In the future it's American humans against the AI simulants of New Asia. The film looks like it might be a parable about the dangers of AI, but in fact the robots are all very nice and just want a quiet life. The actual parable is about the paranoid Americans bombing all the picturesque poor countries.
The special effect humanoid robots look pretty good, though it's annoying that every now and then you are given a very obvious reminder that they are robots by some un-necessary comedy robot whirring sounds.
It's a grand film with some big ambitions, and I liked a lot of it. But I wasn't really captivated. The good and bad guys are rather obvious, and the ending wasn't either coherent or ridiculous enough for me.
