stars Antonio Banderas (Puss In Boots) as an insurance agent working for ROC a company that built robots shortly after solar flares wiped out almost the entire population. One of these robots was found altering itself, a big no no as one of the only two rules that govern the robots is that it's not allowed to alter itself. Banderas as Jacq Vaucan has to investigate why it has done so thus leading him on a moderately interesting yet ultimately confusing journey. Automata feels like a rare film. It's probably because films like Automata are few and far between. Automata is a gritty sci-fi noir in the same vain as Blade Runner. It features a dystopian cityfilled with the dancing hologram ladies, huge skyscrapers, and rain. Except where Blade Runner felt it would be a good thi...