J.Lo the pop star, singing about rekindled love on her latest album, "This is Me ..
. Now." J.
Lo the romcom regular, making movies about seeking love (including the extremely autobiographical film of the same name.) J.Lo the real-life celebrity goddess, in countless headlines about .
.. what else? Love, for better or worse.
And so if we tell you that now, we have J.Lo in "Atlas," playing a data analyst who travels to a planet populated solely by evil AI bots preparing to extinguish humanity, well, your only question really should be, "Where's the love story?" Glad you asked! Because there is one. It may not be with a human.
It may actually be with a computer program. But there is one. Because "Atlas," an often ridiculous sci-fiepic with dialogue cheesier than a Brie wheel but also an old-fashioned, human heart o' gold, is a J.
Lo movie. Through and through. We'll give the filmmakers some credit: "Atlas," directed by Brad Peyton ("San Andreas") is timely.
And not just because Lopez has been in the news lately, but because the subject is AI — which has been in the news even more than Bennifer, believe it or not. We begin our story on Earth, way off into the future, at a time where someone can say "Remember there used to be things called smartphones?" and everyone laughs. A montage of news reports informs us that things have not been going well for the human race.
AI, created to advance humanity, has turned against it, killing over 1 million civilians. The evil AI leader is Harla.