Quantum Supremacy (2025) – Film Review
Director: Jesse Baget
Cast: Cuba Gooding Jnr, Mike Ayiotis, Storm Watters
Certificate: 15
By Roger Crow
I was expecting very little from this sci-fi thriller as the title is about as generic as you can get, and the intro blurb didn’t promise much either. But then that opening few seconds of armoured guys, or droids, in a gunfight grabs you buy the lapels and doesn’t let go. Some beautifully rendered scenes, excellent armour reminiscent of classic manga like Appleseed or Ghost in the Shell, and snappy pacing is pure eye candy.
The whole thing does look like one long cut scene for a video game, which is true of many hardware-heavy thrillers these days. Just a shame the gung-ho dialogue is so achingly yawnsome.
Aside from being an Exec Producer, Cuba Gooding Jnr is Captain Brick Monroe. This is the same Cuba who won an Oscar 30 years ago, but in more recent years has been involved in assorted true-life dramas, so I imagine a few days sat in front of a camera in one of those Iron Man-style helmet display set-ups was a welcome break from too much hard graft.
“Battle for survival”
The plot: in a not-too-distant future, a battle for survival erupts and an elite crew, led by Captain Monroe must race against time to stop a catastrophic uprising of rogue androids and their sentient, all-powerful AI leader, determined to destroy humanity.
There’s no faulting the CGI, design and visual trickery that will make gamers yearn to take over and fly their own ship, or don one of those cool looking suits and embark on an adventure of their own. Alas, Steve Barton and Evan Tramel’s script isn’t strong enough to sustain the attention, so you might be better turning the sound off and adding your own soundtrack.
At a mere 72 minutes there’s little chance of Quantum Supremacy outstaying its welcome, while director Jesse Baget ensure there’s plenty of action, and that includes an early closing credits scene which suggests there’s more where this came from.
Hopefully next time I get to play the game rather than watch the movie.
Adopted Yorkshireman Roger Crow developed a passion for film and TV in the 1970s and 1980s. He has been a published film and TV reviewer since the 1990s; a world travel and restaurant critic since the noughties, and for the past decade has assessed the pros and cons of live gigs and theatre productions around the UK. His ideal day would involve reviewing a performance of Bat Out of Hell, followed by a Pad Thai while being serenaded by Texas on a cruise around Europe.
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