Updated On: 16 March, 2025 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Johnson Thomas
The distinct lack of tension and cursory profiling provides blithe unemotional stakes. This is rather disappointing fare

A still from The Electric State
“The Electric State,” the new movie directed by Joe and Anthony Russo for Netflix, is a retrograde sci-fi that tells a post-apocalyptic tale that highlights how humanity triumphs even at a time when robots and humans are at war with each other.
Adapted in slapdash fashion by MCU collaborators Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely from the 2018 illustrated novel of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, the film fails to be likable because it is annoying. It begins with the alternate-universe history of the 1990s, including a war with robots, and goes on from there.