Short of the Week
Rise
With Rufus Sewell, from The Illusionist
Directed by David Karlak · Starring Rufus Sewell, Anton Yelchin, Tim Kang, Sarah Dumont · 2016
In a near future where androids have begun to feel like humans, the authorities move to exterminate them, and the persecuted machines prepare to fight back.
A slick, feature-quality glimpse of a robot revolution, packed with striking visuals in just five minutes.
In the near future, sentient robots are targeted for elimination after they develop emotional symmetry to humans and a revolutionary war for their survival begins.
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