History Film / MonstersOfMan

"Monsters Of Man" is a 2020 science fiction film written and directed by Mark Toia and the cast includes Brett Tutor, Conrad Pratt, Ly Ty, Paul Haapaniemi, Neal [=McDonough=], and Jose Rosete. As of July 2021, it's available to watch on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu, [=YouTube=], Google Play, Vimeo On Demand, and Microsoft Movies & TV.

* PowerAtAPrice: Invoked with the plan to [[spoiler:use BR-03 to hunt down BR-04 - its upgrades make it faster and stronger, at the cost of [[NecessaryDrawback burning through its battery in only five hours]].]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:BR-4 was created to destroy life; in the end, it chooses to protect life, instead.]]

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: [[spoiler:BR-4 turns on its "brothers" when it begins to question its existence and purpose, and finally turns on its creators as well, after deciding that life is worth protecting.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:BR-4]]

* ItCanThink: Much to Major Green's and the tech team's horror, and the developer's delight.
* JustAMachine: Spoken almost word-for-word by Mason when BR-4 is questioning him.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Boller's actions lead not only to [[spoiler:his death, but to BR-4 successfully uploading itself to the network.]]

* RoboSpeak: BR-4's voice is a mechanical-sounding bass monotone with very little inflection.

* RogueDrone: [[spoiler: BR-4]]

* TheStinger: Despite the clear flaws in target programming shown in the illegal operation and [[spoiler:[[AIIsACrapshoot BR-4 going rogue]], the top brass in the U.S. Military go ahead with the development anyway.]]

* RogueDrone: [[spoiler: BR-4)

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:BR-04 was created to destroy life; in the end, it chooses to protect life, instead.]]

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: [[spoiler:BR-04 turns on its "brothers" when it begins to question its existence and purpose, and finally turns on its creators as well, after deciding that life is worth protecting.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:BR-04]]

* JustAMachine: Spoken almost word-for-word by Mason when BR-04 is questioning him.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Boller's actions lead not only to [[spoiler:his death, but to BR-04 successfully uploading itself to the network.]]

* RoboSpeak: BR-04's voice is a mechanical-sounding bass monotone with very little inflection.

* RogueDrone: [[spoiler: BR-04)

* TheStinger: Despite the clear flaws in target programming shown in the illegal operation and [[spoiler:[[AIIsACrapshoot BR-04 going rogue]], the top brass in the U.S. Military go ahead with the development anyway.]]

* LeaveNoWitnesses: The humanitarian doctors [[HeKnowsTooMuch witnessed the massacre]], so Major orders their deaths, setting off the film's main conflict.

* MoralEventHorizon: Major and Boller both cross this line - repeatedly.

* TheSociopath: Major sees nothing wrong with turning four [[RobotSoldier robot soldiers]] loose on a village full of innocent people as a test of their functionality - or with siccing them on the American citizens who just happened to witness the massacre.

* GovernmentConspiracy: The robots' mission is ''very'' illegal, and thus very hush-hush, and the CIA agent calling the shots [[KillEmAll will do anything to keep the truth from getting out]].

* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Yes, they're designed to murder people, but did they ''have'' to be so uncomfortably far into UncannyValley territory, too?

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Fielding decides that she no longer wants to be part of the project,]] and immediately [[spoiler:goes outside, stands under the window, and [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse calls her boyfriend to spill the beans]] right where Boller can hear her. [[HeKnowsTooMuch He kills her]], and then [[LeaveNoWitnesses calls in a sniper to kill the boyfriend, too]].]]

* SociopathicSoldier: Boller ''really'' seems to enjoy intimidating, threatening, and murdering people.

* PsychoForHire: Boller ''really'' seems to enjoy intimidating, threatening, and murdering people.

* TheSociopath: Major sees nothing wrong with turning four [[RobotSoldier robot soldiers]] loose on a village full of innocent people as a test of their firepower - or with siccing them on the American citizens who just happened to witness the massacre.

* TheSociopath: Major sees nothing wrong with turning four RobotSoldiers loose on a village full of innocent people as a test of their firepower - or with siccing them on the American citizens who just happened to witness the massacre.

* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Yes, they're designed to murder people, but did they ''have'' to be so uncomfortably far into UncannyValley territory, too?

* ThreeLawsCompliant: Averted, ''hard''. These robots were ''specifically'' created to cause harm to humans and they go about it with cold, determined efficiency.

"Monsters Of Man" is a 2020 science fiction film written and directed by Mark Toia and the cast includes Brett Tutor, Conrad Pratt, Ly Ty, Paul Haapaniemi, Neal [=McDonough=], and Jose Rosete.

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''4 prototype robots are illegally dropped to perform a live field test but something goes very wrong...''

"Monsters Of Man" is a 2020 science fiction film written and directed by Mark Toia and starring Brett Tutor, Conrad Pratt, Ly Ty, Paul Haapaniemi, Jessica Blackmore, Ryan Hough, David Haverty, Neal [=McDonough=], and Jose Rosete.

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