Movie Recommendation: Ex Machina (2014)

Posted on 10/07/2018 by Pisaries Creator

Quote from Ex Machina by Ava: “You learn about me and I learn nothing about you. That’s not a foundation on which friendships are based.”

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Producers: Eli Bush, Caroline Levy, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Tessa Ross, Scott Rudin, Jason Sack, Joanne Smith, Jarle Tangen

Director: Alex Garland

Writer: Alex Garland

Major Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, and Sonoya Mizuno

Rating: R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references, and some violence

Running Time: 1 hour and 48 minutes

Ex Machina is a sci-fi drama about artificial and human intelligence. It begins with a young man named Caleb arriving at a remote place by helicopter. He is introduced to Nathan, the genius creator behind his android prototype named Ava. He is also the CEO of the company Caleb works and is now a part of an experiment. As Caleb spends more time getting to know Ava and her capabilities, he realizes things about himself, sometimes disturbing but understandable. While he knows robots can perform actions and be programmed to feel, Caleb finally learns the true purpose of him being there. As of right now androids will never be able to feel emotion and react as a human being could, but for this remote possibility the movie is frightening. There was a little bump in the road for me near the end, but might have been a case of I don’t ask questions so I don’t care.