So much average

Sadly Over-hyped

A lot of fun.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This movie sounds promising but just plain doesn't deliver.A potentially interesting plot is completely ruined by: Terrible acting.Poorly mixed sound. I had to crank my receiver way up to hear what these poor excuses for actors and actresses were blathering on about.Beyond low budget filming and effects, what effects?A kid with a camcorder could have done better.This would have made for an excellent episode of MST3K.Hopefully I can save someone from wasting an hour and a half of their lives by steering them clear of this failure.

...and in present-day America, someone makes an awful film about it.The setting (explained (or rather, not) by a sentence or two about Luddites) is quite literally like Soviet Russia conquered the USA. There is nothing to look at; a pile of junk is more visually attractive than this film.But what about the acting? Let's put it this way: Stephen Galaida seems to have stayed in character throughout the film. Only, he stayed in the Puzzlehead character when he should have been Walter. Robbie Shapiro was slightly better, but still in the category of bad. In fact, their acting was so bad it was like watching porn, only without the sex. And with better music.As for the comments describing the film as intellectual, thought-provoking SF: if this is the very first piece of SF you've been exposed to, then yeah. Otherwise, the ideas explored in this film have been explored in countless other works, and much better so.Consider yourself warned: this film is not an overlooked little gem, it is a waste of time. Consume quality SF instead.

I had the good fortune to see this movie at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and listen to the director and the lead actress in it answer questions. He spent 6 years editing and putting this movie together and it shows despite the obvious budget limitations he faced.Anyways, the film itself is basically about a man who creates a robot (named Puzzlehead) that looks exactly like him and whose "synaptic map" is a direct copy of his own. The two look the same except for a beard. The man has a crush on a local grocery store clerk and Puzzlehead the robot is the one who ends up finally meeting her. She thinks he's a human etc. and the drama begins. The plot goes from there and i don't want to spoil it but basically there's a lot of twists involving who is the real man and who is the robot and which is ultimately the better person.The film handles robot artificial intelligence issues really well and shows the progression of how a robot would likely think and the striking differences and similarities between humans and robots. The film makes the audience truly question who is more human. All the technological mumbo jumbo is easy to understand so you don't get into a situation where you're confused (like that movie "Primer"). But the plot does stay a little ahead of the viewer.The film obviously could have benefited from a bigger budget, but there are an enough circuits and gizmos and filming techniques that convince us that the protagonist created a robot.There is subtle humor throughout and the plot is constantly engaging. I strongly recommend everyone see this film.On a side note: the lead actresses's dialogue was all replaced by some other woman's voice to make it sound more eastern European. I was surprised she was at the screening, I would have been mad.

This is one of the best science fiction movies that I have ever seen. You will not be disappointed seeing this movie as it will keep your attention for its entirety. Mr. Bai is an excellent writer and the cast of the movie are all top talent. The characters in the movie are all great actors and this movie is a quality work from start to finish. It should receive the highest ratings and awards from the Tribeca Film Festival raters. I strongly recommend seeing it and believe that it will receive numerous awards. Hopefully, Puzlehead will come out in the movies and gross millions of dollars for Mr. Bai, the cast, and crew. Additionally, I hope that Mr. Bai writes a sequel to Puzzlehead since the movie leaves viewers with the belief that there can be one.