Редактирование: Transcendence (film)

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'''Transcendence''' is a 2014 dystopian [[Postcyberpunk|post-cyberpunk]] [[Science fantasy|science fiction]] action/drama/thriller movie starring Johnny Depp with [[AI|artificial intelligence]] and [[mind uploading]] as its central themes. 

== Plot ==

Will Caster is a renowned and successful artificial intelligence scientist with a high-profile public presence and agenda. His endeavours earned him fame as well as unwanted attention from an [[Anarcho-primitivism|anti-technology]] [[Neo-Luddism|movement]] called R.I.F.T., which is led by a person named Bree, who believes Caster's technology will do extremely more harm than good.

His need to complete his technology is advanced when the acts of terrorist would-be assassins lead him to the brink of death. The only thing left for him to do to save his life—or, at least his consciousness—is to merge with his AI and '[[mind uploading|transcend]]' before he dies.

Caster must also later battle with government forces who want to stop him.

== Genre ==

One of the major problems with the movie is it has somewhat of a genre crisis. The first act of the film was acting as a normal scientific post-cyberpunk storyline, but for the rest of film interrupted [de]evolves into the typical cyberpunk-based storyline, with action and sci-fantastic orientated nanopunk, dramatic, and romantic elements. It was marketed as a [[science fiction]] film in trailers and posters, but the [[Wikipedia]] page described it (16 Jan 2017) as a dystopian science fiction film, despite there being no dystopian elements. ''Box Office Mojo'' described it as a "sci-fi film"<ref>http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transcendence.htm</ref>, The Internet Movie Database described it as a; "Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller" with Meta Critic concluding the same result<ref name = "metacritic">http://www.metacritic.com/movie/transcendence</ref>. Lastly, Rotten Tomatoes has probably better described the movie as "Drama, Science fiction and Fantasy"<ref>https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transcendence_2014/</ref>.

The movie itself is actually closest to an [[Postcyberpunk]]/[[Nanopunk]], science fiction, action drama and thriller with mystery and romance elements. [[TV Tropes]] supports the idea that the movie does have fantasy elements.<ref>http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Transcendence</ref>

== Assessment/critical review ==

Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 20% based on 200 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, “In his directorial debut, ace cinematographer Wally Pfister remains a distinctive visual stylist, but Transcendence's thought-provoking themes exceed the movie's narrative grasp.”<ref name = "rotten tomatoes">http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transcendence_2014</ref> On Metacritic, the film has a score of 42 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref name = "metacritic">http://www.metacritic.com/movie/transcendence</ref>

==External links==

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/ IMDB:Transcendence]
* {{Wikipedia|Transcendence (2014 film)}}
{{facebook page|https://www.facebook.com/TranscendenceMovie/}}

== References ==

[[Category:Postcyberpunk]]
[[Category:Nanopunk]]
[[Category:Science fiction films]]
[[Category:Film and TV]]
[[Category:Mind uploading]]
[[Category:Singularitarianism]]