Sheesh - Delete is really full of itself. This is schlock pretending to be serious speculative fiction. While borrowing from about a bazillion different sources - pick a post-modern sci-fi effort and see if this movie doesn't mimic, or mock, it - it provides some decent F/X and little logic. If you go into this almost-fiasco with the right set of expectations, you may come out entertaining. But for those who want a little brains with their shape of things to come, this script is beyond stupid. In fact, the entire story functions in the kind of cultural vacuum that only occurs on celluloid. Apparently, no one in this version of our upcoming reality has heard of WarGames...or The Matrix...or The Net...or I, Robot. Indeed, NO ONE has ever thought that a computer program could achieve AI - artificial intelligence - and then decide that mammalian bipeds need no longer apply. Any right thinking scientist would consider the concept - "I want to build a super-intelligent, supremely salient computer program" - and then immediately start wondering how to avoid the thing going Skynet on everyone. Here, no one has access to Netflix, apparently.

Then there is the series of social setbacks. Does anyone care if a Iran goes Three Mile Island? How about a few oil tankers taken hostage? What typically sets these films apart from the pack are their apocalyptic end games. David Lightman was accidentally initiating World War III. Neo...or Mr. Anderson, whatever...was bringing down an entire machine-built VR utopia. Here, Singularity wants to get rid of mankind because, well, because it can. It's like your typical power mad despot, determined to undermine the rest of the world because someone gave them the tools to do so. Surely a computer program this smart (or savvy) would recognize how futile its efforts would be, and how flawed. Who will provide IT support? Where will Singularity get the wealth of worthless junk that floods our email inboxes and YouTube channels to build its burgeoning empire? Let's face it - machines need humans, if only as target practice. By picking out people for eradication, this insane operating system is only attacking one of its potential problems. Then again, a movie like Delete determines that this is perfectly fine, as long as it is in service of a sensible three hour story. It's not.

THE DVD:
While there is a Blu-ray version of this release out there, those who are curious about this title would best be served with a standard DVD. With its flat, washed out color scheme and lack of any real visual panache, the HD version of this offering would be nothing short of disappointing. At least here, the 1.78:1 widescreen image is excused by the format. As for the sonic scenarios presented, we are given a typical Dolby Digital 5.1 mix that manages a few rear channel challenges during the infrequent action scenes, and little else. The dialogue and most of the aural elements are left to the front, and while said conversations are always clear, the result is far from reference quality. In the added content department, we are treated to a series of cast and crew interviews (read: EPKs for Reelz insatiable need for same) and a short snippet of the next "Doomsday" oriented title - Exploding Sun (now doesn't that sound like fun - cough cough Danny Boyle's Sunshine cough cough).

FINAL THOUGHTS:
Delete is determined to have you believing in a world too digitally interconnected, of computer programs too self-aware for their own motherboard britches, and humanity's eventual ability to trick said superbrain into succumbing to a last act save. It even offers up Seth Green to prove something or other. For the most part, this made for TV trial is a guileless, grown inducing mess. On the other hand, there are worst ways to spend your dateless Saturday nights. As a result, Delete earns a reluctant Rent It. You won't suffer too much at its overstuffed hands. Then again, most future shock is superior to this glimpse into our not too 'distinct' future.

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