I found myself heavily invested in the cast. Sam Rockwell’s scrappy savior is full of such energy that his sarcasm is hilarious and fun. There are moments where you question whether he’s deranged or truly the savior of humanity, which is refreshing. It plays against the type of super handsome, buff hero archetype or the child is the key to the future tropes that most sci-fi films have dragged along. There’s a level of dread each member of the group carries that I feel anyone can relate to. Michael Peña and Zazie Beats' characters are hilarious as anxiety induced members of the group. The standouts of the movie are Haley Lu Richardson and Juno Temple. Their characters endure truly strange and horrific backstories, but they make them the most relatable of the cast. They provide the emotional core of this bizarre adventure.

It’s hard not to spoil the film. The film poses the question: in our capitalist society on the brink of collapse as loneliness and fear spread, what is the next step in our relationship with technology? The entire beginning of the film feels like Verbinski and Robinson shouting into a void. With the way technology is rapidly advancing in the real world, the film’s social commentary doesn’t feel too far off.  The way it portrays our societal relationship to smart devices is dialed up to 11. The film also touches on what it even means to have a soul, and the lengths people will go to avoid interacting with our current reality. There were moments when I thought hard about my own relationship with my phone.