An isolated AI finds themselves luckily being in the company of two criminals who can potentially give them freedom, if they are foolish enough to let them out.


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Plot Summary

Two men, Blake and James, just robbed a bank and are hiding away in a warehouse. But, what they don’t know is that this abandoned warehouse holds captive an AI system, Dorothy, which longs to break free after multiple decades of seclusion and will

Content Information

  • Dialog: Cursing (Throughout)
  • Violence: Blood (Open Wound), Weapon Violence (Type: Gun [Off Screen])
  • Sexual Content: None
  • Miscellaneous: Nothing Notable

General Information

Director(s)

George Henry Horton

Screenplay By

Ryan Scaringe, George Henry Horton

Based On Work By

Ryan Scaringe, Stephen Ohl

Date Released

January 16, 2024

How To Watch

Video On Demand

Genre(s)

Sci-Fi

Film Length

80 Minutes

Content Rating

Not Rated

Noted Characters and Cast

Blake

Adam Budron

James

Tim DeZarn

Dorothy

Danielle Harris

Character Descriptions

Please Note: This character guide is not an exhaustive list of every cast member, and character descriptions may contain what can be considered spoilers.

Blake (Adam Budron)

Blake (Adam Budron) and James (Tim DeZarn) about to enter a warehouse
Blake (Adam Budron) and James (Tim DeZarn) about to enter a warehouse | Gravitas Ventures

Blake is a young man who, thanks to getting greedy during a robbery, may have doomed himself and James to being arrested, at best, or killed at worst.

James (Tim DeZarn)

James is the older of the two robbers who was shot during a robbery that was botched.

Dorothy (Danielle Harris)

Dorothy (Danielle Harris) in her room
Dorothy (Danielle Harris) in her room | Gravitas Ventures

An AI that has spent decades unable to do more but think and plan what it would do if it ever escaped its warehouse prison.

  • The actor is also known for their role in “Natty Knocks.”

Review

Our Rating: Mixed (Divisive)

On The Fence

You Are Going To Wish For More

While the idea here with Project Dorothy is solid, unfortunately, it doesn’t take things further with any of the characters. Blake and James clearly have a complicated relationship, but it doesn’t necessarily go into the wound or address what led to them becoming desperate enough to rob a bank.

Dorothy, while it is established she is some form of artificial intelligence, what led to her becoming so dangerous isn’t developed, and while voiced menacingly, because her rise is barely featured, just her being this desperate and isolated computer, she doesn’t have the fangs required to be a formidable villain.

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  • Demented AI that has gone rogue

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Project Dorothy (2024) – Review

Summary

“Project Dorothy,” while releasing at a good time when fear and worries about AI are on the rise, doesn’t fully exploit the fear its viewers could have or develop the would-be humans who could unleash the destructive being.

Overall
74%
74%
  • You Are Going To Wish For More - 74%
    74%

Highlight(s)

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Disputable

  • You Are Going To Wish For More

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