Just days after its Netflix debut on December 5, an R-rated sci-fi thriller starring Megan Fox took the top spot in the Netflix Top 10.

Directed by S. K. Dale, “Subservience” depicts a near future where robots and artificial intelligence are more a part of our lives than ever before. In this film, a struggling father decides to take the plunge and purchase a robot housekeeper.

“Subservience” is another living proof that not all films at the top of the rankings are must-sees. So far, “M3GAN” looks to be the most popular of the recent killer robot movies.

This new Netflix hit has me curious; here's a little more about “Subservience,” including a sample of the critics' comments.

“Subservience” is set in the near future and revolves around the evolving relationship between a struggling father, Nick (Michele Morrone), and a lifelike, state-of-the-art artificial intelligence android known as SIM, Alice (Megan Fox).

Nick, a construction worker, lives with his wife Maggie (Madeline Zima) and their two young children. Maggie has a heart condition and is hospitalized awaiting a transplant. Nick finds it difficult to complete his household chores and buys his daughter a robot assistant named “Alice.”

Initially, the new housekeeper is very helpful, but soon she begins to exhibit strange and dangerous behavior, growing attached to Nick and his family and attempting to completely replace Maggie.

I think Fox captures the feel of the uncanny valley of being a “lifelike” android with sincerity, but there is little else worth mentioning.

The expressionless and increasingly menacing Fox is easily the best part of Subservience. It's just a shame that the film has nothing fresh to offer that doesn't, ironically, make it feel like a sexed-up riff on what's been done better elsewhere.

Predictable and interrupted by stilted dialogue, “Subservience” is not the worst of Netflix's films about AI (that might be “Afraid”), but I'm sure you can find something better on streaming. If you really want to see this kind of sci-fi, I recommend spending $3 on Prime Video and renting “Ex Machina” instead.

I am not necessarily the only one who has not raved about “Subservience”. As of this writing, it has a 50% critics score and a 51% Popcornmeter rating on the comprehensive review site Rotten Tomatoes.

As an example of some critics' opinions, Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the film a two-star rating and wrote: “Fox's creepy robots try to take control by playing on AI fears in this science fiction horror. If it were less predictable, it might have been a cult classic. But it isn't.”

In a Screen Rant review, writer Ben Gibbons notes Fox's performance and visual effects, but is otherwise disappointed with Subservience: “The disappointment ultimately comes from realizing what the film could have been and how it never reached its potential. “The disappointment comes from realizing what the film could have been in the end, and how it has not reached its potential. With a little more thought and an effort to elevate the story beyond sexy killer robots, it could have established itself as a cult hit, but it fell short of Subservience.”

Audience reaction, meanwhile, ranged from praising Foxx's “chillingly effective” performance and describing “Subservience” as a “fun” film to calling the entire film “predictable and clichéd” or outright “awful.”

If you're shying away from streaming “Subservience” or are one of the many Netflix subscribers who have already checked it out, here are plenty of streaming recommendations to help you find your next film. Check out our guide to the best sci-fi movies on Netflix, or our roundup of the best Netflix movies to watch right now.