If you know too much about science, this movie will fall apart for you. As much as you want to like the characters, and to cheer them on, the lack of real science just destroys the experience. It just rubs me as a waste of potential.
The basic concept of this film is not a new one. It addresses the philosophical problem of "teleporting" a person by creating a copy of the traveler at the destination, while simultaneously, destroying the original. What happens if you don't destroy the original? Which traveler is the "real" traveler?
This movie attempted novelty by producing this philosophical dilemma in a different way. Sadly, the story writers seemed to go the direction of making up fantasy-science to fit their story.
The main character, Ana, is an American chemist who is conducting a physics experiment in a basement at Oxford (strange already). She's a strong independent woman. Her team also consists of what seems to be an engineer, Nate, and an undergrad, Liv. Nate is a caring and nurturing boyfriend to Ana.
We find out that Liv wrote a computer virus that infected millions of computers in order to aid their project in some way. All they care about is getting the patents to win prizes and get rich. The characters do way too many things uncharacteristic of "scientists."
Overall poor representation of women, science, and women in science. All in all, it could have been a great film.
The basic concept of this film is not a new one. It addresses the philosophical problem of "teleporting" a person by creating a copy of the traveler at the destination, while simultaneously, destroying the original. What happens if you don't destroy the original? Which traveler is the "real" traveler?
This movie attempted novelty by producing this philosophical dilemma in a different way. Sadly, the story writers seemed to go the direction of making up fantasy-science to fit their story.
The main character, Ana, is an American chemist who is conducting a physics experiment in a basement at Oxford (strange already). She's a strong independent woman. Her team also consists of what seems to be an engineer, Nate, and an undergrad, Liv. Nate is a caring and nurturing boyfriend to Ana.
We find out that Liv wrote a computer virus that infected millions of computers in order to aid their project in some way. All they care about is getting the patents to win prizes and get rich. The characters do way too many things uncharacteristic of "scientists."
Overall poor representation of women, science, and women in science. All in all, it could have been a great film.