According to data from Flixpatrol, Atlas is the movie leading the views on online platforms today, ranking top 1 in 73 countries including many major markets such as the US, France, Germany… During the week from May 20 to May 26, the author The product attracted 28.2 million views in just the first 3 days of launch. The project has a budget of 100 million USD (more than 2,500 billion VND) with the participation of many stars such as Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown…
The film's content belongs to the science fiction genre, telling the story of Atlas Shepherd – a data researcher who is obsessed with the risk that AI (artificial intelligence) can harm humanity. 28 years ago, robot terrorist Harlan Shepherd used this technology to cause the deaths of 3 million people then escaped into outer space. After the authorities captured a Harlan spy, Atlas discovered the planet where he was hiding and set out to capture the dangerous criminal.
“I think this movie does a great job of showing how AI can be extremely wrong and this is how it can actually get right,” Jennifer Lopez told media at the film's Los Angeles premiere. However, I think we should respect AI. We have to be open to all technological possibilities. Movies about AI – especially the movie Atlas – have shown both sides very well.
After its release, Atlas was not highly appreciated by critics, there were even opinions that criticized it as Netflix's next cinematic disaster. The film is rated “rotten tomatoes” on Rotten Tomatoes with a 19% fresh score from 74 reviews. The average score of the movie is only 3.8/10. Most critics assess the film's failure to be due to the uncreative and loose script of two screenwriters Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lopez received a lot of praise for her role as the female lead in the film. However, that is not enough to save this bomb.