AI Amok

AI Amok (Japanese: AI崩壊) is a 2020 Japanese science fiction thriller film directed by Yu Irie, starring Takao Osawa, Kento Kaku, Alice Hirose, Takanori Iwata, Masahiro Takashima, Sei Ashina, Tina Tamashiro, Kimiko Yo, Nanako Matsushima and Tomokazu Miura.

AI Amok
Directed by	Yu Irie
Written by	Yu Irie
Produced by	Naoaki Kitajima
Starring	Takao Osawa Kento Kaku Alice Hirose Takanori Iwata Masahiro Takashima Sei Ashina Tina Tamashiro Kimiko Yo Nanako Matsushima Tomokazu Miura
Cinematography	Shoichi Ato [ja]
Edited by	Tsuyoshi Imai [ja]
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Production company	CREDEUS
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Takao Osawa as Kosuke Kiryu
• Kento Kaku as Satoshi Nishimura
• Alice Hirose as Kumi Okuse
• Takanori Iwata as Makoto Sakuraba
• Masahiro Takashima
• Sei Ashina as Maika Hayashibara
• Tina Tamashiro as Mako Iida
• Kimiko Yo as Eiko Tanaka
• Nanako Matsushima as Shota Hashimoto
• Tomokazu Miura as Kyoichi Goda
• Yoshi Sakou [ja] as Kensaku Kishi
• Sora Tamaki [ja] as Kokoro Kiryu
• Nomaguchi Toru [ja] as Kengo Maekawa
• Magy as Hiroshi Okawara
• Daisuke Kuroda [ja] as Kengo Maekawa
• Katsuya Maiguma [ja] as Hideto Kominaga
• Maski Naito [ja] as Extremist
• Yukijirō Hotaru as Fisherman
• Risa Kameda [ja] as Ikeda
• Hiroko Terada [ja]

Reception

Tay Yek Keak of Today rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "This is a too-even, too-predictable flick crying out for a better ‘gotcha!’ ending than the one it thinks we'd be surprised by. It's still something that's pretty okay to see, but nope, there's no mind-blowing shock here."^[1]

Marcus Goh of Yahoo! Life gave the film a score of 3/5 and wrote that while it "tries its best to make you think about the subject matter, and it does have some interesting bits", it "ends up being bogged down by a horrific second Act, which completely deflates any tension that might have been generated in Act One."^[2]

James Hadfield of The Japan Times rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that the film is "as cerebral as a conversation with a Pepper robot, but if you’re looking for an uncomplicated diversion, you could do far worse."^[3]

Film critic Atsuko Kawaguchi [ja] rated the film 2 stars out of 5.^[4]