Robot Stories
Greg Pak directs Robot Stories, a feature film made up of four separate vignettes set in the near future. In "My Robot Baby," Maria (Tamlyn Tomita) and Roy (James Saito) must take care of a robot baby before they can adopt a real one. In "The Robot Fixer," a car accident puts Wilson in a coma. His mother, Bernice Chin (Wai Ching Ho), tries to connect with him by repairing his old collection of toy robots. Her obsessive quest to find missing robot parts is observed by her daughter Grace (Cindy Cheung). In "Machine Love," a Sprout G9 iPerson (Greg Pak) is introduced to an office environment. In "Clay," sculptor John Lee (Sab Shimono) refuses to get scanned, which would merge his memory with a collective consciousness. He struggles to maintain his humanity against the judgement of his son Tommy (Ron Domingo) and wife Helen (Eisa Davis).
Director: Greg Pak
Starring: Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Vin Knight, Wai Ching Ho,Greg Pak
This is a science fiction film, but like all excellent movies in the genre, the focus never strays from the human heart.
As a complete work, Robot Stories is a solid collection.
The collection can be summed up in four words I never thought I'd see together: science-fiction chamber music.
In Robot Stories, technology hasn't colonized human life, it's finding ways to make living (and loving) better.
Four stories with automatons as important characters...The last is the most touching, but all are skillfully made.
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