The recent sci-fi thriller hit trending on Netflix, Subservience, gives Megan Fox a great new villain role that is strikingly similar to one of her most underrated roles from 15 years ago. Subservience follows the characters of Nick and his family buying a robot, Alice, who is intended to help them with housework. However, as the movie progresses, Alice becomes more and more sinister and attempts to seduce Nick and get rid of his wife, Maggie. In Subservience's thrilling ending, Alice's actions have ramifications surrounding all AI, showcasing Megan Fox's talent for portraying subversive villains.
Following the lead of similar sci-fi movies like I, Robot, Subservience examines the possibility of sentient robots and the destruction they could bring, with the added twist of Alice's infatuation with Nick. Subservience has already become one of Megan Fox's best roles, especially considering the questions it raises about AI. The movie also serves as a great reminder to rewatch one of Fox's best movies from 2009. Despite the differences in their plots, Subservience and Jennifer's Body have a lot in common regarding their themes and Fox's characters in each.
Subservience Has A Surprising Amount In Common With Jennifer's Body
Both Movies Give Megan Fox A Subversive Role
Jennifer's Body and Subservience are surprisingly similar due to Megan Fox's performance in each film. In Jennifer's Body, Fox plays a high school cheerleader who, after a band attempts to sacrifice her to Satan, becomes a demon that eats boys. Fox is able to perfectly encapsulate a character who becomes a villain after experiencing something horrible. Likewise, Fox's character in Subservience flips the script on what makes a villain through the AI's straying from its purpose to be helpful, making the role even more interesting.
Moreover, since Megan Fox's early films like Transformers gave her little to work with in terms of character, movies like Jennifer's Body and now Subservience allow her to showcase a different side of her acting abilities. The good characters that Fox has played throughout her career are fun, but roles where she can go against Hollywood norms are even more compelling since they allow her to make critiques against an abusive society.
Subservience Pays Off Megan Fox's Potential From Jennifer's Body
Megan Fox's Acting Skills Stand Out
Beyond the thematic similarities of the two films, Subservience also helps to pay off the potential that Megan Fox showed in Jennifer's Body. Jennifer's Body is one of Fox's best roles because she was able to convey such a broad range of emotions and scenarios, often encapsulating both horror and comedy into the same scene. While the theme of friendship that is crucial in Jennifer's Body is not present in Subservience, both movies are very insightful portrayals of gender in horror.
Alice is equally sinister, if not slightly more grown up, than Jennifer, and both characters allow Fox to use her good looks in a subversive manner that ultimately makes them scary. Like Jennifer's Body, Subservience is a standout performance by Megan Fox, seeing as the character has such complex motivations and emotions that the actress is able to perfectly convey. Therefore, Subservience is a fitting follow-up to Jennifer's Body for Fox after 15 years.
