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Science Fiction, Action, Comedy • 2026 • 134 min • Adults (18+)

Science fiction comedy directed by Gore Verbinski. A man from the future (Sam Rockwell) hijacks a Los Angeles diner with a claimed bomb, seeking to recruit a precise group of patrons—including Susan (Juno Temple) and Ingrid (Haley Lu Richardson)—to avert an AI apocalypse.
Sam Rockwell • Juno Temple • Haley Lu Richardson
Science fiction comedy directed by Gore Verbinski. A man from the future (Sam Rockwell) hijacks a Los Angeles diner with a claimed bomb, seeking to recruit a precise group of patrons—including Susan (Juno Temple) and Ingrid (Haley Lu Richardson)—to avert an AI apocalypse.
Sam Rockwell • Juno Temple • Haley Lu Richardson
The film addresses the central problem of AI and technology eroding human society by amplifying issues like educational disengagement and indifference to gun violence. Its solution emphasizes human resistance against these systemic technological threats, underscoring progressive critiques of innovation's societal costs.
The cast exhibits visible racial and gender diversity through inclusion of actors like Michael Peña and Zazie Beetz alongside white leads. The narrative focuses on internet culture critique without negatively framing traditional identities or emphasizing DEI themes.
Family structures appear peripherally through backstories of loss and technological interference, such as a mother's grief-driven cloning of her deceased son and a future mother-son bond threatened by AI, balanced by a married couple's reconciliation amid crisis. These elements neither endorse nor critique traditional norms decisively, as the narrative prioritizes anti-AI adventure over family dynamics.
The film offers no depiction of LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its story emphasizes AI dangers and human resilience through diverse but straight ensemble dynamics, without addressing queer identities.
The film features no transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a man from the future recruiting diner patrons to avert an AI apocalypse, with no elements involving transgender identity or experiences.
Female characters including Susan, Ingrid, and Janet participate in evasion, diversions, and technical interventions during action sequences involving chases, horde assaults, and confrontations. None engage in victorious hand-to-hand or melee combat against male opponents.
The film presents original characters without prior source material establishing canonical genders, so no instances of gender swaps occur.
The film introduces original characters without established racial baselines from source material or prior adaptations, resulting in no instances of race swaps.
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