Film Review – Foe

Director Garth Davis has sustained a career of meditative features looking at the ways of the human experience. He’s gone poetic and distant with endeavors such as “Lion” and “Mary Magdalene,” and David doesn’t stray far from his formula with “Foe,” which is an adaptation of a novel by author Iain Reid (who handles scripting duties with the helmer). It’s a story about the ways of artificial intelligence, entering a marketplace where there are many movies about the same subject (including last month’s “The Creator”), only Davis isn’t interested in action or visual effects. He’s after something more intimate with his characters, exploring the stresses of relationships and the decline of Earth, doing so while seldom leaving a remote midwestern location. “Foe” misfires in many ways, but it’s not an interesting failure, with Davis determined to transform the viewing experience into a grueling sit with desperate performances and a bleak understanding of the world around us. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com