Soulm8te

"You can't turn off the power of love."

2026 1h 39m EN

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 457

HorrorScience FictionThriller

Synopsis

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After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.

“You can't turn off the power of love.”

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Cast

David Rysdahl
David
Lily Sullivan
Sara / Lydia
Claudia Doumit
Aubrey
Arty Froushan
Ben
Elijah Isaiah Cook
Terrance
Mara Huf
Lizzie
Sydney Blackburn
Ben's Assistant
Isabelle Bonfrer
Circe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kate Dolan
Writers: Kate Dolan, James Wan, Rafael Jordan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 7

ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kate Dolan, shot by Narayan Van Maele. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anthony B. Willis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor John Cutler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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David Rysdahl and Lily Sullivan and Claudia Doumit carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You can't turn off the power of love.".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt32654916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kate Dolan directs. Narayan Van Maele behind the camera. Anthony B. Willis scores. John Cutler cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
2Directed by Kate Dolan, shot by Narayan Van Maele. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Anthony B. Willis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor John Cutler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5David Rysdahl and Lily Sullivan and Claudia Doumit carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "You can't turn off the power of love.".
7IMDB entry: tt32654916 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "android", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "obsession", "killer robot".

The technical file

Cinematography: Narayan Van Maele
Original score: Anthony B. Willis
Editing: John Cutler
Production design: Susie Cullen
Costume design: Gwen Jeffares Hourie
Makeup / hair: Linda Gannon
Runtime: 99 min · 1h 39m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Soulm8te (2026)
MPAA: R

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Sierbahnn2026-08-04
★ 6/10
I think we can all agree that this is Megan, right? It is in essence the exact same story, just with a slightly more grown-up version of the same robot with a slightly different supporting cast, but it's still all Megan. It is not as creepy as Megan, but that is partially because we've seen obsessive partners before and Megan lent another dimension to that, which this movie does not. It just leans heavily into the crazy possessive girlfriend and just makes her a killer robot that he is responsible for that isn't very innovative and that cheapens the movie. It's not a bad movie by any stretch but it is derivative of several other older works and if you wanted creepy robots you should probably just watch Megan instead.
Gordon2026-08-08
★ 2/10
I liked it better when it was called, 'Deadly Friend'. Google it. Deadly Friend came out in the 80's and was WAY better.
Daemonicvs2026-10-07
I liked this one better than m3gan 1 and 2, which feels like action flicks that try too hard to be horror; They are not bad flicks, but they are not scary. It's also akin to Companion, which is a fun comedy and does not even try to be scary. soulm8te is tagged as 'Horror, Science Fiction, and Thriller', it also fails at the horror bit, in the classical sense, but the syfy and thriller bits work better than other similar flicks; Still runs by the numbers thou. I would be much better if they stopped markething these cutting-edge-tech-gone-wrong flicks as 'horror' and just called them thrillers, which would be at least accurate. But, bussiness is bussiness I guess. Edit, and yes, Deadly Friend is the OG of these.