This is a made for Netflix movie. The Electric State is about a war between humans and robots. Robots initially helped an, but eventually they wanted their own lives, which resulted in a war for freedom. However the humans won the war and established a world without robots; but with helmeted devices where people control drones of themselves. It has become illegal to have a robot. However, one shows up at the home of Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) a student. Cosmo (voice Alan Tudyk) explains that he is a drone controlled by Millie's brother, Christopher (Woody Norman) and he needs Michelle to save him. Michelle has for years thought her brother dead in a car accident.
So begins a trek to find her brother. He is in the offices to Neurocaster with CEO Ethan Skate (Stanley Tucci). Neurocaster developed the technology to win the war by being able to make drones dependent on people, sort of like VDR headsets. By developing this technology, people were saved during the war with computers so the computers sued for peace. They were banished to the world outside the populated areas. The Neurocaster technology is not working as well with Cosmo gone. It is very difficult to get to the Neurocaster site. Stake hires Colonel Bradbury AKA the Marshall to bring the drone traveling with Michelle back to the company. He is a bounty hunter policing for computers who do not stay in their own area.
Michelle and Cosmo are joined on their trek by a couple of black market runners, Keats (Chris Pratt) and his robot, Herman (voice Anthony Mackie). Herman is a robot that can change sizes. Of course he is illegal being in the human areas. The make it to a community of robots in the outlying district. There they meet the scientist, Dr. Amherst (Ke Huy Quon). He has left the Neurocaster company but was significant in telling Michelle his brother had died. He also built Cosmo for Christopher. He explains that the found Christopher in a vegetative state. However Christopher was a genius so they were able to use him to develop the technology to build the Neurocaster system where people could control a drone through their headset.
Lots of adventure. Bradbury and those who work with him finally attack the computer city ruining everything. However the computers put themselves back together and decide to go after the Neurocaster base. At the same time Michelle wants to talk to her brother. There is a difficult decision coming as all the Neurocaster technology runs through Christopher.
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