10 Sci-Fi Movies That Were Way Too Complicated

10. Transcendence

In 2014, two films were released just a few months apart that were both about an ordinary person ascending to a higher plane of existence through technology.

Both of them also had Morgan Freeman in them, and both of them also kinda sucked.

Although that's not Morgan Freeman's fault.

Nothing is ever Morgan Freeman's fault.

Whilst this spot could easily have gone to Luc Besson's Lucy, we've opted for the Wally Pfister-directed, Johnny Depp-starring Transcendence.

Depp plays a scientist dying of radiation poisoning whose wife attempts to save his life by uploading his conscience to a super computer. She is successful, but things soon get out of hand when this artificial version of her husband expands across the world via the Internet.

Just imagine Johnny Depp knowing your browser history. Frightening stuff.

There's a nugget of something to say in this film, something about the nature of the human mind, etc, etc, but any hint of that is bogged down in mind-numbing technobabble and increasingly ludicrous scenarios.

The film attempts to tie down its high concept using Depp's character's relationship with his wife, but this isn't enough to overcome what is a thoroughly bemusing two hours.