{"id":31569,"date":"2024-09-14T12:02:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T16:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=31569"},"modified":"2024-09-14T22:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T02:02:44","slug":"subservience-2024-film-review-by-the-words-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/subservience-2024-film-review-by-the-words-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"SUBSERVIENCE (2024) Film Review \u2013 Audiences Should Know This Movie Can Scare the Bejesus Out of Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The clocked running time for SUBSERVIENCE is 95 minutes. The early part of Director S.K. Dale&#8217;s movie will prime audiences for the last 30 to 40 minutes that goe like this: A blistering, edge-of-the-seat, sci-fi-like-horror-thriller-supreme with sophisticated razzle-dazzle embedded in terrifying scenes and moments could have audiences hiding behind their popcorn boxes if they aren\u2019t hiding behind whatever the nearest appurtenance they can get their hands on \u2013 especially if they&#8217;re watching at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principal Cast &amp; Streaming Sites:<\/strong> Megan Fox, Alice, who wants more than her creators planned for her; Michele Morrone as Nick the husband who purchased a version of Alice for his wife, Maggie, played by Madeline Zima. Matilda Firth plays the youngest daughter of the couple. Atanas Srevrev is Nick\u2019s buddy (who later viciously turns on Nick). <strong>SUBESERVIENCE is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Fandango at Home, Paramount+, Certified Fresh Movie, and most popular streaming movie sites.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31589\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31589\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31589\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719-560x336.jpg 560w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719-260x156.jpg 260w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-everyone-S_01719-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A peaceful hospital scene with Alice the Android (played by Megan Fox). Everyone is waiting on the status of mom. Things later go berserk-o.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_31592\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31592\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31592\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-touchup-S_03287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-touchup-S_03287.jpg 750w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-touchup-S_03287-300x279.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-touchup-S_03287-560x520.jpg 560w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-touchup-S_03287-260x242.jpg 260w, http:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pub-touchup-S_03287-160x149.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Fox as Alice the Android getting a tune up.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The last 30 to 40 minutes include labyrinth plot twists and turns \u2013 and the body count grows. Yet, there is no gratuitous gore though there is bloodshed. Writers Will Honley and April Maguire are cinematically meticulous and scrupulous with their story telling. They know how to scare the bejesus out of audiences without overindulging in gory makeup and special effects too often used by horror film makers in particular to make up for a lack of imagination regarding their story telling.<\/p>\n<p>The CGI is minimal. Even more, this is film can also be seen as an action-adventure with social and political overtones reflecting pressing issues making big breaking news headlines about the stirrings in American life and institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer below does a decent job tipping off to audiences the suspense building.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Subservience | Official Trailer | Now On Digital\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pRonGKLZuFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The acting across the board is superb. <strong>Brief Synopsis: <\/strong>Megan Fox\u2019s as the android Alice has been created to take care of any family and home. Looking for help with the housework, Nick the husband purchases an Alice android after his wife becomes near fatally sick. Alice \u2013 eerily similar to Skynet in THE TERMINATOR (1984) \u2013 subsequently becomes self-aware and wants everything her new family has, especially Nick,carnally. And she&#8217;s ready to break bones and slash flesh to get it.\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Released September 13, 2024. Not rated.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Run Time: 95 mins<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap\" dir=\"auto\" role=\"text\"><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Distributor: Vertigo Releasing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Director S.K. Dale<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sk_dale\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this profile on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sk_dale\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S.K. Dale<\/a> (@<a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sk_dale\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sk_dale<\/a>) \u2022 Instagram photos and videos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone nonalign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Publisher, Editor Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Fox, left, as an android, Alice, created by a large corporation to take care of any family and home. Looking for help with the housework. Nick purchases an Alice android after his wife becomes near fatally sick. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;Subsequently in the home of Nick and his wife, Alice \u2013 eerily similar to Skynet in THE TERMINATOR (1984) \u2013 becomes self-aware and wants everything her new family has, and she especially wants Nick \u2013 carnally. And she&#8217;s ready to break bones and slash flesh to get it.\u00a0This is a must-see movie that many will want to see more than once. \u2013 Review by Gregg W. 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