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High concept sci-fi isn’t difficult to come by – as has been the case for decades – but when movies like Robots come along and prove to be every bit as unimaginative and uninspired as their titles, it becomes clear that doing it well is an altogether different matter. Based on Robert Sheckley’s 1973 short story The Robot Who Looked Like Me, Jack Whitehall and Shailene Woodley headline the light and fluffy crime caper that does boast a solid central premise, but underwhelms on virtually every level. The response indicates…

via Lionsgate Keanu Reeves’ infamous 47 Ronin is regarded as one of the worst blockbusters of the last decade, not to mention an all-timer of a box office bomb, so expectations were suitably low when it was first revealed that the Japanese tale was being loosely adapted again shortly afterwards. On the plus side, 2015’s Last Knights at least lived up to those low standards by being terrible. A 16 percent Rotten Tomatoes score was a dire return for a sword-swinging historical adventure that boasted some decent…