I asked Google how many "Amityville" movies there were. Over 50 it said. I asked Grok. It says 60-70. I thought the number would be well over 300...I still do. Here is the irony. A movie from the so-called "Amityville" franchise, made by real humans, with real actors and real actresses, set in a real town, and using real sets...no AI and no CGI...lectures us on the dangers of AI. Think about that. Anyway, let us look at 2024's "Amityville VR," directed by Matt Jaissle.
The world is in peril. A rogue AI program, delivered by an AI terrorist has shut down all government computers. Healthcare comes to a halt...though that may be reality. Transportation is shut down. The military is shut down. Just about everything. Two G-Men (Matt Jaissle and Jim Bunny Bundshuh) capture a suspect. Stuart (Chris Heikka). They want to know if he's working with the Russians, Chinese, or Hezbollah. Stuart is bloodied and the feds are ready to torture him. Change of plans, the G-Men put some Virtual Reality (VR) goggles on him and tell the schmuck to go into a VR world and find a demon queen. The demon queen (Amanda Foster) must be stopped as she is the key to the AI virus turning the government off. Stuart has no choice and goes into a weird AI world. There he meets an ally, or is he an ally? The bloody skeleton tells Stuart what he must do. Stuart is also told the two G-Men will kill him and he must murder them first.
Stuart goes on a weird journey that eventually takes him to the demon queen's red cabin in the woods. There, the demon queen has another weird demon henchman there. Stuart must outsmart the demon queen in order to prevail and return to his own reality. Wait...does this sound like a great movie or what? Well, it beats "The Devil Wears Prada 2" and "Avatar." Okay, maybe not as good as "Avatar 2." Just kidding...much better than "Avatar 2." All those aforementioned films were also made with real people and real sets...just saying.
Go ahead. Poo-poo on AI, though after seeing this film you will be cheering for AI. Not to criticize Matt Jaissle and his efforts here. He gives us an ambitious voyage into a weird VR world guided by AI integration. Oh, Amityville? What does this film have to do with Amityville? Nothing! Still, "Amityville VR" sounds better than "Springfield VR" or "Compton VR."
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