It's been five years since Spanish director Gabe Ibáñez crept onto the film scene with his subtlely disturbing thriller Hierro, and I for one have been waiting in anticipation for his next project. It looks like the waiting is almost over. Two posters have just dropped for his new film, science fiction thriller Automata, starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith and Dylan McDermott.
An insurance agents of a robotics corporation routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
An insurance agents of a robotics corporation routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Hierro is a deft combination of arthouse character study and neo-thriller, with Ibáñez introducing what could become his signature cinematographic landscape eye and deep consideration or larger issues of identity and violence. Intelligent, philosophical sci-fi (Vanishing Waves, Moon, Coherence) is making a strong comeback in recent years, and considering the director's pedigree, I have high hopes for Automata. The film is set to be released by Millennium Entertainmeint in the US, in theatres and VOD, October 10th.