Finch

Tom Hanks carries this heartwarming and heartbreaking movie himself. The only other characters in this are a voice actor and a dog.  

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The premise is that Tom Hanks’ character, scavenging with a homemade robot friend, is barely surviving in a protected facility after a solar flare created Swiss cheese out of the ozone layer. Food exists only in 15 year old aluminum cans, and even just a few seconds of direct sunlight is deadly.

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A super-cell storm forces Tom’s character, his robot friends and his dog out of their safety and onto the road.

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The character arc of the life-sized robot is excellent, but what kind of training is Tom’s character giving him? "Don't engage with humans because they will take your stuff and kill you", and "when you see a human run and hide".

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In fact, when considering what message the producers and director wanted to leave the viewer with, I had trouble finding anything positive. Beyond the message that humans can’t be trusted, the only theme is that AI robots can be trusted.

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This film is exciting, dramatic and in bits is also moving, The themes include trust (lack of trust, really), survival and friendship, but there isn’t really a plot and it ends on a strange note.

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