Uncanny (2015)

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.

Director:

Matthew Leutwyler

Writer:

Shahin Chandrasoma

Stars:

Mark Webber, David Clayton Rogers, Lucy Griffiths

2 wins.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mark Webber	...	David Kressen
David Clayton Rogers	...	Adam Kressen
Lucy Griffiths	...	Joy Andrews
Rainn Wilson	...	Castle

Storyline

A technology reporter gets a week of exclusive access to the world's first perfect artificial intelligence. When the reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it, the A.I. begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior.

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Plot Keywords:

cell phone photograph | education | psychotronic film | man wears eyeglasses | woman hugs a man | 

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Taglines:

Deception by design.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Contains mid end credits clip.

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Goofs

At 37 min, when Joy is on the rooftop with David, there is a piece of ADR dialogue "do you miss it, being out there?" which is out of sync with the picture.

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Quotes

Joy Andrews: It's as if there's intelligence behind it.

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Connections

References Rain Man (1988)

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Soundtracks

Sonata in C for Violin and Piano K.296
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Elaine Richey, violin and Craig Richey, piano

User Reviews

Something is off

The movie is drawn out, and while it is a low budget, the whole movie is paced like the prologue to a story that never shows anything new. To make an AI story boring and standard is sad because there is so much interesting potential but the movie never dives deep into any of the concepts and fails to ignite the audiences attention.

The actors in this movie are fine, with a few moments that are good or very good. I have no serious complaints about any of the characters or actors as such. However, the story somehow never lets them do anything interesting, every part of their story unfolds at a steady pace without bringing anything interesting to the mix.

The movie needed more intrigue and a faster pace, and the twist the movie tries to throw is extremely unremarkable. There are 100 more interesting things that could have been done that would have thrown the audience for a loop in a satisfying way.

Details

Official Sites:

official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 2016 (Philippines)

Also Known As:

Uncanny

Company Credits

Production Co:

Accelerated Matter, Uncanny

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color