Megan Fox’s newest film, the science-fiction thriller Subservience, released its first trailer. Subservience sees Fox playing a lifelike and sentient android named Alice who is purchased to help a struggling family when the mother becomes ill. Despite the initial help Alice brings to the family’s lives, matters begin to go horribly wrong and escalate to violence when Alice becomes self-aware and wants to replace the ill mother and have a human life for herself.
The R-rated Subservience will be available for digital purchase and on-demand as of September 13 as Alice’s reign of terror begins. Check out the trailer from Millennium Media below:
The trailer shows Alice being seductive towards the husband, Nick, and telling him that his wife will not live long. This leads to infidelity and Alice going on a violent spree, juxtaposed with her eerie smile. The footage also shows that the threat posed by this cutting-edge artificial intelligence extends beyond Alice.
Subservience Has Similarities To M3gan & Some Of Megan’s Fox Past Roles
A.I. Horror Continues.Subservience immediately brings to mind the concept of the sci-fi horror movie M3GAN and its story of a lifelike artificially intelligent doll who is brought home, only to gain self-awareness and become violent. M3GAN was well-received by critics and became a box office success, although part of its appeal was the campiness and dark humor within its horror story, which is tonally different from the approach Subservience is taking to a similar story. Both horror films feel timely given the widespread discourse and growing presence of artificial intelligence in modern society.
As for Fox, the seductive nature of her character, particularly in the horror genre, is familiar territory for her. One of her most memorable roles was in the 2009 horror film Jennifer’s Body, in which she used seduction to entrap and feast on her male classmates. Before Jennifer’s Body, her breakout role was as Mikaela Banes in Michael Bay’s Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, where she was also meant to be seductive, although Mikaela was a far more heroic character.
Megan Fox was written out of Michael Bay’s Transformers movies after Revenge of the Fallen .
Fox’s experience with the sci-fi and horror genres makes her an ideal casting choice for Alice and can help generate more interest in Subservience when it becomes available for digital and on-demand purchases. It is unlikely to become a surprise hit and social media sensation as M3GAN did with its dancing and imitations that went viral. Nevertheless, Subservience still has the potential to be an entertaining thriller that involves a timely subject.