The Creator

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Friday night a few nights before Christmas and I am by myself at home. Just came back with my dog Cooper from the veterinary clinic for his checkup. Heat my dinner and sat in front of the TV, checking streaming services what to watch. Saw the movie "The Creator", an interesting preview that piqued my interest to watch. I was trying to get a summary from chatGPT, however, it was unable to give me a summary since the movie was still relatively new.

The premise of the movie was humans depicted by the global police (United States Military) at war with AI (Artificial Intelligence). The military was at war after the AI allegedly detonated an atomic bomb on US soil. They condemned the act and waged war with the AI and country who were harboring them, New Asia.

The US military has this powerful weapon called Nomad which can target AI places in New Asia and other countries that harbor AI. Ex-military, Joshua, was tasked to infiltrate an AI group to find Nirmata, who the US military depicts as a person who is capable of creating an AI weapon that can defeat the US military and humankind. Little that he know that he would fall in love with, Maya, the daughter of the suspected Nirmata.

The night of the US military strike where Joshua was with the pregnant Maya, he was found by her to be a spy for the US military. Maya left and tried to escape the strike but was killed in the process. Years later, the US military approached Joshua to join a team at an AI installation wherein his familiarity with the location was vital. He did not want to join them pointing out that he lost his wife and child during the last operation.

The US military showed a video of Maya with the AI still alive. Hoping that he would have a chance to meet her and right the wrong he did, he joined the team and was able to neutralize the installation, however, he found an AI child which he helped escape. He follows the child when he finds out that he knows something about Maya.

The child was being sought by the AI since she was built to destroy Nomad and the US military because of her capability to destroy Nomad. After running away and Joshua finding out her capabilities, he found out that Maya was Nirmata. Eventually, the AI caught them and was brought to one of their safe locations. En route on a boat, he found himself locked in a cage since they didn't trust him. The child AI which he named Alphie, helped him escape since she was convinced that he meant no harm against Nirmata, Maya. He jumped off the boat after being shot at but was able to sneak under the boat harness. After reaching the AI base, he was able to take Alphie back to continue his search for Maya/Nirmata. The base was attacked by the US military, and Alphie went back to help out the AI. There was a scene at the bridge where Alphie stopped an attack but a US soldier was after her, Joshua shot him. The AI saw this and took both of them, however, Nomad is getting ready to unleash its weapon to destroy the base. A handful of AI with Joshua and Alphie escaped and are going to their other safe location where Nirmata is.

Joshua found out that Nirmata/Maya had been in a coma since the time Joshua was found to be an infiltrator, and found that Alphie was created by Maya from their baby's physical imprint. Another Nomad attack and this time he and Alphie were caught by the US military. Back in stateside, he was being ordered to kill Alphie. He whispered to her to just perform standby, to pretend that he killed her. The military top brass told him that she would bring it to be recycled, and he then requested to stay with her.

He was able to turn back Alphie on and was able to escape with her. They were able to get on board at Nomad with the intent to decommission it. Alphie found that there was AI production on board Nomad. She went to meet up with Joshua in one of the escape pods, however, Joshua was unable to get to the pod and released it to save Alphie. The Nomad blew up with Joshua in it after finding an AI version of Maya.

The movie ended with the destruction of Nomad and Alphie going out of the escape pod.

I rate this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars. I was wondering why no other country fought against the US military but the AI themselves.