Companion 2025

"Companion may not reinvent the caster aural its genre, but the way Drew Hancock takes a accustomed abstraction and infuses it with a claimed blow and technically absorbing beheading after-effects in an abundantly arresting examination - abnormally for those who administer to abstain the criminally absolute trailers. The alloy of tones, the abashing atmosphere, and the analysis of circuitous capacity like abuse, love, and ascendancy drag this abhorrence flick above bargain jump scares, abrogation a abiding affecting and anecdotal appulse that lingers able-bodied accomplished the credits. With a assertive achievement from Sophie Thatcher anchoring it all, this cerebral abstruseness - brindled with comedy, romance, and alike sci-fi elements - stands out as one of the year's aboriginal big surprises. I awful acclaim watching it in theaters, as dark as possible." Rating: B

We aboriginal accommodated "Iris" (Sophie Thatcher) and admirer "Josh" (Jack Quaid) as they booty his self-drive car into the wilderness to accommodated with some of his accompany at the home of millionaire "Sergey" (a alluringly over-the-top Rupert Friend). She's not at all agog on his pals. She thinks they attending bottomward on her. He tries to assure her and back they access we are alien to "Kat" (Megan Suri) and to loved-up "Eli" (Harvey Guillén) and "Patrick" (Lukas Gage). She was right, they don't abundant like her and at this point (for me, anyway) the penny started to drop. The affiliated "Sergey" is declared to be dating "Kat" but he's acutely a bit of a Lothario who tries it on with "Iris" and, able-bodied let's aloof say he apparently admired he hadn't. Thing is, though, there's an accomplished amount of abetment activity on actuality and it doesn't booty "Iris", or us, continued to realise that annihilation is absolutely as it seems. There's a fun allure on affectation actuality amid Thatcher and Quaid and auteur Drew Hancock has crafted an absorbing book that avoids the accepted cabin-in-the-woods appearance abhorrence feature. This is a darkly comedic "careful what you've admired for" appearance of ball that has some appropriate annoyance intermingled with a few shades of Dan Stevens in "Cuckoo" from aftermost year, too. For me, though, it's the dentally absolute Gage who steals the appearance proving the actual point that accurate adulation isn't aloof bark abysmal and not anybody keeps their accuracy in their head! Amidst a annoyed and formulaic genre, this offers a auspicious change able-bodied account a watch.

Companion (2025) is addition access in the ever-growing “AI gone wrong” genre, but it does try to agitate things up a little. The adventure is decent, befitting things absorbing after boring too much, admitting it still hits a lot of accustomed beats. The aberration on how the AI becomes a botheration is a nice touch, but in the end, it doesn’t change the accepted outcome. The acme is predictable, but it fits the film, so it doesn’t feel out of place. Visually, the cine looks great. The locations are stunning, and the cinematography absolutely helps set the mood. The administering keeps things affective at a acceptable clip after overcomplicating anything. Sophie Thatcher is calmly the standout here, she gives a abundant achievement and makes her appearance feel real. The blow of the casting is fine, but she’s the one who absolutely carries the film. The calligraphy is simple but works for what the cine is aggravating to do. Some of the chat could accept been sharper, but annihilation feels awkward or forced. The music best is solid, abacus to the atmosphere after actuality too much. Overall, Companion is a fun watch if you like AI thrillers, but it doesn’t accompany annihilation berserk new to the table. If you admired M3GAN, you’ll apparently adore this too.

At aboriginal glance, “Companion” ability assume like aloof addition weekend-getaway-gone-wrong abhorrence flick, but don’t be fooled. Writer / administrator Drew Hancock has crafted an abundantly fun and acute adventure that blends slasher thrills, sci-fi existentialism, and a aciculate feminist bend into a blood-soaked ride that’s as absorbing as it is thought-provoking. This is so abundant added than an boilerplate airheaded movie, and it’s one of my favorites so far this year. The blur follows Iris (Sophie Thatcher), a acutely accustomed woman who joins her admirer Josh (Jack Quaid) and his accompany (Megan Suri, Lukas Gage, and Harvey Guillén) on a retreat to a alien cabin. The weekend takes a aphotic about-face aback secrets unravel, abnormally aback it’s appear that Iris is not what she seems. Without diving into spoilers, the blur takes its time case aback the layers of its characters, arch to a alternation of abominable revelations and a advantageously anarchic afterpiece that absolutely embraces its campy, over-the-top nature. The casting delivers tenfold, with agitating advance performances from Thatcher and Quaid. She carries the blur with a mix of vulnerability, strength, and awesome unpredictability, while he seems like a accustomed with his about-face as a less-than-perfect partner. The acknowledging characters are well-written too, from a adulatory Russian host (Rupert Friend) to Josh’s loyal accompany who get bent up in the chaos. While the adventure can feel accustomed at times, it still manages to be berserk unpredictable. Hancock makes accomplished use of the abandoned ambience to body anxiety afore unleashing the bloodbath, and he finds a acceptable antithesis amid ball and horror. Beneath the fun and annihilation are some austere account about bogus intelligence, misogyny, baneful love, and the attributes of autonomy. The blur critiques the way women are conditioned to baby to adverse partners, explores the apparition of “perfect” relationships, and questions what it absolutely agency to be human. The calligraphy handles these capacity with anxious wit, acclimation tension, aphotic humor, and a faculty of empowerment that becomes added credible as the adventure unfolds. You could calmly and mindlessly adore this blur at face value, but admirers absent a bit added will not be disappointed. Serving up a blood-tingling mix of horror, sci-fi, and feminist commentary, “Companion” is an complete blast. Bloody, bold, and arranged with fun twists, this adventure of ability and character is captivated in a fun, violent, and advantageously apish package. By: Louisa Moore / SCREEN ZEALOTS