Ex Machina (2014)

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

Director:

Alex Garland

Writer:

Alex Garland

Stars:

Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac

Won 1 Oscar. Another 72 wins & 161 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Domhnall Gleeson	...	Caleb
Alicia Vikander	...	Ava
Oscar Isaac	...	Nathan
Sonoya Mizuno	...	Kyoko
Corey Johnson	...	Jay
Claire Selby	...	Lily
Symara A. Templeman	...	Jasmine (as Symara Templeman)
Gana Bayarsaikhan	...	Jade
Tiffany Pisani	...	Katya
Elina Alminas	...	Amber (as Lina Alminas)

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.

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Plot Keywords:

artificial intelligence | turing test | minimal cast | robot human relationship | robot | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Even though the movie stars famous Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, the movie was never shown in regular Swedish cinemas. The cause of this was said to be a lack of quality and not enough potential for screenings.

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Goofs

When Ava and Kyoko meet in the corridor, there are masks on the wall. At the end of the scene, the masks are gone.

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Quotes

[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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Crazy Credits

The end credits starts with a single dot in the background which then grows and various patterns emerge from it.

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Alternate Versions

The alternatively censored cut released in China featured frequent blurs of nudity and, on occasion, violence. One scene towards the end also seemed to be zoomed for no apparent reason.

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Connections

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Soundtracks

Enola Gay
Written by Andrew McCluskey
Performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Published by BMG Dinsong Limited, a BMG Chrysalis company (c) 1980
Courtesy of Virgin/EMI Records Limited
Under license from Universal Music Operations Limited
Used with permission.
All Rights reserved.

User Reviews

Robots will take over the world

This is the kind of movie I really enjoy when I think about science fiction. Movies that make you think if we should continue trying to progress even more. Are we not already smart enough with everything we have? With all our daily gadgets that we can't miss for one second. Do we really need artificial intelligence? Because let's face it, once that will be concrete then we won't do a thing by ourselves anymore. We will send our robots to our job, we will chose and model our life partner like we want them to be. The story of Ex Machina might be futuristic but I certainly can imagine it like that in the future. All actors were good in their respective roles. For a movie that is filmed at the same spot all the time you certainly don't get bored for a second. Nice science fiction like there should be more of them.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 April 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ex Machina

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$237,264, 12 April 2015

Gross USA:

$25,442,958

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,869,414

Company Credits

Production Co:

A24, Universal Pictures, Film4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Datasat

Color:

Color Black and White (some shots)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1