Companion (2025)
3.6 of 5 from 95 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star in this thriller from writer and director Drew Hancock. When a subservient android develops a lust for blood and violence, her owner Josh (Quaid) fears for his life and must figure out a way to regain control of his Companion (Thatcher).
- Actors:
- Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, Rupert Friend, Jaboukie Young-White, Matthew J. McCarthy, Marc Menchaca, Woody Fu, Ashley Lambert
- Directors:
- Drew Hancock
- Producers:
- Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, J.D. Lifshitz, Josh Mack, Raphael Margules
- Writers:
- Drew Hancock
- Genres:
- Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- Czech Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Slovakian, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Companion
AI, Abuse, and a Marketing Malfunction - Companion review by griggs
Companion is a film that ambitiously attempts to explore weighty themes, but perhaps takes on more than it can fully develop. On the surface, it engages with AI and robotic ethics, but its real substance lies in its poignant examination of domestic abuse, coercion, control, and the morally murky intersection of self-defence and violence. These elements add depth and a sense of empathy, but the film’s tight 90-minute runtime doesn’t give them the space they deserve. Despite its ambition and moments of genuine tension, the trailer completely undermined my enjoyment, which inexplicably spoils the film’s major twist. Who thought that was a good idea? Keeping the reveal for the film itself would have made for a far more potent experience. In the end, Companion is an entertaining but frustrating watch, not a failure of technology or storytelling, but of poor marketing and bad decisions, made by humans.
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Interesting SciFi AI Thriller - Companion review by GI
This science fiction thriller is like an extended episode of the TV series Black Mirror. It's quite entertaining yet vaguely unoriginal as if you've seen all this sort of thing before.
The big reveal isn't really one because it's entirely obvious from the trailer or any number of reviews so I'm not giving anything away when I say this is a robot story, a contemporary narrative looking at the advancement of AI and delving into the abuse that such developments will receive in the hands of humanity.
The plot follows Iris (Sophie Thatcher) who is the robot companion to Josh (Jack Quaid). She is programmed to love him unreservedly but is basically a glorified sex robot there for his every need. The thing is Iris has implanted memories and doesn't know what she is. The two of them head out to a remote lake house owned by Sergey (Rupert Friend) to join him and three other friends for a weekend. But things go awry when Sergey tries to have sex with Iris who reacts adversely and against her programming.
This cues a fair amount of bloody violence and a sinister plot that gradually gets revealed.
The film has obvious nods to the Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) and AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001) but has more connections narratively with Ex Machina (2014), all of which have more about them than this. But it's all presented very well and the cast are solid. It's definitely worth checking out.
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