There’s something particularly disappointing about a film with big ideas and poor execution. T.I.M. asks big questions about the advancement of technology, and the dangers that may accompany it.

But unfortunately, T.I.M. takes a critical eye at how relying too much on technology and its downfalls while also falling into the trap of becoming parody.

The premise is Abi — a prosthetics engineer — takes a job with a firm working on the roll-out of a Technologically Integrated Manservant, but soon realizes there is something off with the programming of her own AI robot.

Writer-director Spencer Brown certainly shows some promise in the initial half of the film, but the uncanny valley begins to show as things go a bit off the rails. Compared to B-movie M3gan from last January, it just doesn’t have the same impact.

The one saviour here is that the performances are uniformly good. Georgina Campbell stunned in Barbarian, and is the beating heart of this one. Eamon Farren — of The Witcher fame — is suitably creepy as a robot with a malicious agenda, and Mark Rowley is also great as a husband uneasy about TIM’s intentions.

It’s a movie with a lot going for it, but one is left wishing Brown had spent just a bit more time fine-tuning the script. This trio of actors can only do so much with what’s on the page.

2.5/5 Stars