In the near future, life-like androids with artificial intelligence have been created to help people with menial household tasks. The prototype, One, created by Roger Marshall and tested by his family, proves to be popular but flawed. Roger has been working on a new model, Two, whose improved features show promise of its super-human abilities. As tensions rise between Roger and wife Shelley, the androids malfunction and the lives of the whole family are soon in danger of Two's sinister plans.
Toronto-based experimental filmmaker Blake Williams makes his feature debut with PROTOTYPE. Through the use of 3D imagery, footage of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane is turned into a sci-fi landscape.
The thing that attracted me to Blake Williams’ PROTOTYPE is the film’s description as a 3D experimental film with sci-fi imagery. However, the film turns out to be much more abstract than this description. Make no mistake about it, PROTOTYPE is a full on avant-garde film, which relies more on experimental imagery than any form of narrative.
I do have to give Blake Williams credit for his interesting use of 3D, which is typically better utilized in PROTOTYPE than any mainstream film. However, PROTOTYPE‘s 63 minute running time does feel quite long, which only feels longer by the amount of times the film fades to black. Ultimately, I have never been a huge fan of super avant-garde films, so I am just going to shrug off PROTOTYPE as simply being not my thing.
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