10 Netflix Original Sci-Fi Movies You Need To See
2. I Am Mother
The focus on robots in a sci-fi dystopian film is nothing new for the genre. The classic murder-bot has been a standard sci-fi basis since even before The Terminator popularised the trope, with this staple of the genre dating back to the 1950s and beyond. But what happens when a film completely subverts the plot?
I Am Mother follows the story of a humanoid robot called Mother. It is tasked with raising a new generation of humans after an apocalypse wipes out mankind. Stuck in a cold and windowless bunker, Mother raises her first child. The film follows their relationship through childhood, puberty and into young adulthood.
Until another human comes knocking at the door. What follows is a twisting plot that even the audience does not know who to trust. As Daughter's doubts slowly creep in, her relationship with Mother becomes more and more frayed.
It is an intricate story of Nature vs. Nurture but does not forget its sci-fi thriller roots, full of red herrings, adrenaline pumping moments and shocking scenes that will stick in the audience's memories. I Am Mother is one of Netflix's best hidden gems.