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Ex Machina (2014)

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A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.

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Complete credited cast:
... Caleb
... Ava
... Nathan
... Kyoko
... Jay
Claire Selby ... Lily
Symara A. Templeman ... Jasmine (as Symara Templeman)
... Jade
Tiffany Pisani ... Katya
... Amber (as Lina Alminas)
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Storyline

Caleb, a 26 year old programmer at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl. Written by DNA FILMS

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To erase the line between man and machine is to obscure the line between men and gods See more »


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Rated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence | See all certifications »

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24 April 2015 (USA)  »

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Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$250,000, 12 April 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$25,442,958

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$38,978,784
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Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac also co-starred in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). In both films they appeared alongside Adam Driver, who co-starred with Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). Isaac also co-starred with Natalie Portman, who played Padmé Amidala, in Annihilation (2018), which was the second collaboration between him director Alex Garland. Gleeson starred alongside Alicia Vikander in Anna Karenina (2012). The titular role of Anna Karenina was played by Keira Knightley who played the double to Portman's Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Knightley also appeared in Never Let Me Go (2010), which was written by Garland. Vikander also co-starred with her husband, Michael Fassbender, in The Light Between Oceans (2016). Fassbender shared the screen with Gleeson in Frank (2014), with Isaac in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), with Portman in Song to Song (2017) and Knightley in A Dangerous Method (2011). See more »

Goofs

When Ava presses her drawing against the glass to show it to Caleb, in one shot it slightly slips. Apparently the contact pressure of her hand changes over time to the point where the paper starts moving. Nathan designed his android bodies to be human-like, up to and including making small errors like this; it is entirely consistent with her behavior in the rest of the movie. See more »

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[first lines]
Caleb: How long until we get to his estate?
Pilot: [laughs] We've been flying over his estate for the past 2 hours.
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Get Down Saturday Night
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Performed by Oliver Cheatham
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Very good balance between sci-fi and psychology
10 November 2015 | by See all my reviews

A great story, with complex yet very relatable characters.

AI has been a recurring theme in sci-fi movies for some time now with varying degrees of plot and execution quality. I feel this movie aces both.

A secluded environment and very good original music set the mood for full focus on story and character development. The plot twists time and time again as an intelligence power-play is delivered with very good performances by this little known cast. Character development feels perfect as each one gains depth without loosing essence.

From a sci-fi point of view, it's not you're typical FX based movie, nor is it an action film. Nevertheless some very good effects and acting make for an excellent merge between fact and fiction that lets you concentrate on the philosophical questions the movie asks about the nature of AI.

Conclusion: I'd recommend this film to anyone. Though warning it concentrates on the brain rather than the muscle. Excellent movie.


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