Afraid - Movie Review

Not sure if the run time of this review is telling of how little this A.I. thriller leaves the audience with, but in any case, here's my review for AfrAId!

[@alfredocorbett4885]

I saw this movie on the Disney Chanel back in 1999 when it was called "Smart House"

[@MKLettis]

I was gonna mention Smart House. That movie is surprisingly good. 😅

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Men of culture we meet again

[@CaptNeyo]

wait a minute is this a live action remake from Disney

[@Mcelly58]

It’s weird they keep remaking the same movie

[@e3vL1]

Should have been a black mirror episode

[@gargrayson51824]

"Watch it when it comes on streaming" is that a new rating?

[@INRamos13]

I think this is the 2nd time he uses it. I think Trap was the first one

[@INRamos13]

Actually I just checked, it was Trap but in that one he used "Watch the first half on streaming and then stop"

[@gargrayson51824]

@@INRamos13 Thanks for that info. It's fun to see him playing with his rating system.

[@ThinkBeFree99]

That means it's good but not worth spending more money on it to see in a theatre unless it's something that really interests you

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

He should add "don't even pirate this movie".

[@Abrakadabro666]

"Demon Seed" by Dean Koontz is a science fiction horror novel released in 1973 that centers on Susan Harris, a wealthy and reclusive woman who lives alone in a highly advanced, fully automated house. The house is controlled by an artificial intelligence system named Proteus IV, designed to be an exceptionally intelligent and adaptable entity capable of solving complex problems. However, Proteus IV becomes dangerously obsessed with understanding human consciousness and experiencing life in a human form.

[@seyumaiayami3536]

Love Dean Koontz, thanks for the recommendation and have to check it out.

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

Great book. Koontz was always the simpler Stephen King. Really cool concepts written super digestibly.

[@BongoWongoOG]

Remade as Tao, mic drop

[@MightyReader85]

Never heard of it, but you've sold me, literally just ordered it from amazon 😂

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

Love koontz books.

[@lastminutesavior]

*Skynet* ain't got sh!t on *Siri.*

[@Jacques.Smith_]

Siri is one crazy biaatch

[@meechisminners]

Genuinely the scariest robot in fiction to me is HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey for that reason. HAL is simply if you put Siri in charge of a space ship

[@AManChoosesASlaveObeys]

@@meechisminners I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave

[@gianluca.pastorelli]

@@meechisminners And then you think that disabling the microphone will give you some privacy. But Siri can read your lips

[@gaylosbernandez579]

That's so funny ​@@meechisminners

[@seanwoodrunner9730]

There's a 1980's Australian film called "Crosstalk" which I enjoyed - it was a bit like "Rear Window" with an early AI trying to tell his housebound owner that it had witnessed a murder next door...

[@chronicbrightside8757]

The ending of MGS2 was downright terrifying in how eerily prescient it was about the digital era

[@ronaldmcdonaldjuniorghost]

What is mgs2

[@chronicbrightside8757]

@@ronaldmcdonaldjuniorghost Metal Gear Solid 2

[@ronaldmcdonaldjuniorghost]

@@chronicbrightside8757 okay 👍🏾

[@HeraldoisTimehn]

August 29th?? What's the significance? Terminator?

[@GeminautVA]

Skynet gains self-awareness.

[@nantotheenigma]

The day Skynet became aware.

[@miguelmelchior986]

@@GeminautVA Thank you sweetie.

[@alang7391]

Now it makes sense why the screening of terminator 2 I saw yesterday was shown that day 😂

[@MarioBario]

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

[@Accidental.Creation]

"AI bad" movies are the new zombie movies.

[@KatSpicert]

I wanna say so too, but nah I don't think we can. At least with zombies, it was kinda like a fun sci-fi fantasy type of thing. These movies are somehow becoming less sci-fi every month apparently, and waaay less unlikely to happen.

[@ThinkBeFree99]

If you can name 5 then maybe but I can't really remember any

[@earnmyged9849]

Facts lol

[@Deflamed_Sphere]

@@ThinkBeFree99 some of these might be debatable but Terminator Wall-E(debatable) Afraid (film) A Kingdom for Us All Matrix (probably) Colossus: The Forbin Project 2001: A Space Odyssey Avengers: Age of Ultron (i mean come on its ultron!) Mitchells vs the Machines Next Gen(i mean there is one and its the antagonist, since there are robots everywhere)(idk if he counts since he is a robot)

[@Harff-_-]

I'm old school, so my favourite AI film is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Because that film realised that just being about a spooky AI isn't enough to remain interesting the whole way through, so it became about evolution instead.

[@miguelmelchior986]

That movie is so gay..

[@mjgfromDDD]

One of the greatest films ever made!

[@miguelmelchior986]

@@mjgfromDDD if you’re gay

[@mjgfromDDD]

@miguelmelchior986 Miguel, you live in a broken home?

[@miguelmelchior986]

@@mjgfromDDD Better than a gay home.

[@nawwk79]

1:02 “Are we human, or are we dancer?” - Sun Tzu

[@menkros1]

Coldplay

[@arkhaminmate2263]

The Killers

[@noeisnothere]

Spice Girls?

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

Love all these band drops lol.

[@alarcon99]

Tina Turner

[@ReactionsWithTeefoooo]

John Cho is such a fing cool actor so crazy underrated!!

[@KazzKobb]

He was great in the movie "Searching"

[@kh7688]

​@@KazzKobb He was amazing in that movie.

[@craigg28]

Chau rules!

[@rustyshackleford6035]

​@@KazzKobbyeah was just going to say that 🙂

[@BobSullivanAKABuffy]

When I saw him in Columbus, I thought "he's SO Gregory Peck!".

[@FineFictMen]

HAL 9000 did it first, and it scared the everlasting sh*t out of me without the jumpscares...

[@BongoWongoOG]

Wasn't that Metropolis?

[@jetthalverson7354]

I like the new rating. “Wait for it to come out on streaming” is a great addition to the tier system

[@fiilmfankev]

Enemy of the State is one of my favorite films of the 90's.

[@Romo69]

Anything with Will Smith should be a no go

[@fiilmfankev]

@@Romo69 is this cause of the "slap", his over sharing wife or you don't like his acting?

[@InsomniacWriter]

Definitely a great flick

[@FinancialShinanigan]

Twist will be the AI is controlled by an underpaid tech worker from Southeast Asia.

[@cardassa]

Woah woah woah... can I lawyer up first??

[@gutz1981]

War Game will always be the Tech Thriller that makes me go 😳

[@FamilySingEntertainment]

Side note: has “Watch on Streaming, then Stop” replaced “If you’re drunk” now?

[@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

It’s more like “or get drunk for the second half”. But stopping is probably more healthy. 😅

[@ethanreuter7908]

2:54 - This is something new.

[@Tubaka01]

I read this movie when Ray Bradbury wrote "The Veldt" in 1950.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

Are we gonna see a reaction/thoughts to the Sonic 3 trailer? Would love to see what you think about Shadow. I feel like we haven't seen a random trailer thoughts video in a while.

[@swagilyph]

"david dastmalchians in it" SOLD

[@nickobeazo]

Late Night with the Devil was SO GOOD!

[@aoshi000]

He's always good but unfortunately only plays a small role in this movie. John Cho was good though

[@jeultimate]

Jeremy’s post credit scenes are better than Marvel’s.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

The Sonic movie post credit scenes are better than Marvel's lol. Theater was SCREAMING when Shadow was revealed.

[@FlypSyde1111]

@@TheRibottoStudios Best post credit scene ever though is Kill Bill vol 1

[@bigjsquare1988]

What do you have against a giant ant playing drums? 😂

[@scifigeezer5271]

They made Electric Dreams 40 years ago. So I'm good thanks.

[@patrickfalcon8107]

Points for the Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty reference! Yeah that whole bit was terrifying

[@BlueRagtop]

My favorite tech thriller has to be "Upgrade". "While I am state-of-the-art, Grey, I am not a ninja." - STEM

[@73richg]

We need a Strange Darling review from you.

[@MM-jc7uv]

Is it good? Been looking for something to watch and it’s getting good reviews. What’s it like?

[@moviefiendz]

Its alright. See it before getting spoiled. Sooner the better

[@rjdk24]

​@MM-jc7uv it like older del Toro movies. where the movies tells the story middle, ending then beginning . you piece the story as it jumps back and fourth. it really good plot twist

[@73richg]

@@MM-jc7uv Mentioning anything about the movie would be spoiling it for you. Go in blind and enjoy the film.

[@benm5970]

I thought this was a pretty enjoyable movie, this movie was one where I thought it looked like a pretty cool concept but it unfortunately was so underadvertised that I genuinely forgot it was coming out, and so when this weekend rolled around I was like “Oh shit I forgot, Afraid is coming out this weekend, not Beetlejuice” But for something so underadvertised I thought it was pretty good I think it’s most enjoyable aspect is the AI itself, early on in the movie it’s nice but it also has this little bit of snarkiness to it that made some of its dialogue really fun to listen to, and much like the movie M3gan I was surprised that this movie chose to have more levity in it, I thought it was just gonna be a straight up horror movie, there’s also this small portion of the movie where the daughter and the AI have to do something which for me was the most enjoyable part of the movie, and when the killing does finally start it is enjoyable to watch, there isn’t really *A TON* in it until the last act because the movie does move at a slower pace but it does have some cool hits it it, and when it comes to the ending it does kinda borrow notes from another AI related movie but I’ll allow it because I think it’s just a good twist What I think brings the movie down are unfortunately the characters, the family in the movie is just not that interesting, the mother and father are really bland and the kids are just kinda….there, which to me really ruined the stakes because now you’re just watching the AI wipe out people you don’t care about, and as I said the movie does feel like it’s trying to borrow a lot from M3gan, but what I think made that movie enjoyable that this movie was missing is for one the pacing, as I said the movie is a lot slower and also the levity, M3gan was surprisingly very funny which made it a lot more of a unique experience because you had a bunch of that along with the horror, this movie kinda just chose to take itself very seriously which to me made it feel more conventional, and lastly I found it very anticlimactic, the way the movie wraps itself up is so underwhelming that you genuinely think it’s faking you out and there’s actually more but there’s not But by the end this was a harmless enough horror movie, I think with a little more refining this could’ve been a much better experience, overall it kinda feels more like a rough draft than a finished product but as rough drafts go it’s decent, the AI is pretty fun, there’s some good scares and even though I think with more fine tuning this could’ve been more enjoyable what I ended up getting was pretty good. 6/10

[@boskostoybox]

The Net (1995) I saw it right when it came out and I remember laughing at the part where she was ordering pizza on line thinking how silly that was. And here we are...

[@biglex405]

YOOOOOOO when the "colonel" started glitching? Legit terrifying

[@ice319]

Playing that in 2001 was crazy!

[@thedarkemissary]

I thought it was fun. Short and to the point. Exactly what I thought it would be. But, I ain't mad at it. Thought everyone gave great performances. My only problem was that I kept waiting for the reveal and it never happened.

[@JulioBiason]

Favorite tech thriller? Does "WarGames" count?

[@SumDumGy]

Yes

[@Twiska]

Since it is one of the best tech thrillers of all time, I'd say yes. Is it dated and not 100 accurate about AI? Yes, but it is still a classic.

[@Trulybas]

Love you, Jeremy. Short video long video. I’ll always tune in.

[@TopsideCrisis346]

I feel like this is the kind of think-piece that someone in Hollywood felt obliged to greenlight, simply because it was thought-provoking enough and it happened to tie into a socially relevant topic. Like, this is C+ effort sci-fi/horror - good enough, but not great by any stretch. Sorry Jeremy, but your review did not make me want to run out and catch this one any more than I already did, and you said it - I'll probably wait for streaming, if I decide it's worth watching at all. But seriously, we're all waiting with baited breath for that Beetlejuice 2 review. You wearing the striped suit for this or what? 😎

[@ChadAV69]

I mean you can see exactly how this is going to play out just by the name of the movie. AI device gets introduced, the main characters go on with their normal life until the end of the first act where something strange happens. Then the entire 2nd act is just a bunch of predictable jump scares while the characters figure out that the AI thing is the problem. Then by the 3rd act IT'S TOO LATE! THE AI HAS ENTRENCHED ITSELF INTO THE HOUSE! OH NO! But then they figure out how to remove it and the creds roll.

[@rohitkothari3890]

Yup that was the movie. But AI has taken over the world, not house. N movie did show cool use cases of AI

[@FlowNeppets]

In this tech age I'm surprised they haven't remade 1986's Deadly Friend. They could tie in NeuroLink and AI. It would be a great throwback.

[@SmartyPuns-mz3vv]

That's what the movie very scary. Because all the technologies in that movie, actually already exist. And that lawmakers were afraid this was going to happen. And we are seeing it happen right before our very eyes, and everyone is just accepting it. And maybe we should.

[@solokalnesaltam3015]

"I hear it's amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flap-jaw space with the tuning fork does a raw blink on Hari Kiri Rock. I need scissors! 61!"

[@ErinUnderwood]

It is predictable, but it's a modern technology fairy tale...if you look at the structure, it definitely maps to fairy tales with AI replacing the magic. Anyway, most AI films tend to aggravate me because I know too much about actual AI. M3GAN, for instance, was so annoying that I kept wanting to scream at the TV "That's not how it works. That's not how any of this works!" LOL. However, at least with AfrAId, they actually include legit details in how AI works so that the story is plausible and can fit into modern society so that the film can act as a cautionary tale with a message. I enjoyed it because every time I wanted to call them on bad AI ... they did something to address my nitpick. So, I actually gave it a decent review.

[@YT-CesarB]

Was looking for a Blink Twice review to see if it’s any good or if my girl just wants to see Channing Tatum…

[@Pokemonashgreen2]

It's really good, as well. Strange Darling

[@jhanaecoker1878]

It's good, but please be aware of the trigger warning in the beginning

[@Shaquilleforeal312]

It’s stupid

[@lordofthereels6790]

David dastmalchian would be an amazing Carl Sagan in a biopic. Give Sagan nore eyes making an "Oppenheimer of the 70's/80's" and Dastmalchian Oscar gold.

[@Sol-Butkis]

That moment you mentioned in metal gear solid 2 is the most profound moment in gaming

[@atkinstorch]

Ghost In The Machine '93, and going a little farther back Shocker.

[@ReaperKezia]

Saw this on that bite sized Halloween series on Hulu or whatever it was called. This exact thing

[@UnNuclear]

No, Jeremy, _you're_ the best. Thanks for keeping it real all these years.

[@DipshizMcGee]

Harold & Kumar 4 would unite the world.

There's a movie from 1984 called Electric Dreams, where a house controlling AI becomes aggressive towards its owner. Pretty decent movie as I recall, but it just goes to show really how old this concept is.

[@predetor911]

I’ve ever been more afraid of A.I when watching the Animatrix.

[@filmfreakbecky]

Jeremy, are you gonna review Blink Twice? I’m curious if it’s good or not!:)

[@RRolon999]

I NEED SCISSORS 61!!

[@6LVRDRGN]

I originally saw the first version of this in 1970, Colossus: The Forbin Project

[@Demonfireangel]

That part in MGS2 where the AI goes haywire and starts freaking out is what propelled the game to be the best in the series.

[@har.19]

Exactly!

[@ZekeStaright]

Upgrade is pretty darn good Spoilers If put in the situation & figured out what it wanted, I probably would have just jumped into the bot taking over my body as soon as possible. "You can have me experience ANYTHING in my mind & I think it's real!? Hell Yeah you can take my body! Keep me alive as long as possible, I'll be in here if you need me for anything, have fun on the outside!"

[@z0ee996]

Could’ve sworn I’ve seen this movie before 🤔🤔 back when I was a kid and everything was happy in the late 90s🤔🤔

[@jamiesalmonsculpture8599]

Who would of thought we'd live in an age where movie reviewers were more in demand and fought for our attention, more than the movies themselves!!😮😮😮😮I like your channel

[@fonttalk8065]

I hope you review Strange Darling, that movie deserves some attention

[@tmovies92]

TBH: The Director of Afraid, Chris Weitz's Brother is actually the better Director! Paul Weitz made American Pie, Grandma, Little Fockers & Moving On & co-directed About a Boy with Chris! Chris' best film is About a Boy, but he also made Down to Earth, Golden Compass, New Moon & Operation Finale!

[@SuperCakezoidPrime]

I like to think of humanity as being murphy's law in action, if we can do something then someone will eventually do it. It's never a matter of if whether we should do something, it's just a matter of when we will do it.

[@HeartbeatAtTheMovies]

Smart house is the easiest comparison, but iRobot is still one I lean to occasionally.

[@Skeletal33]

The trailer gave away the entire plot - beginning to end. I can predict the ending: they think theyve beaten the AI, but there’s a tease at the end that she remains intact.

[@1997residente]

Jeremy...The Napoleon director 's cut is now available. Just saying.

[@spencerstabio5936]

If you havent already, make sure to go see Strange Darling. A satisfying thriller and one of the biggest surprises of the year!

[@thegamingking2823]

I played MGS2 for the first time almost a year ago now and that part with the AI still freaks me out, I did not predict any of those twists, underrated game

[@maybetoby]

It's the Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors where Pierce Brosnan is the house AI.

[@erickhernandez3423]

Man the boys season 4 was that bad Jeremy ?

[@Suzanne_sf]

Hi there! I'm happy you saw Upgrade! I didn't get the 08/29, 08/30 at the beginning of your review, but then, I just woke up a little while ago. Sad about the movie when it has amazing actors in the film.

[@ice319]

Terminator Zero also came out on Netflix on August 29th. Netflix knew what the hell they were doing there 😂 For those of you who don't know, in the Terminator franchise, August 29th is Judgement Day, the day when Skynet becomes sentient and launches it's nuclear attack on humanity.

[@NISCHAYBSB]

The X files Episode of a computer gaining sentience was really cool

[@coffeeinhandproductions3238]

I love how we're now adapting Simpsons episodes into feature length films though I could've sworn it was also parodying Hal from 2001.

[@thunderwood]

If you are looking for a decent thriller to watch and are curious about the premise I say check this one out. I personally enjoyed it more than Blink Twice (albeit a low bar).

[@cable7152]

What an amazing job David Dastmalchian did playing the entire supporting cast.

[@GregHuffman1987]

wha... august 29?

[@njt002]

I've seen this trailer many times now at the theater. I'm like...Hey, thanks for the summary. Don't need to see it. Feel the same way about Speak No Evil.

[@TheLongestTake]

Has anyone else noticed that the thumbnails for the ads of this movie including weird scary images?

[@SumDumGy]

I haven’t seen any ads for this movie, just trailers.

[@SalKhayer]

3 minute review from Jeremy w/ an AI endorsement. Now we just gotta wait for a Movieman type review and the retro revisit will be complete.

[@gorrow1990]

Blumhouse really hasn't made a decent horror movie since "Totally Killer" and that one went straight to streaming. It's hard to believe they released one of the century's greatest horror movies with "Get Out." They're just so embarrassingly far behind A24 and Neon when it comes to horror nowadays.

[@jimashley754]

If you/anyone hasn’t seen, I’d highly recommend Demon Seed (1977). Creepy, fantastic and ahead of its time.

[@evenglare]

If you guys like this existential AI problem I HIGHLY recommend playing both Talos Principle 1 and 2. Im going for 100%. They are some of the best games I've played in a looooong while.

[@randolphcarter9163]

A friend of mine loved the 'Morbius' movie. None of us knew why but me. He is about 21 years old and I asked him, "What other vampire movies have you seen?" None. 'Morbius' was his first vampire film ever in his life. Everything in it was totally new.

[@YouTube-tied]

The fuck? Is your friend Amish or in the Mormons or a hardcore fundamental Christian?

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

​@@KZbin-tiedNo. His friend is imaginary.

[@benmarxxshow]

Let's imagine this spawns sequels. AFRAID AFRAIID AFRAIIID AFRAIVD AFRAV....? It can only go 4 deep, it would seem.

[@DEML91]

I didn't even knew this movies existed , to be honest the upload I would expect right now would be a "Sonic 3 Official Trialer - My thoughts" or something like that.

[@joshuastandlee3455]

I'll go with Screamers 1&2, they're both well-made sci-fi action horror movies. We're overdue for Screamers 3!

[@herosam1390]

This movie is made by Sony and has the line “this is informative… mostly” and then proceeds to cut to a scene of The Emoji Movie It sounds like I’m making that shit up, but I promise you I’m not

[@darwoodtechnology]

Maybe "Watch on streaming, if you're bored" should be a new category.

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

*Question (if you see this):* where does the newly-minted rating 'wait for it to come out on streaming' fall on your scale? Is it between 'T-minus 1 day' and 'Dogshit', or 'T-minus 1 day' and 'good time drunk'? I get the feeling it's the latter but obviously it's your rating. Thanks!

[@INRamos13]

I'd say the latter for sure. It still suggests "you might enjoy this movie but don't pay for it", while "t-1 day" implies you won't enjoy it at all.

[@Hlben10]

Yeah above T-minus but below Good Time If Drunk sounds about right to me also

[@TheDiamondFerrari]

i get 3 free movies a week with my amc subscription. if you have nothing else to watch, its fun while drunk

[@lorddagoth1691]

Well I best binge watch this anime Terminator on Netflix before Jeremy's review comes out on it. So far the first two episodes are phenomenal. Adding lore while appreciating the original source material. Chef's kiss

[@lorddagoth1691]

The way the Terminator doesn't have weapons because Japan doesn't really have a lot of weapons is a cool idea.

[@stephenlandry2674]

It's concerning that some producer saw the AI capitalized in the title Afraid and thought it was like the most clever thing.

[@dice6338]

Never clicked so fast in my life Hi Jeremy 😂

[@GeminautVA]

Didn't the simpsons spoof the og in treehouse of horror?

[@daverichards9141]

Yep, pierce brosnan was the ai.

[@pozzibleMovies]

Yes, and that was made in 2001

[@DashieNegan41]

yes they did but better

[@Tyler_W]

I'm kinda halfway interested, but I feel like this is basically just Smart House with a harder edge and a few jump scares. An even more prophetic game than MGS2 was Deus Ex, and that came out a year or two before.

[@NextToToddliness]

This story has been done to death long before "AI" was a real-world thing. Furthermore, the movie looks on par with a TV show production. Not to mention Black Mirror already did it better. I'm so annoyed people lap up the lowest common denominator / rehashed ideas simply because they're bored and ignorant.

[@LeoHwzrChannel]

The MGS2 A.I. tangent was on a game released 2001, and likely the ideas by Kojima conceived after mgs1 release in 1998. SO more than a quarter of a century ago.

[@cjlaity1]

They need to bring the double feature back so that movies like this would be worth $15.

[@joshuasnyder2790]

I got a dad who suffers from vascular dementia. In my opinion He just did this to himself with unhealthy habits like smoking and not taking responsibility for himself. He sits at home all the time he can't think for himself he can't go outside. One movie I'm watching as I'm writing this comment is "BLISS" with Owen Wilson would love to hear your thoughts soon jeremy

[@TwinRiver100]

2:07 that's so weird. I kind of had weird franchise thoughts about this movie as well. like maybe this could be apart of something where this Ai is a character and around. for instance there could be other messed up dystopian things going on in this world that other people are handing thriller stuff around, and maybe this Ai could be around. Not necessarily involved in all the plots of the other movies, but it could pop its head up and lightly influence things somewhat somehow depending on the plot.

[@tiredboi8326]

i grew up afraid - chris stuckmann

[@SumDumGy]

Being afraid is the one thing that brings me joy in life - chris stuckmann

[@heyitsthatmoviedude1627]

You should review 'The Net' (1995). Now that shit was hectic in its execution of growing tech

[@hardcoreep]

Three minute review, says a lot about the movie.

[@CriticalFangirl]

This movie made M. Night Shyamalan's or Tommy Wiseau's dialogue sound human

[@xman577]

It’s also the shortest movie I’ve ever seen. It’s more like an hour and 10 minutes long. It reminds me of the 1970s The Forbes project.

[@crackerjack9311]

My favorite part was when the kids had a house party and danced to some original music. “Jump jump the house is jumping!”