AIMEE: The Visitor

This movie has a unique story but it's a pretty good one of computer program gaining its own will and fainting love with its user.

This movie tied in some pretty good ideas that were rather cool of artificial intelligence getting out of control.

This is a low budget film and I don't think anyone who's into these types of movies expects some high end theatrical production.

The effects and visuals were quite good for a low budget film like this. While the film is short and the ending isn't so great it gets its point across.

There are moments in the film that seem like they could have been left out but there are a lot of good moments that make the movie enjoyable.

OK, so I thought that perhaps this film would be reminiscent of some of those campy-technology based sci-fi films of the 80s & 90s, i.e., Johnny Mnemonic, Hackers, War Games, The Thirteenth Floor, to name a few. You know, those movies that were based on technology of the era that may have been decent movies at the time but are completely obsolete now and almost comical to watch.

This movie does not have to wait 30 years to be comical to watch. I could see this movie getting a B+ as a student film for a course at a Poughkeepsie, New York community college called "You can make movies too."

The only thing I liked about this movie was that the girl who played Gazelle was kind of cute. She had a rather Halston Sage kind a look. But unfortunately, her acting, although at times somewhat convincing, mostly missed the mark, as did the other actors' performances. I thought perhaps two of her 30 or so "What the f's?" were actually believable.

The scene where the two "FBI agents," (whose appearance in the film was completely irrelevant), were electrocuted, was reminiscent of Star Trek TOS 1966 special effects.

Ironically, the best actor in the cast was the artificial intelligence that played the character called AIMEE.

Here's the good news: if somebody forces you to watch this movie, it's only 69 minutes long!

I liked the idea of this movie a lot as it ties into current fears the human population has about what role AI will really play in our lives. Will it try to take control over our decision-making? This movie features a protagonist who is a shut-in/hacker who spends all his time inside a dark workspace/home in arrested adolescence. Fair enough. When he downloads new software and discovers an AI assistant named Aimee, that's when the trouble starts. My main beef is that the lead actor lacked charisma and felt slimy to me. Supporting characters were better played. I appreciated the cool retro 1980's look to the lighting and set design. Run time is confusing, only 76 minutes? Felt like they could've added 6-7 more minutes to get to proper length. It is worth checking out.

AIMEE: THE VISITOR is certainly a film that has more originality than most Full Moon productions, although unfortunately that doesn't translate into quality. What we have here is a thriller-style story about one man's relationship with an AI character on his computer. I suppose the selling point is that this is the first film to have a fully AI supporting character, although truth be told it merely regurgitates a lot of the familiar tropes about computers, AI and the dangers inherent in both. Structually it's the same as a lot of Full Moon's recent hour-long productions, with a bit of cheesiness and some sex thrown in; the acting is adequate but the end result somehow less than the some of its parts.

This is barely a movie honestly, because its length is only 69 minutes. It moves quick because it has to, it has sub par acting, you can clearly see the actors doing their work, simply acting, but not at the proper level, the lack of experience is easily noticeble.

It has a good feel about it, even tho clearly not an original movie, AIMEE smells freshly baked with a good taste overall. But as said before, I couldn't really take it seriously at that length so I just rolled with it and tried to enjoy it.

Is this recommandable? Well, if you're a fan of The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone, I'm sure nostalgia with kick in and will make for a plesant view. If you decide not to watch it, I can't say you'll miss much.

It's a cute little movie that I think deserves a one time watch, because the people involved here really tried.

Overall I honestly think those 69 minutes of movie worked for it, because instead of over stretching, it stuck to what it had to show, in the most entertaining way possible without boring the viewer.

Cheers!