It is the post-apocalypse and Finch Weinberg (Tom Hanks) lives in St. Louis, MO. He spends his time salvaging what food he can find at the ransacked stores. As the ozone layer was destroyed by a solar flare, he must wear an environmental suit to protect him from UV radiation. Upon returning to his base, he greets his dog, Goodyear. It is almost immediately clear that Finch is dying from radiation poisoning. As he does not want to leave Goodyear alone, he has built a robot caretaker. Before the robot is completely ready, they must flee St. Louis to avoid a superstorm. So begins a roadtrip to California and the education of Jeff the Robot (Caleb Landry Jones).
The story is mostly boring. Finch is usually in a panic or frustrated with Jeff. He has little time left and it doesn't look like Jeff is working out as hoped. Jeff follows Finch's instructions too literally at times and causes trouble. Of course, the time period is the near future and a robot with Jeff's abilities and capacity to learn are quite impressive. Too often, Jeff is comic relief. What kind of story is this? Finch is particularly wary of people, declaring that it is a kill or be killed world. When they are followed by car, Finch breaks out a revolver. Despite his great distrust of people, he does not offer any lessons to Jeff on how to deal with them. Yeah, don't want to create a terminator.
Mediocre. If you like Tom Hanks, you'll probably enjoy this.
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