#700 – AIMEE: The Visitor (2023)

AIMEE: The Visitor (2023)

Film review #700

Director: Charles Band

SYNOPSIS: Scott Keyes is a hacker that gets his hands on a strange piece of software that turns out to be an A.I. named AIMEE. When Scott starts spending time with his new girlfriend, she becomes increasingly jealous, and is determined to have him all to herself…

THOUGHTS/ANALYSIS: AIMEE: The Visitor is a 2023 sci-fi film. Hacker Scott Keyes is given a piece of software that turns out to be an A.I. named Aimee. She becomes increasingly possessive of him and when he gets involved with a woman named Gazelle, AIMEE becomes jealous and tries to get her out of the picture so she can have Scott all to herself. That’s it. That’s the story. There’s little bits about how Aimee might have come from the NSA and two agents are trying to get her back, but it doesn’t add up to much. The opening mentions how Aimee is one of the first A.I. actresses (although she is voiced by an actual person), and you can tell just how far A.I. generated imagery has come since 2023 because the result here is not very convincing, and unable to show any real expression. Scott is made out to be a slob and a loser, but still looks fairly clean and well-toned. That’s probably so the two gratuitous sex scenes aren’t off-putting. The film worms it’s way through a few cliché points before ending on a very flat note that resolves very little, but at only sixty-nine minutes (nice), it’s at least no dragged out too long.

This being a film by Full Moon Features and directed by Charles Band should bring everything into focus: it’s the typical low budget feature that you would expect from them. It tries to do something different with the A.I. generated actress, but at it’s core it’s an age-old story of a computer going rogue that doesn’t provide anything new, thrilling or compelling. The only other thing I can say about it is that isn’t really worth watching: you know exactly what you’re going to get.