Automata - SIFF 2018 Movie Review

The Movie: Automata

The Director: Van Alan

The Cast: Basil Harris, Jen Taylor, Doug Jones, Dylan Smith

The Story: In an alternate 1930's Prohibition-era New York City, it's not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons.

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