The Electric State (2025) on Netflix
Teenager Michelle refuses Neurocaster technology at her school. A sentient robot, Cosmo, convinces her that her brother Christopher, reported dead, is alive, and she sets out to find him.
- Netflix1.8/5
- IMDb5.9/1087,700 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes14%
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Plot summary
A war between humans and robots has left an alternate 1990 in disarray. Sentre CEO Ethan Skate built Neurocaster technology, which uploads a mind into a drone robot, and the robots were banished to the Exclusion Zone. In 1994, teenager Michelle lives with her foster dad Ted and refuses to use a Neurocaster at school. A sentient robot, Cosmo, reaches her with gestures and a few recorded words and leads her to believe her younger brother Christopher is guiding him. With the veteran Keats and Herman, a robot who takes several forms, she travels toward Dr. Clark Amherst.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Electric State (2025)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Electric State had a reported budget of $320 million, which made it one of the most expensive films ever made.
- Production was temporarily paused on November 4, 2022, after a crew member working on the film died in a car crash away from the set.
- Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh's co-star in Everything Everywhere All at Once, had to replace her in the film after she left the project because of scheduling conflicts.
