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Uncanny

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 25m
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David Clayton Rogers in Uncanny (2015)
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The world's first "perfect" Artificial Intelligence begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.The world's first "perfect" Artificial Intelligence begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.The world's first "perfect" Artificial Intelligence begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.
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  • Director
    • Matthew Leutwyler
  • Writer
    • Shahin Chandrasoma
  • Stars
    • Mark Webber
    • David Clayton Rogers
    • Lucy Griffiths
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  • Director
    • Matthew Leutwyler
  • Writer
    • Shahin Chandrasoma
  • Stars
    • Mark Webber
    • David Clayton Rogers
    • Lucy Griffiths
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    • 52User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins

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    Trailer 2:07
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    Mark Webber and David Clayton Rogers in Uncanny (2015)
    Joy (Lucy Griffiths) admires David's work.
    David (Mark Webber) tests out new software on a robotic hand.
    Rainn Wilson in Uncanny (2015)
    Mark Webber and Lucy Griffiths in Uncanny (2015)
    Uncanny (2015)
    Lucy Griffiths in Uncanny (2015)
    Lucy Griffiths in Uncanny (2015)
    Lucy Griffiths in Uncanny (2015)
    David Clayton Rogers in Uncanny (2015)
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    Mark Webber
    Mark Webber
    • David Kressenas David Kressen
    David Clayton Rogers
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    • Adam Kressenas Adam Kressen
    Lucy Griffiths
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    • Joy Andrewsas Joy Andrews
    Rainn Wilson
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      • Matthew Leutwyler
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      • Shahin Chandrasoma
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    • Trivia
      Uncanny was actually shot August 2012 - 3 years before Ex-Machina was released, but was stuck in post production due to its small budget.
    • Goofs
      Around 19 mins, when Joy is with David in his workshop, it cuts from a close up of her clutching onto a notepad to a wide shot where it has suddenly completely disappeared.
    • Quotes

      David Kressen: EGTBOK.

      Adam Kressen: Everything's Going To Be OK.

    • Connections
      References The Graduate (1967)
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      Sonata in C for Violin and Piano K.296
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    User reviews52

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    3/10
    The point being...?
    That Matthew Leutwyler's sci-fi chamber piece "Uncanny" was made 3 years before Alex Garland's "Ex Machina" is interesting. That Leutwyler made his film for a fraction of Garland's budget is admirable. That Leutwyler's plot doesn't make a lick of sense is a shame.

    Seriously, what was the point?

    "Uncanny" and "Ex Machina" share similar story lines: an outsider is invited into the high-security lair of a reclusive genius in order to interact with and evaluate a new form of artificial intelligence. In each case, the outsider and the AI are of different genders and the reclusive genius has an agenda. Predictable consequences ensue. But where "Ex Machina" follows these events to their logical conclusion, "Uncanny" gives up on logic entirely for the sake of a surprise ending that a) isn't much of a surprise and b) negates almost everything that happened over the preceding 80 minutes.

    On paper, the movie was probably conceived to be an insightful meditation on what makes humans humane and robots less so. Thrown in for good measure are some thoughts on what can and can't be controlled in sentient beings and whether we as a race are innovating and engineering ourselves right into obsolescence. There's also a bit about masters and servants and which are which. All big, important ideas that Garland's film handles with much more style and intelligence.

    Still, it wasn't "Ex Machina" I thought about as I watched the film. What came to mind more was "Frankenstein." The book, not the movie. In the book, there's a relationship between the creator and his creation. They're in this together in the name of science and discovery. But that relationship sours when Dr. Frankenstein rejects the monster to be with his fiancée. I'm paraphrasing here, but that's the gist. "Uncanny" seemed to be moving in a similar direction. Actually, the movie was moving in exactly that direction. There was even the interesting possibility that roles were being reversed.

    Then came the final cryptic ten minutes and it all turned out to be a huge waste of time. Adding insult to injury, there's an end-credits scene so nonsensical it's laugh-out-loud funny. Not, I'm guessing, what the filmmakers intended.

    "Uncanny" isn't a bad movie, it's a bad story. The cinematography is fine (though the lingering shots of Shiva, the Destroyer, are a bit overly), the acting is adequate (if you don't mind watching Rainn Wilson, in a mercifully short cameo, chew scenery), and events move along at a fairly brisk pace.

    It's just that those events simply don't add up when you get to the end.

    Note: One question bothered me as I watched both "Uncanny" and "Ex Machina". Why, why, why—if you're going to build a creature and make it both smarter and stronger than yourself—why wouldn't you include an "off" switch?
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    • Release date
      • June 22, 2016 (Philippines)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • official site
    • Language
      • English
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    • Production companies
      • Accelerated Matter
      • Uncanny
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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