2.0 (2021)

2.0 is an 2021 American movie produced and published by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing on November 29th, 2021. It is an sequel of the 2013 film, Enthiran.

Plot
At the beginning, we are treated to an "Previously On...." Montage. In 2013, an highly advanced AI robot named Lars developed for the U.S Army wreaked havoc in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It's creator, Dr. Graham helped find it's deactivation code, dismantle it and sent it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Soon afterwards the program USA 2100 is shut down and all of it's other fellow robots are shut down.

8 years later in 2021, it's creator Dr. Graham moves from MIT in Boston to his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Till now, he has been able to create an android called XTY-4567 "Dutch". Unlike Lars, he is not equipped with military-grade weapons and is instead a personal assistant in the lines of Siri or Cortana, alongside manageable human emotions. He brings along with him but with precautions to make sure he doesn't make the same mistakes he did with Lars.

One day, a group of college students arrive to Dr. Graham's lab to study his humanoid robots. When one of the students asks him about Lars, he claims that he could be reactivated if his services are needed in the future, but for now, he's better off in the American Museum of Natural History. After the session, a student is talking on his Sony Xperia 5 III, when suddenly, a strange force pulls it out of his hands. Stunned, the guy reaches for it midair but the phone doesn't move. A video of a bird plays on it before it flies away and disappears into the sky.

Following the incident, several similar cases occur throughout Milwaukee. From schools to mobile shops, not a single phone is left in the city by the end of an hour. The Milwaukee Police Department is swarmed by commoners reporting their missing phones reporting their missing phones, but law enforcement are clueless just as everyone. Soon, a scientific council, led by Governor Delgado gathers to discuss the cause of the phenomenon. Some believe it to be a terrorist attack, an alien invasion by an extraterrestrial avian species, an A.I Uprising, or even vaccines. There is also the fear that the phenomenon extends to not only Milwaukee, but potentially other cities, the entire state, country or even the entire world.

But Graham debunks them all when he shows evidence that the phones have not crossed Wisconsin's border, and haven't reached the troposphere, but as a precaution, Wisconsin is put under lockdown and the Wisconsin National Guard is put under high alert. A representative from T-Mobile US invited by Governor Delgado confirms that the phones are also switched off and are impossible to track, in which Graham adds that they are acting as if they were a hive.

In the following scene, a truck full of the latest batch of mobile phones crashes on its way to the dealer. Hundreds of phones inside of it, fly away like the rest of them. Then, we are introduced to a mobile phone store owner, Ruby, who is driving home in his Mercedes. Ruby's an egoistic man who berates his workers for the smallest of mistakes. He berates the driver and claims he will be responsible for the damaged phones. Ruby later ends the call and the trucker throws his phone, causing the screen to crack. Ruby continues to drive, completely oblivious of the swarm of phones. At night, he is woken up by vibration, only to find out his room is covered in phones, so much so he can't find the door to run outside. The swarm displays birds before they enter his body, causing him to explode.

The following morning, police are confused to the nature of his death, due to there being zero signs of struggle. While investigating, Dutch and Graham find electronic parts scattered around the room. He then gets a call by Dr. Wright, a fellow worker at the laboratory, telling him he has a "problem". He hurries there and finds out Ruby's murder was actually a diversion, and that an batch of mobile phones are headed for Green Bay. Several F-16 and F-22s are scrambled but are destroyed by the batch of phones. Soon, the entire phenomena is all around the state of Wisconsin and into Michigan, Minnesota & even into some Ontario suburbs.

Meanwhile, Graham sets up a tracker in an iPhone 13 Pro Max who he nicknames "Baity" and switches it on, to bait it to the rest of the swarm. The plan works and they locate the area were the phone stay after disappearing. Dutch and Graham follow the track in his 2020 Tesla Roadster, reaching the batch to Grand Rapids, Minnesota. As they look for the signal, they are led to a river, over which a massive bird's talon has manifested. Hundreds of thousands of phones are in a swarm flying overhead, showcasing a phenomena that is unheard of.

The talon attacks a signal tower and breaks it. Dutch saves Graham from being killed under the tower before the swarm departs. At the second council meeting, Graham recommends reactivating his first robot, Lars, to fight the rouge phones. However, one of the council members, Bill West, is strictly against the idea because of the destruction Lars caused to Milwaukee in 2013, instead suggesting using a nuclear missile to deal with the threat once and for all. However Governor Delgado vetoes both of their ideas, deciding to call in the U.S Army and forward the evidence to the White House, instead of using Lars.

Bill West is clearly not in good terms with Graham and blames him for his fathers death in the "Incident of 2013" who Lars killed. They get into a fight during the meeting and Graham is dragged out alongside West, who spits on him. Telecom company owner Al is furious at the situation that is causing him a huge loss, which forced him to sell his brand new private jet, and take a taxi to there. After urging the Department of Telecommunications of Wisconsin minister, White, to solve the problem quickly, he drives back home in his 500$ Honda Civic, which is about to break down. But on his way, Al is attacked by the swarm. He stops it only to see that the entire highway is covered in phones. The swarm chases him into the forest and eventually crushes him to death. Following that, it takes the shape of a butterfly and flies away.

The Wisconsin Department of Telecommunications Minister White is paranoid the next day when he reads the newspaper since everyone associated with him has been killed, like Ruby the mobile phone store owner and Al the Telecom company owner. All of a sudden, his LG W41 Pro which disappeared like the rest breaks in his house and starts vibrating. When he tries to pick it up, it inserts himself into his body.

Immediately, he is admitted to the hospital where Governor Delgado visits him. The doctors and the Governor are shocked to see the ultrasound result confirm he has a phone inside of him. All of a sudden, the phone ruptures and flies away from an window. Finally understanding the severity of the situation, he gives Graham the clearance to rebuild Lars. The next day, he and Dutch make their way to the American Museum of Natural History and find Lars, in which they start to upgrade him, with new powers and abilities. Meanwhile, the giant phone bird attacks Milwaukee. Soon, the entirety of North America is under attack. Graham, Dutch and Lars arrive to the lab only to find out that the entire world is under attack by Dr. Wright, who is now hiding in his underground shelter. He then tracks one of the bird's trajectories, who just attacked Las Vegas, to be headed to Denver.

Getting in a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor after their Tesla Roadster was destroyed, they go to Denver.

VAs

 * Bradley Cooper as Dr. Ryan Graham - A robotics scientist who created a sophisticated humanoid in his likeness with a desire to commission it into the US Government's program, USA 2100. He introduced the robot as Lars.
 * Eric Ladin as XTY-4567 "Dutch" - A domestic and masculine humanoid robot created by Graham. This robot is meant to be a friend, helper, and caretaker. It can drive, perform forensic analysis, jump walls and disable electronic alarms.
 * Will Smith as Lars - An advanced "andro-humanoid" robot. It was designed with a speed capacity of 1 Terahertz (Hz) and a memory capacity of 1 Zettabyte. He is seen in the franchise as the 1.0 version and the 2.0 version.
 * Robert De Niro as Mason Grant - An ornithologist who operated a bird sanctuary, Pakshi Rajan protests excessive use of mobile phones fearing that high-frequency electromagnetic radiation from cell sites is threatening avian life. He reports it to Jayanth, the telecommunications minister, and Manoj, but they disregard the matter intentionally. Deeply frustrated, Pakshi hangs himself to death from a cell tower. Now his aura, combined with the negative energy of deceased birds, can control cell phones with electromagnetic radiation, which happens to be considered a fifth force.
 * Matt Damon as Bill West - A scientist and the son of Dr. West, who was killed by Lars in 2013. After his father's death, Dhina assumes the robot to be Vaseegaran's alter-ego and wishes to take revenge on him. He happens to be the first person to voice against the reinstatement of Chitti in the government meeting. Later, he also becomes jealous of Chitti's resurgence and, sneaking into the AIRD Institute, he frees Pakshi's aura from the containment circuit, only to be killed by him later for being a cellphone user.
 * J.K. Simmons as Governor Delgado - The Governor of Milwaukee who gives unofficial permission to Graham for Lars's reactivation.