Companion (2025)

 

Companion (2025)

8/10

 

Starring

Sophie Thatcher

Jack Quaid

Megan Suri

 

Directed by Drew Hancock

 

Good movie to see, the review below does contain spoilers.

Now, maybe there is a trailer about this movie that gives everything away, but for me, when all I have is a friend telling me I’m watching a Sci-Fi and not giving me any more information about the movie, I started watching expecting to be thrilled. I had my suspicions that there was something off with Iris. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen movies like Ex Machina, Blade Runner, and the TV show Humans that my suspicions were on alert. Then Kat says something along the lines of, "You make me feel replaceable," and that did it for me. I just waited, and then there was the “Iris, go to sleep,” and I was like, "Aha!!!"

The movie tried to be cryptic about the way things were going to go, and how Sergey would behave, but it gave all of this away too early, which I didn’t like. Also, the convenience of Sergey trying to assault Iris, how did they orchestrate or instigate that? There are so many ways this could’ve gone, but the writers just wrote something a bit too convenient.

Before we get into the plot, I have to say that the acting in the movie is very well done, and I appreciate the way the chemistry dynamic shifted from Josh and Iris to Josh and Kat. Sophie Thatcher (Iris) gave an outstanding performance that truly stands out in the movie.

So, this early predictability of Iris being a robot, Sergey’s assault, Josh somehow being behind the incident of Sergey’s death is all I got right, which was annoying. But then when Iris is tied and I notice that wait, not everyone is in on it, the movie took a turn of suspense that I wasn’t expecting.

Here’s the plot: Iris is Josh’s robot companion, and he’s jailbroken her to adjust her settings beyond the manufacturer’s standard. Why? So, he can push her to murder Sergey.

Sergey is Kat’s rich boyfriend, who keeps a large sum of money in his house. Josh and Kat come up with a plan to kill Sergey and take the money. They tamper with Iris’s settings to make her commit the murder and invite two other people to help corroborate their story.

The whole thing takes place during a get-together at Sergey’s house, where things quickly escalate.

But when Iris manages to break free from the chair she’s tied to, the movie takes a wild turn. Forty minutes in, my mouth was hanging open.

Amazing movie, it is well written and directed by Drew Hancock, who did a job I have to add, and this movie is worth seeing. The way the thrill unfolds and how the suspense gets you hooked, is just well done.