The film adaptation of a graphic novel brings together a “Stranger Things” star, an MCU hero and many robots.
With “The Electric State”the loose adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel of the same name, a truly starts on March 14th Ambitious major project On the streaming service Netflix. According to US media reports, subscribers receive one of the subscribers here most expensive productions in previous film history. The budget of the family-friendly action comedy is said to be beyond the $ 300 million.
An oversupply of stars
Netflix also gathered a veritable star ensemble in front of the camera. The main roles play “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt (Star Lord from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films and the Marvel universe). Also included: the one known from “Everything Everywhere” Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci (“The devil wears prada”), “Breaking Bad”- and “The Mandalorian” villain Giancarlo Esposito And many more. At the same time, the “Avengers: Endgame”- are behind “The Electric State”-Director Joe and Anthony Russo And the “endgame” authors Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
In other words: Netflix drives here The heaviest blockbuster guns on to conjure up one of the films of the year on the smaller, domestic streaming screen. “The Electric State” turns out to be fun mixture from a row Original ingredients and others that last too often became.
Scene from “The Electric State “at Netflix
That's what “The Electric State” is about
For decades, helpful robots, which were once developed by Walt Disney, took annoying everyday work. But at the beginning of 1990s If it comes in the alternative world of the Netflix film to Uprising of the machines. Humanity is just able to put it down – with the help of Tech mogul Ethan Skate (Tucci) and its Sentre Group. He developed in the greatest need Dronethe people from the distance using VR glasses can control – and the urgently needed turn in Human-robot conflict bring.
Now the war is won and that robot As a result of the so -called Exclusion zone banished. The huge area occupies large parts of the United States. The VR glasses, which are so useful in the war, have prevailed. Most people spend a large part of their time in virtual worlds – and neglect the real ones.
Teenager Michelle (Brown) is orphaned and strangers with technological progress. When she learns through an incredible -looking chain of events that her intimately loved one younger brother Christopher (Woody Norman) but still alive Being and could stay in the exclusion zone, she quickly goes together with the clever smuggler Keats (Pratt) and his argumentative robot Herman (voice in the original: Marvel star Anthony Mackie) in the dangerous area to find and save Christopher.
Scene from “The Electric State”
Unusual world, predictable action
The sci-fi adventure action film “The Electric State” is full of innovative ideas, unusual ideas and offers an original world that stimulates thinking. Numerous of the characters in the Avengers maker's directorial project are robots, often spoken in the English original of great acting stars such as Woody Harrelson, the Brian Cox or the new Captain America Anthony Mackie, known from “succession”.
With all the originality of the starting situation, that can Mammoth project but not to convince from Netflix all along the line. Too much seems familiar here. For example, Chris Pratt ultimately plays a mixture of his own “Guardians of the Galaxy” figure and “Star Wars” fan favorite Han Solo-and which unfortunately also seems a little listless and uninspired with the lovable, scratchy smuggling.
And the action is also possible to advance the Marvel directors Anthony and Joe Russo after a rapid entry. In the middle and end of “The Electric State” is noticeable Tempo lostwhile many action lines all too predictable develop further. The fighter -looking battles and action scenes hardly remain in the memory with all the brilliance of the computer effects.
Despite all these criticisms, “The Electric State” also has a lot to offer. This includes next to the Unusual sci-fi ideas A famous, usual charismatic leading main actress Millie Bobby Brown, many amusing dialogues and situationsthat are in the best sense of MCU works, as well as a whole series of highly bizarre and entertaining robot figures.