Autonomous fighting machines and Anthony Mackie prop up this disappointing futuristic thriller
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: Jan 15, 2021 • January 15, 2021 • 2 minute read • Medic! Script doctor! Anthony Mackie (left) and Damson Idris in Outside the Wire. Photo by Netflix
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I’ll admit, when I learned that the robot soldiers in the future world depicted in
Outside the Wire were called Gumps, I dearly wanted one of them to intone: “Stupid is as stupid does.”