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DVD Review

Evolver packs a surprisingly good picture for a low-budget release.   Sharpness and colors are good, although a little artifacting is noticeable in some scenes.  Extra features are minimal, and only a full-screen video output is available.  No subtitles or alternate language tracks are available.  Also disappointing is the complete lack of surround sound, with English stereo being the only audio option.

Movie Review

A typical low-budget sci-fi/horror flick, Evolver focuses on a familiar story line -- familiar because it's been done several times before.  Our protagonist, teenage Kyle Baxter wins a chance to own a beta-model of a new robotic toy -- the Evolver.   Evolver is a toy that plays combat games and learns from its experiences -- increasing the level of difficulty (and danger) with each new level.  It is able to do this due to the use of faulty military technology -- oops!  Soon Evolver is on a killing spree as it moves to destroy its game opponents.

Not only is the story line cliched, but the robot is quite cheesy and many of the events are more than implausible.  Acting is tolerable, all things considered, but the script and story are simply too week.  This is the type of movie you watch on late-night TV, when you have nothing better to do.

A side note is that this move co-stars the attractive Cassidy Rae (onetime star of Models Inc.), who hails from Clermont, Florida, not far from my home town.